[sllug-members]: Utah Code Camp

[Pat Wright]

As the primary organizer of this event I can firmly say that I welcome
all technologies!  

My goal for the code camp and is to have much diversity in the technical
world.  So far this year Microsoft is not even a sponsor.  :)  That does
not mean to say there will not be topics on MS technologies.  I'm sure
there will but I would love to see more technologies out from the
community.  

Just to give everyone background.  I started holding code camps about 1
year ago.  This will be the 4th technically we try to have them every 6
months.  If some of you have not heard of them I take full
responsibility for this as I am the worst marketing person in the world.
:)  Personally I have primarily used Microsoft technologies during my
career and mostly around Sql Server.  I do not nor have I ever worked
for MS  that does not mean I don't like some of their software and I
definitely hate some of their software( The big V os comes to mind).  My
goal is just to give back to the community and help each other learn
what we can.  If that means learning about Open Source Linux or mySql or
anything else I'm open to those things.  

So I encourage all to send in their info to speak to me and an abstract
and bio.  I would love nothing more than to take up 2-3 more rooms at
the event for more people and more topics.  I hope to see you all there!


Oh I'm still looking for sponsors to for any companies out there that
would like to sponsor.  

Pat Wright


-----Original Message----- 
From: sllug-members-bounces at sllug.org
[mailto:sllug-members-bounces at sllug.org] On Behalf Of Jason Edwards
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 6:05 PM
To: Salt Lake Linux Users Group Discussions
Subject: [sllug-members]: Utah Code Camp

Some of you may have heard about the Utah Code Camp coming up in a few
weeks:
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http://utcodecamp.com/

As far as I can tell, Code Camp is something to come out of a large
software company located in Redmond, WA., which warrants some
suspicion.  There is a Code Camp manifesto
(http://www.bostondotnet.org/CodeCamp/default.aspx/CodeCamp/CodeCampMani
festo.html)
which states things like:

* By and For the Developer Community
* Always Free [as in beer]
* Community Developed Material
* No Fluff only Code
* Community Ownership

Now, if that doesn't have Open Source and Linux written all over it, I
don't know what does.

I'm going to attempt to be a speaker at this event, and I would ask
that you join me in representing Linux and Open Source.  I believe
this is a great opportunity to get in front of group of developers who
have little exposure to the Open Source community.  I think we should
be able to at least fill one full track; we have so much to talk
about, e.g. "What's GNU," "Intro to Linux," "Beginning Bash
scripting," "Open Source Web Development," just to name a few off the
top of my head.

So, how about it?

Jason
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