Hi all,<br><br>"The call for papers is now open and will accepting talks until 20th<br>
February 2010.<br>
Conference papers may cover all aspects of free and open source software<br>
projects."<br><br>Detailed information below.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>-- <br>Valério Valério<br>Maemo Community Council Chair<br><br><a href="http://www.valeriovalerio.org">http://www.valeriovalerio.org</a><br><br>
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Subject: Maemo Community Invited to FOSS Nigeria 2010<br>To: <a href="mailto:council@maemo.org">council@maemo.org</a><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:info@fossnigeria.org">info@fossnigeria.org</a><br><br><br><br>
Dear Council Members,<br>
<br>
Free and Open Source Software Foundation Nigeria <a href="http://fossnigeria.org" target="_blank">http://fossnigeria.org</a> in<br>
collaboration with The Centre for Information Technology at Bayero<br>
University Kano <a href="http://www.buk.edu.ng/" target="_blank">http://www.buk.edu.ng/</a> and HUTSOFT Nigeria Limited<br>
<a href="http://hutsoftnigeria.com/" target="_blank">http://hutsoftnigeria.com/</a> are officially inviting your company to come and<br>
give talks at our second international conference on Free and Open Source<br>
Software Nigeria 2010 (FOSS Nigeria 2010 ).<br>
<br>
The conference is scheduled to take place from 5th to 7th March 2010 at<br>
Mambayya House, Centre for Democratic Research, Bayero University Kano,<br>
Kano State, Nigeria.<br>
<br>
Conference registration will be open on 1st January 2010 through the<br>
official FOSS Nigeria website.<br>
<br>
The call for papers is now open and will accepting talks until 20th<br>
February 2010.<br>
Conference papers may cover all aspects of free and open source software<br>
projects.<br>
<br>
For paper submissions, request for invitation letters or any other enquiry<br>
please write to the following e-mail addresses:<br>
<a href="mailto:conferences@fossnigeria.org">conferences@fossnigeria.org</a>, <a href="mailto:mustapha@fossnigeria.org">mustapha@fossnigeria.org</a> and<br>
<a href="mailto:iadasuma@fossnigeria.org">iadasuma@fossnigeria.org</a>.<br>
<br>
If your company wish to donate or advertise their open source products and<br>
services can send their banners, pamphlets, stickers, shirts or anything<br>
that can sell the idea to our community free of charge so that it can be<br>
distributed during the conference or hang in the conference hall for the<br>
duration of the conference and other FOSS Nigeria local events. We are<br>
still looking for donations and sponsorship to help us improve this<br>
conference further.<br>
All interanational invited attendees can attend the conference free of<br>
charge. In addition, as last year, food, accommodation throughout the stay<br>
in Nigeria and sight seeing will be sponsored by the organisation as well.<br>
<br>
Last year we received reports of people who would have wished to attend the<br>
conference but were unsure about visiting Nigeria. We understand there are<br>
many negative stories about our country, but we can assure you Kano will<br>
treat you well.<br>
<br>
Adriaan de Groot (Vice President KDE e.V) and Jonathan Riddell (Kubuntu<br>
Developer) are two KDE community members who attended the FOSS Nigeria 2009<br>
conference in March 2009. They can answer any question that you may have<br>
regarding the country and the conference, feel free to contact them.<br>
FOSS Nigeria 2009 Conference communique and reports can be found on our<br>
website <a href="http://fossnigeria.org/node/5" target="_blank">http://fossnigeria.org/node/5</a><br>
FOSS Nigeria 2009 Pictures can be found on the Flickr account from Jonathan<br>
Riddell <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jriddell/sets/72157614991241443/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jriddell/sets/72157614991241443/</a><br>
Hope to see you all at FOSS Nigeria 2010.<br>
<br>
Mustapha Abubakar,<br>
Organiser-FOSS Nigeria 2010.<br>
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