[Ubuntu Chicago] Fwd: [Acm-announce] Flourish! Open Source Conference 2012 - A call for volunteers!

[Jim Campbell]

Thanks, Samir!

Jim
P.S. You have the right list.
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Samir Faci <samir at esamir.com> wrote:

> Quasi on topic...   I'm not sure if there's a Ubuntu Chicago List that
> is different from the Loco Team list, if there is let me know.
>
> Forwarding a request for volunteers for Flourish if anyone is
> interested in helping with the organizing the event.
>
> Naturally even if there aren't any we'd welcome Ubuntu Chicago to have
> a booth at the conference and advertise both the Loco
> activities and the distributions and such.
>
> --
> Samir Faci
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Stephen Liang <sliang6 at uic.edu>
> Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 2:32 AM
> Subject: [Acm-announce] Flourish! Open Source Conference 2012 - A call
> for volunteers!
> To: Association for Computing Machinery <ACM at listserv.uic.edu>,
> Acm-announce at acm.cs.uic.edu, Flourish event planning list
> <flourish at listserv.uic.edu>
>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> We all know that Flourish is coming fairly soon in a couple of months
> and since a conference is not created overnight, and since a lot of
> planning is involved, I'd like to start looking for potential
> volunteers who can help make this incredible conference even more
> incredible this year. For those of you who do not know what Flourish
> is, let me give you a brief introduction to the conference.
>
> Flourish is an Open Source conference that is held annually in Chicago
> at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It is a conference that is
> put together with help from both the Association for Computing
> Machinery and from the Linux User's Group with funding from the
> Department of Computer Science and other sources. We put together this
> conference with a fairly small budget and yet we are able to make an
> impact in our local community and we have helped show that Chicago is
> a truly technologically powerful city full of brilliant minds and
> great ideas. In the past, we've had great speakers come in and give
> presentations, we've had workshops where people can come and learn
> something new by actually working it hands on, and we've even had
> hack-a-thons where people get together to put lots of code together in
> a fairly short amount of time. By putting all of this together, we
> create a conference that is not only satisfying but also
> intellectually stimulating. Keep in mind, that Flourish is not only a
> conference about technology, but it is also a conference that includes
> people ranging from law to political activists.
>
> So where do you come into the picture? We need people who can come and
> help plan the conference. We need people who can go out into the big
> world wide web and help us find speakers and keynotes. It does not
> matter if you do not know many people, this is a perfect time to start
> networking! If you'd like to help piece together this conference,
> please fill out this following google speadsheet and I will get back
> to you when we begin our first official Flourish meeting. While we do
> not have any meetings planned yet -- we are certainly still looking
> for potential volunteers! We plan to start having regular Flourish
> meetings beginning late in this semester and continuing from then on
> (bi weekly) until the day of the conference.
>
> So please sign up for the volunteer list and I'll get you enrolled
> into our Flourish listserv and help you get set up in terms of getting
> volunteer access and such.
>
> Oh, and here are some of the perks of being a volunteer (from the start):
>
> You get a special T-Shirt that signifies that you are Staff or perhaps
> we may even get one that says STAFF on it this year
> You get to network with people from the open source community and even
> the industry
> Your name appears on the brochures and pamphlets we hand out
> Great resume builder!!!!
> You'll be burned into Flourish history as part of our website archives
>
> Also, don't be afraid to sign up even if you can't help us in terms of
> finding speakers. We could always use people who can help us design
> the website, provide technological support, help with budgeting, etc.
> Please, if you have time, please sign up!
>
> Google Spreadsheet:
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDhoajQtdllBZWpFZlhTSFF0ZWpBeFE6MQ
>
> Finally, I put together this preliminary website for Flourish 2012
> fairly quickly, but it's a good start. Check out the Flourish 2012
> website!
>
> http://flourishconf.com
>
> Hope you can help us create a great conference!
>
> Stephen
>
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