meetBSD California and FreeBSD 15 Year Anniversary Party (fwd)

["Brian A. Seklecki" <lavalamp%spiritual-machines.org@localhost>]

All:

In case you missed this message (and associated thread) on announce@.  I'm 
guaging how much NetBSD presence there will be.  Looking to meet up, maybe 
throw a smaller party, host a booth, show off some cool embedded devices 
-- etc.

~BAS

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:25:21 -0700
From: Matt Olander <matt%ixsystems.com@localhost>
To: netbsd-advocacy%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: meetBSD California and FreeBSD 15 Year Anniversary Party

It was 15 years ago that Internet history was forever changed when
FreeBSD 1.0 was released. We will be hosting the 15 Year Anniversary
Party at the meetBSD California conference in Mountain View,
California.

meetBSD California, based on the popular meetBSD conference in Poland,
is a 2 day event on Saturday and Sunday, November 15th and 16th, 2008.

This first meetBSD will be more FreeBSD-centric than usual, due to the 
anniversary.

Besides the intimate BSD conference with notable BSD speakers and
great FreeBSD Anniversary/meetBSD schwag, we'll be having the private
FreeBSD Anniversary party at Buddha Lounge in Mountain View on
Saturday night. Anybody attending the FreeBSD 10 Year Anniversary
Party can attest to the fact that this is not to be missed!

Of course, there will be a commemorative anniversary t-shirt for
attendees as well as other exciting prizes ;-)

The cost to attend is a nominal $50 dollars. If any profits are made
from the conference attendees and sponsors, after costs are deducted,
they will be donated to the FreeBSD Foundation.

What: meetBSD California
When: Saturday & Sunday, November 15th and 16th, 2008
Where: Googleplex in Mountain View, California, USA
Who: Any and all BSD developers, administrators, advocates

Registration is available at http://www.meetBSD.com. The site accepts
credit card, paypal, and mail-in payment.

More details will be posted on the site as they become available and
as the speaker schedule is confirmed. Lunches will be provided for as
well as dinner on Saturday night and we have already reserved
discounted hotel rooms nearby. Buses will be on-hand to shuttle us
from the Googleplex to the party and back to the hotels on Saturday
evening.

If your company may be interested in sponsorship, please have them
contact us at info%meetbsd.com.@localhost

Space is limited, so please plan accordingly.

See you there!
-matt & the meetBSD California conference team

--
Matt Olander
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