FOSSCON 2014 PHILA SAT AUG 9th

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FOSSCON 2014 Saturday August 9th 9:00am to 4:00pm
at the Franklin Institute, Phila. PA

See http://fosscon.us/ for more info.

Register here: https://secure.fosscon.us/
(RSVP with FREE registration)

NEW for 2014 - Amateur Radio License Testing!
Please register at above secure registration link.
**Testing info: All applicants (including minors) must bring two means
of positive identification.
Licensed applicants must bring the original, and one photocopy, of
their license.
You should also bring the original and a copy of any Certificate of
Successful Completion of
Examination (CSCE) needed to prove current status. A fee of $15 will
be charged for all tests,
payable at test to Phil-Mont Mobile Radio Club.

Hackerspaces, Workshops, Developers and more!!!!!

**Hackathon starts Friday.

See here: https://i.nvite.com/HackFOSSCON/a89

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HACKATHON STARTS FRIDAY AUGUST 8TH.

INFO HERE: http://hackfosscon.challengepost.com/

Speakers

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
9:00-9:50am	Keynote: “We Are Not Special Snowflakes” Corey Quinn
10:00-10:50am	“Building A Career in FOSS” Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph	“Reigning in Date: Ephemeral Messaging Andrew Schwab
11:00-11:50am	“How To Make Localized Activities Rock In A Multi Cultured Open Source Project” Bhavani Shankar and Sergio Meneses		“Cross-Platform Application Development With The Ecere SDK” Jerome Jacovella-St-Louis
12:00-12:50pm	Lunch Break
1:00-1:50pm	“Radio Linux: The Other Wireless Networks” Dr. Kyle N Winfree	“Lessons From Open Source Schoolhouse” Charlie Reisinger	Ham Radio Exams
2:00-2:50pm	“Selling Yourself: How to Handle a Technical Interview” Corey Quinn	“Interactive Fiction and You” Part 1 LaMaia Cramer	Ham Radio Exams
3:00-3:50pm	“Perl: One-Liners”, Dr. Walt Mankowski	“Interactive Fiction and You” Part 2 LaMaia Cramer	“LibreOffice Tools and Tricks For Making Your Work Easier” Robinson Tryon
4:00-4:45pm	Closing Remarks

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Registration & Amateur License Testing Info

Register here: https://secure.fosscon.us/

(RSVP with FREE registration)

NEW for 2014 – Amateur Radio License Testing!

Please register at above secure registration link.**Testing info: All applicants (including minors) must bring two means of positive identification.Licensed applicants must bring the original, and one photocopy, of their license.You should also bring the original and a copy of any Certificate of Successful Completion ofExamination (CSCE) needed to prove current status. A fee of $15 will be charged for all tests,payable at test to Phil-Mont Mobile Radio Club.

[jedijf]

If you are attending FOSSCON 2014, Saturday August 9th at the Franklin
Institute in Philadelphia (info: http://www.fosscon.us/)

1) Please register (It's FREE) at https://secure.fosscon.us/ (it's
our RSVP system for logistics)

2) If you are driving, get your parking ticket (FI) validated and pay
ONLY $6 to park.

3) If you are testing for an Amateur Radio License and need an FRN #
(you do), register at https://apps.fcc.gov/coresWeb/publicHome.do and
have your number ready for the test.

4) FRIDAY, don't be bored, check this out: http://hackfosscon.challengepost.com/

Hope to see everyone Saturday.

Thanks for putting up with the event promotion.