LibreOffice Conference registration is open

The registration for the LibreOffice Conference, taking place in Paris from October 12th to 15th, is now open. Everyone interested in joining the first annual meeting of the LibreOffice community is invited to register online at

http://conference.libreoffice.org/conference-registration/

to help the organizers in planning.

The LibreOffice Conference will be the event for those interested in the development of free office productivity software, open standards, and the OpenDocument format generally, and is an exciting opportunity to meet community members, developers and hackers. It is sponsored by Cap Digital, Région Île de France, IRILL, Canonical, Google, La Mouette, Novell/SUSE, Red Hat, AF 83, Ars Aperta and Lanedo.

The Call for Papers is also open until July 22nd, and paper submissions will be reviewed by a community committee.

We look forward meeting you in the heart of France, celebrating the first year of LibreOffice, and discussing the plans for the next months.

The Steering Committee of The Document Foundation

LibreOffice Hackfest in Munich

Together with their Linux migration team (LiMux), we’re planning a LibreOffice Hackfest in the City of Munich, Germany. To determine the best date for it, let us know all your possible dates! Like last time, the Hackfest is open for newbies as well as for routined hackers. More details will follow soon, but first, we need the date. So, let’s vote!

The poll is at http://doodle.com/i7pw9wubvdhdyzm4

NOTE: The Hackfest will run from Friday evening to Sunday lunchtime. For the ease of voting, we have just mentioned the respective Saturday.

next Marketing ConfCall on Tuesday

The next marketing conference call will be held on Tuesday, May 10th, at 1600 UTC (=1800 German time).

To see the date and time in your local time zone, see the Doodle poll at http://www.doodle.com/994qbp8puwagrzs8
The dial-in details are available at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/ConfCalls#Dial-in_Details
Feel free to add your favorite agenda items to http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/ConfCalls#Agenda

Looking forward to talking to you!

LibreOffice Conference to be held in Paris this October

The Document Foundation today announced the first annual LibreOffice Conference, which will be held in Paris from October 12th to 15th. Carrying on the tradition of previous OOoCon conferences, the LibreOffice Conference will be the event for those interested in the development of free office productivity software, open standards, and the OpenDocument format generally. Read the full press release.