FOSSCoach at OSCON

Sam Keen sent me an email announcing FOSSCoach that will be happening during OSCON. The full email is below the break.

Hello all,

First, what is FOSSCoach: "FOSSCoach is a series of events designed to teach the essential skills required to participate in collaborative, free and open online projects like Firefox(R) and Wikipedia. The events will get experienced online community participants and leaders sharing their hard-won experience directly with those looking to participate in (or start) collaborative free and open online communities..." [ http://fosscoach.wikia.com/wiki/FOSSCoach ]

If you are interested, Zak Greant and others are organizing the first FOSSCoach Event to be held during OSCON2008, July 23,24,25 at the Convention Center. [ http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/06/fosscoach_july_2325_in_portla... ]

I thought this would be a great opportunity for projects such as Calagator to gain incite and exposure, and to share what they have learned.

The event is free and open to the public but I believe you will need to register through O'Reilly for a free "Exhibit Hall" pass on their website or day of event.

Feel free to signup on the Wiki [http://fosscoach.wikia.com/wiki/OSCON_2008 ] and if you want to propose a session, or become a coatch, contact Zak directly (zak ( a t ) greant.com).

Please forward this to other groups and individuals in the community who you think would be interested in FOSSCoach.

(fyi, for those looking for OSCamp, it has been indefinitely retired. Energy that had gone into that, will instead be going into FOSSCoach)

regards,
sam keen