open source bridge town hall 2

Town HallApril 21, 2009

We've been busy.

What we've accomplished:

We selected 70+ fun andinformative talks - to be announced on Thursday!

We have a non-profit.

We have weekly meetings.

OpenConferenceWare sprints     and User Group outreach

Wait! There's more:

• Emailing universities around the country• Updating our shiny website and blog• Zazzle! http://www.zazzle.com/opensourcebridge

Our sponsors:

Yahoo! Developer Network Network ReduxCubeSpaceGoogleEnd Point Corp.Portland State UniversityEarth Class MailHockley PhotographyOTBC

...but we still need more!

You can be a sponsor too!

Open Source Bridge > Sponsors > Individual Donationshttp://opensourcebridge.org/sponsors/individual-donations/

Donate as little as $2 ... but we wouldn't mind more.

Or sign up for a Gold Star registration - an extra $100 gives you a shiny gold star on your badge.

We still need your help!

Hotels Hotels Hotels

Hilton downtown Portland• We've arranged for an awesome hacker lounge space• Room rate is already a $30 discount over summer prices• These perks are dependent on us filling our room block • Can you help us reach out to people outside Portland?

 Need to fill rooms by May 15

Living the Hacker Lounge life

• Open 24 hours• At the top of the Hilton, in the middle of downtown Portland• Great view!• Projects can schedule time to use it • We'll need volunteers to staff it • What else would you like to do there?

Other places you could help:

• Outreach: who haven't we talked to yet? (lots of people)• Sponsorship! • Are you registered? Are your coworkers and friends?• On-site logistics: recruiting for several jobs

o Internet/Wifi coordinatoro Food coordinatoro Expo hall lead o Space & facilities leado On-site Volunteer wrangler o A/V assistants, runners, & other helpful peopleo Early morning registration (2-4)o Badge checkers