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<body><div>Thanks, Meg!<br></div>
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<div>Jim</div>
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<div>On Wed, Jul 13, 2016, at 10:33 PM, meg ford wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi All,<br></div>
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<div>The GNOME Foundati<span class="font" style="font-family:arial, " helvetica", " sans-serif"">on is h</span>osting a conference in Portland September 19 – 23. The call for participation has been extended until the end of July. Please consider submitting a talk, and forwarding the announcement to anyone who may be interested. The announcement is below.<br></div>
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<div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85, 85, 85);font-family:Cantarell, "Droid Sans", Ubuntu, "DejaVu Sans", Arial, sans-serif;line-height:22.4px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-repeat:initial;">The GNOME Foundation is pleased to announce the Call for Participation in Libre Application Summit — hosted by GNOME (LAS GNOME). The conference will be held from <span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent">September 19 – 23</span></span> in Portland, Oregon, and brings together developers, entrepreneurs, and FOSS enthusiasts for discussion and debate of the future of Linux apps.<br></div>
<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22.4px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="font" style="font-family:Cantarell, "Droid Sans", Ubuntu, "DejaVu Sans", Arial, sans-serif">LAS GNOME</span><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, " helvetica", " sans-serif""> is the confere</span><span class="font" style="font-family:Cantarell, " Droid Sans", " Ubuntu", " DejaVu Sans", " Arial", " sans-serif"">nce to attend if you want to create a business around Linux-based applications, release your applications to multiple distributions at the same time, and/or create the conditions necessary to reach a wider audience for your current Linux apps.</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22.4px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Cantarell, "Droid Sans", Ubuntu, "DejaVu Sans", Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><b>Possible topics include, but are not limited to:</b></span></span></span><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:square;list-style-position:initial;list-style-image:initial;color:rgb(85, 85, 85);font-family:Cantarell, "Droid Sans", Ubuntu, "DejaVu Sans", Arial, sans-serif;line-height:22.4px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:30px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position-x:initial;background-position-y:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent;"><b>Ecosystem: </b><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent">business, legal, community, and social issues</span><br></li><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:30px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position-x:initial;background-position-y:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent;"><b>Platforms: </b><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent">deep low-level topics around hardware, drivers, and tools</span><br></li><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:30px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position-x:initial;background-position-y:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent;"><b>Distribution: </b><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent">collaborating with established distributions (like OpenSuse), inter-distribution cooperation, QA and continuous integration.</span><br></li><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:30px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position-x:initial;background-position-y:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent;"><b>Development: </b><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent">toolkits, X/Wayland, security, runtimes, SDK, development tools.</span><br></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22.4px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Cantarell, "Droid Sans", Ubuntu, "DejaVu Sans", Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px">Proposals by newcomers and experienced speakers are welcomed alike. When submitting your proposal, please keep in mind that talk slots are 45 minutes long.</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22.4px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Cantarell, "Droid Sans", Ubuntu, "DejaVu Sans", Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><b>The call for talks will have the following timeline:</b></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22.4px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Cantarell, "Droid Sans", Ubuntu, "DejaVu Sans", Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><b> July 30th:</b> deadline for submitting your talk proposals through <a href="http://lasreg.gnome.org/">http://lasreg.gnome.org/</a></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22.4px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Cantarell, "Droid Sans", Ubuntu, "DejaVu Sans", Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><b> September 19th-21st:</b> core conference days in Portland, Oregon</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22.4px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Cantarell, "Droid Sans", Ubuntu, "DejaVu Sans", Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px">The papers team is looking forward to your talk proposal. In case of questions regarding the call for talks, please contact the papers team at papers@las.gnome org. For general questions regarding the conference, please consult the <a style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(93, 57, 110);background-image:initial;background-position-x:initial;background-position-y:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent;" href="http://las.gnome.org/">LAS GNOME website</a> or contact the LAS GNOME organizing team.</span></span></span><br></p></div>
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