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Here is the latest info....<br><br>> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:15:18 -0800<br>> To: caryl@laptop.org<br>> From: scale-announce@socallinuxexpo.org<br>> Subject: SCALE UPDATE: In the starting blocks -- ready for SCALE 9X?<br>> <br>> SCALE UPDATE - 24 February 2011<br>> <br>> SUMMARY: In the starting blocks -- ready for SCALE 9X?<br>> <br>> LOS ANGELES -- The flights have been confirmed for some time and they're now being boarded. Speakers are packing and heading to Los Angeles, ready to rehearse their presentations before they go on sometime between Friday and Sunday. Exhibitors prepare to set up their booths. Registrations for the expo continue to roll in.<br>> <br>> Are you ready for some Linux?<br>> <br>> The 9th annual Southern California Linux Expo is set to start tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 25, at the Hllton Los Angeles Airport hotel.<br>> <br>> SCALE 9X begins tomorrow with a wide range of presentations. Cloud.com presents an all-day session on building an open-source cloud. Fedora will host its Fedora Activity Day, in which it will offer attendees a path of study to help folks take the Red Hat Certified Engineer test. PostgreSQL will host a day-long sessions on uses for its database software. Ubuntu is hosting Ubucon, a gathering to cover what's going on in the community.<br>> <br>> Friday will also have a Mentor track and a DevOps track with individual presentations. Friday concludes with a Happy Hour sponsored by Rackspace Hosting and the highlight of the evening, the UpSCALE Talks.<br>> <br>> Nine topics featuring 13 speakers make up the UpSCALE talks, where the speakers are given 15 seconds per automatically advanced slide to give their five-minute presentation.<br>> <br>> The expo floor opens Saturday, and runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday the floor is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<br>> <br>> Mobile device users can get the guide via "The Conventionist" by visiting http://conventionist.com/getit . The SCALE 9X schedule and information will be under the "download guides" section of the application.<br>> <br>> Registered already? Ready to go?<br>> <br>> If not, there's still time to beat the rush at the front desk on Friday or Saturday by buying your SCALE 9X passes on-line. Prices range from $10 for a exhibit-only pass to $70 for access to all events.<br>> <br>> To register for SCALE 9X, visit https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/reg7/<br>> <br>> SCALE 9X will be held from Feb. 25-27 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. for more information, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org<br>> <br>> [TO UNSUBSCRIBE: To unsubscribe from this e-mail list, send an e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject field to unsubscribe_scale@redwoodresearch.net ] <br> </body>
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