Keynotes
Introducing: Ogden Area Linux User Group (OALUG)
Open source enthusiasts in the Weber and Davis counties have a local user group they may participate in. The Ogden Area Linux User Group, or OALUG, meets in-person the last Tuesday of every month at 7:00pm in the Weber County Main Library. Directions and a map to the meeting location are located on the OALUG website.
OALUG also has an active mailing list which can be used by members seeking answers to questions, suggestions when trying to solve a problem, or just shooting the bull with like-minded geeks.
Seth House, current president of OALUG, said “The Ogden Area Linux Users Group (OALUG) is a group of professionals who share a love and a passion for Linux, regardless of distribution. The group serves Weber, Davis, and Morgan counties. We welcome absolutely anyone who is interested in Linux, or Free and Open Source Software, to participate and help run the group.” If you are interested in being a part of the OALUG, simply subscribe to the mailing list or show up to a meeting!
Update: We made a couple of errors in this post. OALUG meets at the Weber County Main Library (not Weber State Library) and we had the link to their website incorrect. These errors have been fixed.
Posted by Doran Barton on August 7, 2008 in Keynotes, UserGroups
Announcing a UTOSC keynote speaker: Paul Frields
It’s time to let loose information about yet-another keynote speaker for the 2008 Utah Open Source Conference. We are very pleased to announce that attendees at the upcoming conference will have the fortune of hearing from Paul Frields, current Fedora Project Leader (FPL).
Before being employed by Red Hat and serving in the FPL position, Paul worked as an engineer for the U.S. government, but has been intimately involved in the Fedora Project community since 2003 (after Red Hat created the Fedora Project out of the ashes of the free Red Hat Linux distribution). Paul’s involvement with Fedora has included working on and chairing the steering committee for the Fedora Documentation Project.
Paul lives in Fredericksburg, VA with his wife and 2 children where he also helps manage FredLUG - the Fredericksburg Linux User Group.
Paul’s personal blog illustrates that he represents many in the open source community. In addition to being a outspoken advocate of open source software and the communities surrounding open source projects, Paul loves music (playing and listening) and good movies. He lists as one thing he hates that he can’t just play music and hack on Linux all day.
As the FPL, Paul claims accountability for everything in the Fedora project. He works with the Fedora Program Manager, Fedora Engineering Manager, and Fedora Community Architecture teams to make sure Fedora is on track and making progress toward meeting the goals of their next release and supporting the community using the current releases. Paul also manages a handful of Fedora Project packages.
Paul plans to talk about the Fedora Project in his keynote presentation, how it came about, where it’s going, and some of the challenges it has faced in its five year existence.
We are truly lucky to have Paul Frields along with Joe Brockmeier as keynote speakers at this year’s conference!
A blurb about the conference
The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is the second annual gathering of open source enthusiasts in Utah. Following the amazingly successful first conference held in 2007 at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center in Provo, UT, this year’s conference is being held on the Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College near Salt Lake City.
For more information about this conference, to register to attend, or to see a really neat website driven by open source software, go over to <http://2008.utosc.com/>.
Posted by Doran Barton on July 12, 2008 in Community, Conference, Events, Keynotes, News
Thinking ahead: Utah Open Source Conference 2008
Hi all,
The Utah Open Source Conference 2007 was such a success. We’ve been busily recovering from all the work and joy we had and are ready to kick it into high gear for this year’s upcoming conference. As far as dates go, we’re looking in the same time frame (Late August, Early September 2008).
But there’s a larger question looming right now and we’d like your input on it. The question is:
Who would you like to come and keynote Utah Open Source Conference 2008?
We’ve thought of a few for you, but would like to have you submit names to us here on our blog. A poll has been created with a few obvious choices, and we’ll do what we can to get the winner here (if its not too cost prohibitive). So without further adieu, vote to your hearts content:
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Posted by Clint Savage on November 5, 2007 in Community, Conference, Events, Keynotes
Utah Open Source Conference Video - Bruce Perens Keynote (part 2)
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls. We here at the Utah Open Source Foundation would like to announce that we’ve recently been able to acquire and test the video from the Utah Open Source Conference (UTOSC).
We’re proud to announce our first video. Tons of work went into getting this live. Including streaming bandwidth provided by TierFour and video editing done by KnowledgeBlue and Open Source TV. We’d like to thank all of those who made this possible and look forward to providing you with additional videos as they arrive. Please feel free to download them or watch the stream.
In the future, we’ll work on making them downloadable from this site as well. Oh, and we’re working on part 1, it will be out soon.
Podcast currently unavailable due to a bug in the PodPress software. Currently looking for a new plugin or an alternate way to release the videos.
Cheers,
Clint Savage
Founder, Utah Open Source Foundation (http://www.utosf.org)
Posted by Clint Savage on October 30, 2007 in Conference, Keynotes, Meetings, Podcasts, Recordings, Streaming, Videos
Take pictures at Utah Open Source Conference 2007
Utah Open Source is encouraging you all to come and put your pics up from the conference. We’d love to have you
all participate and take lots of pictures.
See you all tomorrow!
http://www.flickr.com/welcome
See you there!
Disclaimer:
Novell has been great to work with and is doing some amazing things for the conference. There will be areas which you will not be able to take pictures, but anything at the conference all should be fine. Be respectful and smart as we’re all guests on Novell’s campus during the conference.
Posted by Clint Savage on September 5, 2007 in Conference, Events, Keynotes, News
Convert your registration
Many of you have registered for the keynote only part of the Utah Open Source Conference. I’d like to offer to those of you interested in the rest of the conference to take the time this week and convert your registration.
Converting your registration is easy. Login to https://register.utosc.org/?Step=7 with the email address and confirmation code you were given. Update your information if you like and choose the option “Attend Full Conference”.
An email was recently sent informing you of this option and if you can find that email, you’ll also be able to determine how to get into the full conference for a measly $40 total. The price does jump to $55 at the end of this week, so register soon!
With over 30 presentations, opportunities for glorious swag and networking opportunities with others right here in Utah, why not sign up today. In fact, all proceeds from the conference go toward promoting open source in Utah and overall growth of the Utah Open Source communities at large.
If you haven’t already, sign up today: https://register.utosc.org. Get your discount codes from SIG leadership and get in for only $55. More information is available at our website, http://www.utosc.org.
See you all there.
Cheers,
Clint Savage
Founder, Utah Open Source Conference
Posted by Clint Savage on August 29, 2007 in Conference, Events, Keynotes, Membership, Registration
Thursday Evening Keynote Added - Matt Asay - Utah Open Source Conference
If you’ve never heard of Matt Asay, you are in for a treat. For those of you who signed up *just* for the free keynote, this one is now included for free as well. Come one come all and enjoy the opening night keynotes.
Matt Asay will present on the following topic.
Open source at home: Making Utah a center for open-source innovation
Date: Thursday, September 6, 2007
Time: 6:00PM - 6:45PM
Overview
Utah has been trying for years to become a technology center that could compete with Austin, Boston, and the Bay Area. We have failed. Abysmally.
In large part, we have failed because we opted for the hardest route: convincing companies to move to Utah or set up significant operations in the state. In so doing, the state has overlooked a wealth of talent that already resides in Utah, but contributes to the software ecosystem in open-source fashion, rather than channeling it through a corporation.
Utah’s best chance at technology relevance is to focus on open source, one individual at a time. In this presentation, I will trace the necessary steps to making Utah the home from open-source innovation, and how this will help our overall technology economy.
About Matt
Matt Asay co-founded Novell’s Linux Business Office in 2002 and was an early agitator and architect for the company’s shift to open source. In 2003 Asay founded the Open Source Business Conference, the industry’s premier open source strategy event, and has served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, focusing on open source investment opportunities.
Asay earned his Juris Doctorate degree at Stanford Law School, spending two of his three years studying software licensing and innovation, and specifically the GNU General Public License, under Professor Larry Lessig. He also holds Masters and Bachelors degrees from the University of Kent (Canterbury, UK) and Brigham Young University, respectively.
Posted by Clint Savage on August 24, 2007 in Conference, Events, Keynotes, News