Columbus, Ohio -- September 1, 2010 -- Registration for the 2010 Ohio LinuxFest has been extended through September 8th, and the registration contest has also been extended until the 1,000th registration has been reached.

Join the room-share mailing list! Folks just like you are looking to share room and/or ride costs. Save money and join the fun at the Ohio LinuxFest 2010.

http://lists.ohiolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/room-share

As the number of online registrations grows near one thousand attendees, we're going to offer something special to the person who is the 1000th person to register online.

The person who is our 1000th Online Registration will get the choice of:

• an upgrade to the Supporter Pass (to be used either in 2010 or 2011)

  or

• a free Professional Pass registration (to be used in 2011)

All contestants, from the first to register up to and including 999, will receive a consolation prize of commemorative cloth bag and official Ohio LinuxFest rock-star pass. Walk-ins are ineligible for these prizes.

Get a chance to enjoy the full Ohio LinuxFest experience:

Be our 1000th online registration!

But hurry! Our online registration will close just before midnight on Wednesday September 1.

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Columbus, OHIO -- August 9, 2010 -- The Ohio LinuxFest is proud to announce that registration is now open for Ohio LinuxFest. The schedule has also been announced, and this year will feature a fantastic line-up of talks for new and experienced Linux users. The 2010 Ohio LinuxFest takes place in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center from September 10 through September 12.

As always, the main schedule takes place on Saturday. The schedule kicks off with a keynote from GNOME Foundation Executive Director Stormy Peters, followed by five tracks of talks from open source and Linux experts like Tarus Balog, Amber Graner, Catherine Devlin, Dru Lavigne, Paul Frields, and Jon 'maddog' Hall. This year's OLF also features a special medical track for those interested in the use of free and open source software in medicine.

The final keynote will be a real treat for Linux and open source enthusiasts interested in free media. Christopher "Monty" Montgomery of Xiph.org will be talking about next generation open source media formats.

Once again the Ohio LinuxFest is free to all, but space is limited. Sign up today at http://ohiolinux.org/register.html. If you want to support OLF, the organizers have made a supporter package available for $65 that includes lunch and an OLF t-shirt. For those who want to attend Friday's OLFU sessions, a professional pass is also available for $350.

Ohio LinuxFest needs your help!

Hi OLFers!

I am currently coordinating volunteers and can use your help!

If you are interested in volunteering and know what you would like to do, drop me a line with details. If you are interested in volunteering and are up for anything, drop me a line. If you want to volunteer but can only spare a couple of hours, drop me a line!

We are most in need of finding help for the check-in desk and for assisting with the talks (starting/ending on time and fielding questions), as well as locals to the Columbus area to help transport folks to & from the airports.

Please send your interest, a phone number and whether you are local to Columbus to schultmc@ohiolinux.org -- and thanks!

Michael Schultheiss
Volunteer Coordinator
schultmc@ohiolinux.org

Stormy Peters, Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, will be a keynote speaker at this years Ohio Linux Fest .
 
Stormy Peters currently works as the Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation.
 
Stormy joined the foundation from OpenLogic where she set up their OpenLogic Expert Community and helped Global 2000 companies develop open source software policies. Previously, Stormy worked at Hewlett-Packard (HP) where she founded and managed the Open Source Program Office that is responsible for HP’s open source strategy, policy and business practices. Stormy joined HP as a software engineer in the Unix Development Lab after graduating from Rice University with a B.A. in Computer Science.
 
Stormy is an advisor for HFOSS, OpenSource World, IntraHealth Open and Open Source America, as well as founder and president of Kids on Computers, a nonprofit organization setting up computer labs in developing countries.
 
Stormy is a frequent keynote speaker on business aspects of Open Source Software at major conferences such as the Open Source Business Conference and the O’Reilly conferences, as well as government organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union. Stormy is involved in GNOME and free source software because it is changing the world and the community is full of smart, passionate people!