I think Dave Weis sent out an e-mail a few weeks ago about Bruce Perens talking at the Java Users Group tomorrow. I just wanted to send out a reminder that this is tomorrow night (6pm) at the DMACC West campus auditorium. Bruce and another speaker from Sun are going to be calling in from California and we have the room wired for Q&A with the speakers, etc. Even if you can only make it out there from 7-8, we'd like to have you there... but if you showed up late, you'd miss the free pizza :)
<br><br>If you want to attend, just shoot an e-mail to <a href="mailto:mail@sourceallies.com">mail@sourceallies.com</a> and we'll up the pizza count.<br><br>Please find some details below:<br><br>Thanks - Matt <br><br>
-------------------------------------------<br><br>As you know, we have some remarkable guests for <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1661">tomorrow</span>'s JUG meeting! The theme of the meeting<br>is Open Source and we have two very reputable experts on the topic: Bruce Perens and Tom Marble.
<br><br>Please RSVP by
<span style="font-weight: bold;">noon</span> <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1662">tomorrow</span> (the 11th) with a pizza preference so our meeting sponsor, Paragon IT<br>Professionals, can order enough pizza & pop for us. RSVP to:
<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1663"><a href="mailto:mail@sourceallies.com" target="_blank">
mail@sourceallies.com</a></span><br><br>Here's the event run down:<br><br>Place: DMACC West main auditorium (<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1664"><a href="http://www.dmacc.edu/west/map.asp" target="_blank">http://www.dmacc.edu/west/map.asp
</a></span>)<br>Time: <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1665">September 11th, 2007</span> - please arrive 15-20 minutes early for pizza
<br><br>6:00-6:10 PM: Introduce CIJUG pizza sponsor and review guest Bios<br><br>6:10-7:00 PM: Tom Marble (Sun's OpenJDK ambassador) Presentation<br> *
Tom's talk may include background on Sun's OSS business strategy,
decision to open the Solaris code base and the Java code base, and the
business impact from doing so
<br> * Tom prefers fewer slides and more Q&A so have your questions ready<br> * <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1666"><a href="http://java.sun.com/developer/Meet-Eng/marble/" target="_blank">http://java.sun.com/developer/Meet-Eng/marble/
</a></span><br> * <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1667"><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/tmarble/" target="_blank">
http://blogs.sun.com/tmarble/</a></span><br><br>7:00-7:30 PM: Bruce Perens (Primary Author:
<i>
<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1668"><a href="http://perens.com/Articles/OSD.html" target="_blank">
The Open Source Definition</a></span>,</i> spokesperson & one of leaders of Free Software and Linux) Presentation <br> *
Bruce will provide a broader perspective on Open Source & Free
Software and a Q & A session with the Java Users Group and Linux
Users Group members who are also invited to this meeting
<br> * <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1669"><a href="http://perens.com/" target="_blank">http://perens.com/</a></span><br> * <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1670"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Perens" target="_blank">
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Perens</a></span> <br><br>7:30
Break - Since this meeting will run longer than normal, this will allow
people with prior commitments to leave the auditorium
<br><br>7:31-8:00 PM: Bruce Perens will finish his presentation and open up to audience questions<br><br>Please remember to RSVP to <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1671"><a href="mailto:mail@sourceallies.com" target="_blank">
mail@sourceallies.com</a></span> and we'll see you there!
<br><br>----------------------------------------------------<br>See <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1672"><a href="http://www.cijug.net/" target="_blank">www.cijug.net</a></span> for more event details<br>Also mark your calendar for Des Moines' first BarCamp Event on Sept. 22nd! -
<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1673"><a href="http://barcampdesmoines.pbwiki.com/FrontPage" target="_blank">http://barcampdesmoines.pbwiki.com/FrontPage</a></span><br>