From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 7 14:35:00 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A2D7106564A for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 14:35:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl (mx1.psconsult.nl [80.89.238.138]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D1C8FC0A for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 14:34:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl ([80.89.238.138]) by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p77EGQ4w008778 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 7 Aug 2011 16:16:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) Received: (from paul@localhost) by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p77EGQMm008777; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 16:16:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) X-Authentication-Warning: mx1.psconsult.nl: paul set sender to freebsd@psconsult.nl using -f Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 16:16:26 +0200 From: Paul Schenkeveld To: FreeBSD announcements Message-ID: <20110807141626.GA98313@psconsult.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:39:04 +0000 Cc: Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] EuroBSDcon 2011 - registration is open X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:35:00 -0000 EuroBSDcon 2011 - Maarssen, The Netherlands - oct 6-9, 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------- Registration is now open ======================== EuroBSDcon 2011 will take place in Maarssen, The Netherlands from oct 6, 2011 till oct 9, 2011. This will be the 10th anniversary of EuroBSDcon so there is every reason to join this year! Please spread the news and help make this anniversary an event to be remembered! The conference will be on saturday and sunday (oct 8-9) preceeded by two days of tutorials (oct 6-7). Registration for the conference opened last week. Register in august to benefit from early registration fees. We have been informed that hotels in the area are filling rapidly, see our website for hotel information but don't wait too long to book your hotel rooms. We are still talking to hotels in the area to reserve more rooms but october seems to be a popular month to visit the Netherlands. Some of this years highlights: * A two-day tutorial "An Introduction to the FreeBSD Open-Source Operating System" by Kirk McKusick which is a real MUST for everyone who want to work on BSD kernels. * A tutorial on Dtrace by Tod McQuillin. Dtrace is the new way to locate problems in applications and find performance bottlenecks. Dtrace was ported from OpenSolaris and is part of the FreeBSD base system since FreeBSD 8. * A pfSense 2.0 tutorial by Chris Buechler. PfSense 2.0 is a mayor inprovement over pfSense 1.x which has proven to be a versatile and reliable firewall with an easy to use web based admin interface. * About 25 interesting talks Talks among which: - OpenBSD's PF packet filter which celebrates it's 10th anniversary too - A new NetBSD packet filter called NPF - The OpenBSD MPLS stack - HAST, high availability storage on FreeBSD - A BSD operating system on top of the Minix 3 kernel - How ZFS changes the life of system administrators See our website for the full list. Hope to see you all in october and don't forget to bring along some good weather :-) Kind regards, Paul Schenkeveld From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 9 17:58:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A856A1065672 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 17:58:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deb@freebsdfoundation.org) Received: from aslan.scsiguy.com (aslan.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D8118FC17 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 17:58:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Deb-Goodkins-MacBook-Pro.local (c-71-196-153-166.hsd1.co.comcast.net [71.196.153.166]) (authenticated bits=0) by aslan.scsiguy.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p79HjqbW068546 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:45:52 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from deb@freebsdfoundation.org) Message-ID: <4E4171F4.6070100@freebsdfoundation.org> Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:44:20 -0600 From: Deb Goodkin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624 Thunderbird/5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (aslan.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]); Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:45:53 -0600 (MDT) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:26:44 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] Foundation's Semi-Annual Newsletter X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:58:01 -0000 Dear FreeBSD Community, We are pleased to announce the publication of The FreeBSD Foundation's 2011 Semi-Annual Newsletter. Go to http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/2011Aug-newsletter.shtml to find out how we have supported the FreeBSD Project and community so far this year. Please support the Project by making a donation to the foundation. Please go to http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/ to find out how to make a donation. Sincerely, The FreeBSD Foundation From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 12 20:34:15 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0A6F106564A for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:34:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deb@freebsdfoundation.org) Received: from aslan.scsiguy.com (aslan.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DB9B8FC15 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:34:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Deb-Goodkins-MacBook-Pro.local (c-71-196-153-166.hsd1.co.comcast.net [71.196.153.166]) (authenticated bits=0) by aslan.scsiguy.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7CKZf9n087524 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:35:41 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from deb@freebsdfoundation.org) Message-ID: <4E458E41.8020603@freebsdfoundation.org> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:34:09 -0600 From: Deb Goodkin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624 Thunderbird/5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (aslan.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]); Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:35:41 -0600 (MDT) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:51:15 +0000 Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] Accepting Travel Grant Applications for EuroBSDCon X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:34:16 -0000 Calling all FreeBSD developers needing assistance with travel expenses to EuroBSDCon 2011. The FreeBSD Foundation will be providing a limited number of travel grants to individuals requesting assistance. Please fill out and submit the Travel Grant Request Application at http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/documents/TravelRequestForm.pdf by September 5, 2011 to apply for this grant. How it works: This program is open to FreeBSD developers of all sorts (kernel hackers, documentation authors, bugbusters, system administrators, etc). In some cases we are also able to fund non-developers, such as active community members and FreeBSD advocates. (1) You request funding based on a realistic and economical estimate of travel costs (economy airfare, trainfare, ...), accommodations (conference hotel and sharing a room), and registration or tutorial fees. If there are other sponsors willing to cover costs, such as your employer or the conference, we prefer you talk to them first, as our budget is limited. We are happy to split costs with you or another sponsor, such as just covering airfare or board. *If you are a speaker at the conference, we expect the conference to cover your travel costs, and will most likely not approve your direct request to us. * (2) We review your application and if approved, authorize you to seek reimbursement up to a limit. We consider several factors, including our overall and per-event budgets, and (quite importantly) the benefit to the community by funding your travel. Most rejected applications are rejected because of an over-all limit on travel budget for the event or year, due to unrealistic or uneconomical costing, or because there is an unclear or unconvincing argument that funding the applicant will directly benefit the FreeBSD Project. Please take these points into consideration when writing your application. (3) We reimburse costs based on actuals (receipts), and by check or bank transfer. And, we do not cover your costs if you end up having to cancel your trip. We require you to submit a report on your trip, which we may show to current or potential sponsors, and may include in our semi-annual newsletter. There's some flexibility in the mechanism, so talk to us if something about the model doesn't quite work for you or if you have any questions. The travel grant program is one of the most effective ways we can spend money to help support the FreeBSD Project, as it helps developers get together in the same place at the same time, and helps advertise and advocate FreeBSD in the larger community. Thank You, The FreeBSD Foundation