From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 18 15:58:32 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11BB616A419 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:58:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Received: from ns1.scsiguy.com (www.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD98713C447 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:58:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Received: from [192.168.16.100] (c-75-71-72-123.hsd1.co.comcast.net [75.71.72.123]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.scsiguy.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lBIFwUvP050365 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:58:30 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4767EE2C.3060007@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:58:36 -0700 From: Deb Goodkin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:12:43 +0000 Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] The FreeBSD Foundation Semi-Annual Newsletter Announcement X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:58:32 -0000 Dear FreeBSD Community, I am pleased to announce the publication of The FreeBSD Foundation's Semi-Annual Newsletter. Go to http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/2007Dec-newsletter.shtml to find out what we've been doing to help the FreeBSD project and community. We would also like to thank everyone who contributed to the Foundation in 2007. We are fully funded by your donations. Please consider making a donation to help us continue our support of the FreeBSD project and community in 2008. Thank You, Deb Goodkin The FreeBSD Foundation From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 20 03:49:36 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BC2816A419 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:49:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from supernews.unixathome.org (supernews.unixathome.org [216.168.29.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DCE013C459 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:49:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by supernews.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAE8317085 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:33:35 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at unixathome.org Received: from supernews.unixathome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (supernews.unixathome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OVJirpItVwwG for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:33:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from laptop.unixathome.org (p1070.clients.superclick.com [71.242.99.130]) by supernews.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A496D17079 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:33:32 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4769E289.9060102@langille.org> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:33:29 -0500 From: Dan Langille Organization: The FreeBSD Diary User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071215) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:40:53 +0000 Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] BSDCan 2008 - call for papers X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:49:36 -0000 Hello folks, BSDCan 2008 will be held 16-17 May, 2008 in Ottawa at the University of Ottawa. It will be preceded by two days of tutorials on 14-15 May 2008. We are now accepting proposals for papers. The papers should be written with a very strong technical content bias. Papers and proposals of a business development or marketing nature are not appropriate for this venue. If you are doing something interesting with a BSD operating system, please submit a proposal. You might be developing a very complex system using BSD as the foundation. Perhaps you are helping others and have a story to tell about how BSD played a role. People using BSD as a platform for research are also encouraged to submit a proposal. Perhaps you may want to write a paper such as: * How we manage a giant installation with respect to handling spam. * and/or sysadmin. * and/or networking. Both users and developers are encouraged to share their experiences. The schedule is: 19 Dec 2007 Proposal acceptance begins 19 Jan 2008 Proposal acceptance ends 19 Feb 2008 Confirmation of accepted proposals 19 Apr 2008 Formatted final papers must arrive no later than this date NOTE: This is the schedule for formal papers. We are also accepting submissions for less formal talks and presentations through the same procedures. See also Instructions for submitting a proposal to BSDCan 2008 are available from: -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference: http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Confernce: http://www.pgcon.org/