Date: July 24, 2005 3:27:47 PM PDT
Subject: Picn*x14: Free Linux picnic in Sunnyvale, Aug 14th
Hello, this is Bill Kendrick, co-coordinator of this year's
Linux anniversary picnic and barbecue in Sunnyvale.
I thought RenoLUG members would be interested this event (it's free!),
and I was hoping you'd pass the following announcement along to them.
(Additionally, we have some promotional flyers that you can
print and hand out at your upcoming meetings, as well as
some web banner images, if you'd like to place something
Thank you in advance!
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Announcing "Picn*x14":
This August marks the 14th birthday of the Linux kernel, and the
local Linux community is throwing its annual picnic and barbecue
to celebrate.
This year's event, "Picn*x14", will be held on Sunday, August 14th
(the weekend following LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco) in
Sunnyvale, California:
Sunnyvale Baylands Park
999 East Caribbean Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
For maps and directions, see:
To RSVP for this event, visit:
Free Event, Free Food, Free Give-Aways:
The picnic is a free, family-friendly event. Free food and soft-drinks
will be provided to those who RSVP in advance. (Vegetarian options
will be available.) Sports, games and 'geeky' activities will take
There will be free give-aways (books, t-shirts and more),
free commemorative t-shirts (courtesy of Google.com) and
a chance to win some big-ticket prizes:
* 1U rack-mounted Linux server (courtesy of Linux-Consulting.com)
* "VoomPC" car PC enclosure (courtesy of mini-box)
For more details and contest information, see:
Remember to RSVP!
About the Annual Picnic:
Picn*x began in 2001 as "Linux10", to celebrate the 10th birthday of
the Linux operating system, and has been held annually, each August,
This year's event is being organized by:
Bay Area Large Installation Systems Administrators (BayLISA),
Consortium of All Bay Area Linux (CABAL),
Linux User Group of Davis (LUGOD),
Peninsula Linux User Group (PenLUG),
Silicon Valley Linux User Group (SVLUG) and
sbay.org - South Bay/Silicon Valley Community Network,
and is being sponsored by:
Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR,
BayLISA,
Bitpusher,
Coco Ranch,
Google,
Linux-Consulting.com,
Mini-box Embedded Systems,
No Starch Press,
Open Country,
Oracle Technology Network,
O'Reilly & Associates,
Penguin Computing,
Polywell Computers,
Sonic.net, and
Vattar Group.
Sponsorship details can be found at:
How To Help:
Those who wish to help at this year's event can sign up as a
volunteer:
Promotional flyers and web banners are available, as well:
Please feel free to pass this announcement along to other
groups or individuals that you think will be interested!
Thank you, and see you at the picnic!
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-bill!
Picn*x14 Co-Coordinator
