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=Prospective upcoming ones=
==Northwest Linuxfest== 

April 25-26 2009

in Bellingham, WA (south of Seattle)

http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/ 

* see Dan's page for planning
* we have a booth
* working on speakers, etc.

==Collaboration Summit==

April 8-10 2009

in San Francisco, CA

http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit

*invitation only
** and apparently we're actually invited [[User:Blauzahl|Blauzahl]]

==Penguicon==

May 1-3 2009

http://www.penguicon.org/

in Romulus, Michigan

*This one is just goofy: a science fiction convention mixed with an open source convention. Nixternal went one year and had a blast. We've missed getting on the program, though, and this isn't something where you'd do a booth.

==Southeast LinuxFest==

June 13 2009

http://wiki.southeastlinuxfest.org/index.php/Main_Page

in Clemson, South Carolina

*Registration is open as of March 11, 2009
*Currently no KDE sponsor is signed up to go

==Gran Canaria==

July 3-11 2009

just noting....

==O'Reilly's Oscon==

July 20-24 2009

in San Jose, California

http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009

* we have a booth, maybe can get someone to do unconference talks?
* This is probably big.

==LinuxWorld (SF)==

August 12-13

in San Francisco, CA

http://linuxworldexpo.com/
* This is now called "open source world"; very corporate
* Big, but not as big as it once was
* more disorganized... Still trying to get in touch with a real person to get us a booth

==Atlanta Linux Fest==

September 19 2009 (Software Freedom Day)

in Atlanta, Georgia

http://atlantalinuxfest.org/

*There is a call for papers right now (as of March 21, 2009), they can be emailed to:
papers at atlantalinuxfest.org
*Currently no KDE sponsor is signed up to go

==LinuxCon==

September 21-23 2009

in Portland, OR

http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon

*Register to attend by April 15 for the discounted rate of $299. 

==Ohio Linuxfest== 

Sept 26 2009 

in Columbus, Ohio

http://ohiolinux.org

inquires:
* speaker phil@ohiolinux.org
* sponsor sponsor@ohiolinux.org
* general team@ohiolinux.org

Locals nearby willing to help? People who are familiar with it and have been?
We currently have nothing set up.

=Sites with Linux Event Listings=

*http://lwn.net/Calendar/Monthly/2009-04/
*http://events.linuxfoundation.org

=Information about them=

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