From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 27 15:05:25 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7EA35A3 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:05:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Received: from aslan.scsiguy.com (www.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF26F66C for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:05:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Deb-Goodkins-MacBook-Pro.local (c-67-173-236-152.hsd1.co.comcast.net [67.173.236.152]) (authenticated bits=0) by aslan.scsiguy.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r2RF5OYt060418 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:05:24 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <51530AAF.90609@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:05:19 -0600 From: Deb Goodkin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130307 Thunderbird/17.0.4 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-4.2.7 (aslan.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]); Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:05:24 -0600 (MDT) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:22:36 +0000 Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Foundation Soliciting the Submission of Project Proposals X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:05:26 -0000 The FreeBSD Foundation is soliciting the submission of project proposals for funded development grants. Proposals may be related to any of the major subsystems or infrastructure within the FreeBSD operating system, and will be evaluated based on desirability, technical merit, and cost-effectiveness. Key dates for this proposal solicitation: Call for proposals: 27th March 2013 Deadline for submissions: 26th April 2013 Notifcation of accepted proposals: 17th May 2013 Proposals must include the following: * A detailed description of what is being proposed, how it will benefit the FreeBSD Project, and why the work is needed. * A timeline and costing for the project. * One or more people that will act as technical reviewers for the work. Proposals are open to all developers, including non-FreeBSD committers, but developers without access to commit to the source tree must provide details about how the completion guidelines will be achieved. For details on the proposal submission process see: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/documents/Project%20Proposal%20Procedures%202013.shtml The FreeBSD Foundation From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 28 07:00:07 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5172E29A for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:00:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beat@FreeBSD.org) Received: from marvin.chruetertee.ch (marvin.chruetertee.ch [217.150.245.55]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8618FC5 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:00:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zeus.network.lan (dynamic-94-247-222-039.catv.glattnet.ch [94.247.222.39]) (authenticated bits=0) by marvin.chruetertee.ch (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id r2S6lTvg009558 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:47:30 GMT (envelope-from beat@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <5153E781.80304@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:47:29 +0100 From: Beat Gaetzi User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130313 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:24:18 +0000 Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] EuroBSDcon 2013: Call for Proposals X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:00:07 -0000 EuroBSDcon 2013: September 26-29 in Malta ========================================= EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for users and developers of BSD-based systems. The conference will take place Thursday, September 26 through Sunday, September 29 at the Hilton in St. Julian's, Malta (tutorials on Thursday and Friday, talks on Saturday and Sunday). Call for Proposals ------------------ The EuroBSDcon program committee is inviting BSD developers and users to submit innovative and original talk proposals not previously presented at other European conferences. Topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to applications, architecture, implementation, performance and security of BSD-based operating systems, as well as topics concerning the economic or organizational aspects of BSD use. Presentations are expected to be 45 minutes and are to be delivered in English. Call for Tutorial Proposals --------------------------- The EuroBSDcon program committee is also inviting qualified practitioners in their field to submit proposals for half or full day tutorials on topics relevant to development, implementation and use of BSD-based systems. Half-day tutorials are expected to be 2.5 to 3 hours and full-day tutorials 5 to 6 hours. Tutorials are to be held in English. Submissions ----------- Proposals should be sent by email to . They should contain a short and concise text description in about 100 words. The submission should also include a short CV of the speaker and an estimate of the expected travel expenses. Please submit each proposal as a separate email. Important dates --------------- The EuroBSDcon program committee is accepting talk and tutorial proposals until Monday, May 25 2013. Other important dates will be announced soon at the conference website http://2013.EuroBSDcon.org/. -- Beat Gätzi | FreeBSD Committer beat@FreeBSD.org | http://www.FreeBSD.org