The seventh Ohio LinuxFest is happening very soon, September 25-27, 2009, in scenic Downtown Columbus, Ohio. This will be the third year that LOPSA will offer classes in partnership with OLF.

I'm a proud and active member of LOPSA but I'm also an organizer of the Ohio LinuxFest. Wearing my OLF hat I'd like to beg you FOR HELP!

We need to get the word out about OLF. It's kinda last minute, sure, but our registration numbers are horrifically off. Is it the economy? Did we miss crucial marketing? Are people preferring to visit the G20 conference in Pittsburgh? Is it a health care crisis conspiracy? Space aliens?! I don't know!!

The LOPSA Leadership Committee hereby submits a call for Board Candidate Self-Nominations.

The LOPSA Bylaws (http://governance.lopsa.org/index.php/LOPSA_Bylaws) state:
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An eligible member may stand for election to the Board if:
A petition, signed by no less than 10 (ten) members of the Association in good standing, is submitted to the Chair of the Leadership Committee, no less than 30 days prior to an election.
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We request that petitions be sent to leadership-chair@lopsa.org no later than 3/31/2009. This gives the Leadership Committee time to set the slate and start gathering candidate statements. Technically a petition can be sent through the end of April, but candidates are encouraged to submit early to be part of the initial process.

The AFS & Kerberos Best Practices Workshop 2008 announces the 2008
Call For Participation.

Come talk to your peers about:

* Completed projects
* Work in progress
* Theories
* Best practices
* Related research
* Updates on previous talks

or anything else of note involving AFS and/or Kerberos.

The AFS & Kerberos Best Practices Workshop is a week long conference
for the novice and the experienced. The week is filled with two
full-day classes introducing AFS and Kerberos and two and one half
days of talks by your peers and colleagues. This year's workshop will
be held May 19-23, 2008 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in

The organizers of the Fourth Annual International AFS & Kerberos Best Practices Workshop 2007 announce the Call For Participation. Come talk to your peers about
- Work completed
- Work in progress
- Theories
- Best practices
- Related research

or something else that has tickled your brain while working with AFS and/or Kerberos.

The AFS & Kerberos Best Practices Workshop is a week long conference for the novice and the experienced. The week is filled with two full-day classes introducing AFS and Kerberos and two and one half days of talks by your peers and colleagues. This year's workshop will be held May 7-11, 2007 at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in Menlo Park, CA..

I'm going to start putting together a list of folks who are willing to come to speak to local groups. Some of us have heard local folks speak on a variety of topics. We'd like to encourage them to visit other local groups as well! Is this you, or someone you know? Either contact me or have them do so.

What I'd need to know is:

Who & Where the speaker is.

What topic(s) the speaker can talk about.

How far the speaker is willing to travel. (ex. same state/province/etc., section of the country, out of the country, etc.)

What reimbursement the speaker requests (if any).

What travel expenses the speaker requests [ex. hotel, airfare, trainfare, etc.] (if any).