[penguicon-general] Quick and dirty draft.

[Matt Arnold]

This should remain stable:
http://www.penguicon.org/wiki/TwoThousandSeven
-Matt

On 4/30/07, Rob Landley <rob at landley.net> wrote:
> Ok, here's a first stab at it.  We can send something like this to Linux
> Weekly News and
>
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> This is a call for papers for the open source track of Penuicon 6.0, April
> 18-20 2008 in Troy, Michigan (website http://www.penguicon.org), on topics
> related to the Linux kernel, open source software that runs on Linux, or
> related topics.
>
> Proposals (1000 words or less) describing the paper topic are due by December
> 15, 2007, and should be emailed to papers at penguicon.org.  All proposals will
> be replied to, so use a working return email address.  Final papers are due
> by February 15, 2007.  Papers should be 6 to 15 pages (very roughly 2500 to
> 8000 words, minus graphics and charts as appropriate).  We accept papers in
> any format that can be converted to both HTML and PDF (although we may
> require you to do the conversion).
>
> Accepted papers will result in an offer to present at Penguicon (including a
> free one-day admission or corresponding discount on a full weekend
> admission).  Presentation slots are 1 hour.  Video projectors capable of
> accepting 1024x768 vga video available upon request.  Accepted papers, and
> audio recordings of Penguicon presentations, may be made available on the
> Penguicon website.
>
> Penguicon is a combination Linux expo and science fiction convention featuring
> a diverse assortment of guests and topics.  In previous years our technical
> guests have included Eric Raymond, Jon "Maddog" Hall, Chris DiBona, Christine
> Petersen, and Bruce Schnier.  Our fannish guests have included Terry
> Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Steve Jackson, and Charlie Stross, and Randy
> Milholland.  For 2008, our invited guests include John Kovalic, Tamora Pierce
> and Randall Munroe of xkcd.
>
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>
> What do you think?  I'd link to 5.0's programming but despite repeated
> requests it hasn't been archived at a stable URL yet, and 3.0 and 4.0 aren't
> online at all...
>
> Rob
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