Fwd: [Fest-list] Linuxfest Northwest 2010 Website now live!

[Kenny Richards]

Details on LinuxFest NW have been posted....

Kenny


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From: Jakob Perry <japerry at jademicrosystems.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:48 PM
Subject: [Fest-list] Linuxfest Northwest 2010 Website now live!
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Cc: linuxfests at maggie.socallinuxexpo.org, "BLUG .org group mailing
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The LinuxFest Northwest organizing committee is pleased to announce
the new LinuxFest Northwest website to kick off the countdown for the
2010 festival! Take a look around the site, as it is drastically
different from years past. Attendee participation is a key theme for
this year’s fest.

http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/
The fest will be taking place April 24th, 25th 2010 in Bellingham, WA.
The site this year has been redesigned in Drupal, allowing us to do
some pretty cool things, including:
Community Input for sessions:
All sessions will be submitted via the website, and available for
public viewing. Session authors can update their sessions at will, and
people can select if a particular session is something they're
interested in attending. If there are more sessions than spots to
fill, the staff will choose sessions partially based on what people
are thinking of attending.
Online billpay for Sponsorship and Exhibit booths:
You can now create a sponsorship and exhibit booth and pay online
automatically! For those who don't use a CC/paypal, you can submit a
PO number, and we will process your order similar to years past. As
always, the fest for attendees is free. Sponsors and Exhibitors help
keep this event free for attendees every year.
Online IRC, forums, ride share, etc:
We're really hitting hard the ability for attendees to get to know
each other and plan ahead before the event. We hope the site will be a
gathering place before the event so we can build a larger community
than just the two days we're together. Get online soon and chat with
your fellow colleagues!
Twitter/social networking:
continuing from years past, we have setup our LFNW twitter feed,
@lfnw. People are suggested to use #lfnw hash tags if they're talking
about us.
Post-event networking:
Our plan this year is to have video, images, audio, and other media
associated with presentations easily available on the site after the
fest concludes. The site is setup so that each year will be archived
and easily available for all to see.
We hope you'll make time for the event. Tell your friends and signup
online at http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/
See you there!
Jakob Perry
Linuxfest Northwest Organizing Committee member
http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/
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