===== ORGANIZE YOUR OWN LOCAL KDE4 RELEASE ===== PARTY/EVENT/GET-TOGETHER, THIS January 17-19, 2008, ===== OR ATTEND AT GOOGLE HQ MT. VIEW CALIFORNIA: KDE 4 is having a release party/event January 17-19, 2008 at the main Google HQ in Mt. View, California, USA. Come attend (see pre-registration info below), or organize your local event! I am merely an interested attendee for this event - this announcement is unofficial, just my own effort to spread word about this event, in the hopes that others worldwide might also organize some get-togethers to share in the knowledge generated. :) You could be the person to organize your own local event! Please also notify your friends & interested persons - feel free to use this announcement text. :) ===== OFFICIAL EVENT URLs: KDE 4.0 release parties - worldwide! http://kde.org/kde-4.0-release-event/#parties-worldwide Events/KDE4ReleaseParties http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Events/KDE4ReleaseParties KDE 4.0 Release Event; January 17 19, 2008; Google Campus http://kde.org/kde-4.0-release-event/ ===== OFFICIAL RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT: http://kde.org/kde-4.0-release-event/#info "In mid January 2008, the mojo of the KDE community will - for one weekend - move to Mountain View, California, where Google Inc. invited the KDE project to celebrate its KDE 4.0 Release Event as a three day conference on the Google campus. Aside from being a conference for Community members from America and around the world, we explicitly invite press and our partners in the IT industry to come, see and feel the spirit of free software and KDE. A whole day will be dedicated to this important audience, hosting the official KDE 4.0 launch keynote held by Aaron Seigo and other talks on the principles and innovations of KDE, ending with a great KDE 4.0 Release Party! This will be the first time for the international KDE project to have a conference of that size held in America, which is a great chance for the American KDE community - contributors as well as users - to come together and discuss the future of KDE. You are community, so be there to meet the makers of your favorite desktop environment, and discuss your ideas and proposals to make it even better! But better be fast, as the number of attendees is limited to 200 people." ---- My comment: Personally, though Google graciously is hosting this for 200 people, I think it would be great if 1000 or 10000 people showed up. Presumably Google would limit their facilities to the 200 registered people, but there is public parkland across the street, IIRC, - who knows - it could be a KDE be-in! :) ===== COME TO THE GOOGLE CAMPUS - PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED? If you can come to Mt View, California, for the attendee organized meetings, I think that would be great. http://kde.org/kde-4.0-release-event/#registration "Are you part of the KDE community? Are you interested in free software? Do you cover I.T. or free culture in the press industry? Are you involved with an organization that partners with KDE or free software? You should definitely consider attending our 4.0 Release Event in Mountain View. The primary event is to be held on January 18, 2008, with community meetings the day before and the day after. To Register: Simply send an email to the KDE Release Team listing: 1. Who you are (and if you represent an organization) 2. How many people will be attending with you and their names 3. What days you'll be attending 4. Who will need hotel lodging for the 17th and/or 18th It's that simple." ===== BASIC SCHEDULE: Thurs 17 - Attendee organized community meetings Fri 18 - Media announcements Sat 19 - Attendee organized community meetings Preliminary event schedule http://kde.org/kde-4.0-release-event/#info ===== SPREAD THE WORD TO OTHER FRIENDS & LUGs: I will be making one attempt to send this message to the following locations. It would be great if you would notify other LUGs in your nearby, or other, locations. Feel free to copy this message if you wish! :) California: SVLUG (SiliconValley), BayLISA (Mt View?), LUGOD (Davis), BayLUG(SanFrancisco), PenLUG (FosterCity?), LA, Fresno, Sacramento, Redding, Stanford, Berkeley, CABAL USA: Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, NY, Atlanta ===== KDE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT KDE4 & RELEASE EVENTS KDE 4.0 available http://kde.org/announcements/4.0/ KDE 4.0 Release Event anuary 17 19, 2008 Gogle Campus http://kde.org/kde-4.0-release-event/#header KDE 4.0 release parties - worldwide! http://kde.org/kde-4.0-release-event/#parties-worldwide Events/KDE4ReleaseParties http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Events/KDE4ReleaseParties ===== POSSIBLE GOOGLE HOST LOCATIONS?: I certainly can't speak for Google, but perhaps if you ask nicely they might agree to provide a meeting room for your local KDE4 release event? They have offices USA & world wide. Students > North America > Google Locations http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=students.html&sid=locations Google Offices - US & Worldwide http://www.google.com/corporate/address.html Explore our offices - By Country http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=about.html&about=locations ===== COULD SOMEONE SET UP A MAILING LIST, IRC CHANNEL ===== OR LIVE VIDEOCONFERENCE? ===== If you want to contact me you'll need to cc or email me directly, since I won't be subscribed to any list I post this to. Best wishes. :) John -- john_re [ at ] fastmail [ dot ] us -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service