From: Marko Jung | LinuxTag <mjung@linuxtag.org>
Subject: [LT-Pro-Veterans] Infomail #1, Call for Projects, Marketing & Workshop
To: projects-veterans@linuxtag.org
Reply-To: projects@linuxtag.org
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:29:00 +0100
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Dear Projects,

We would like to inform you about:

• Call for Projects
• Marketing Support
• Workshop "How to Organise the Appearance at a Fair"

As requested at the first official Projects' Meeting at last year's LinuxTag, we will try to keep the upcoming Mails much shorter but this means that you probably get some more messages from us.

Call for Projects

LinuxTag's philosophy is to promote cooperation between companies and free software projects. Income from the participation of profit-oriented companies allows LinuxTag to finance a professional platform where open projects can present the broad diversity of free software to the public.

LinuxTag is looking for projects to participate in this year's exhibition. The Call for Projects contains everything that project members need to know about the conditions. To participate, send a substantive description of your project by February 21, 2008. You should not wait to the end of the deadline, because we will inform projects, that have been exhibiting at last year's LinuxTag, within a few days after their submission whether they may participate or not at this year's show.

We improved the whole process, so please take the time to read through the Call for Projects [1] and before you submit an application using the virtual Conference Center (vCC) [2].

• [1] http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/community/projects/cfpro.html

• [2] https://www.linuxtag.org/vcc/

LinuxTag begins right now

LinuxTag begins now by you participating with your peers online to shape and promote the event. Since the event is about connecting you with your peers, your input is essential. Therefore we will provide a public Wiki where we would ask you to participate and share information among all free software projects.

Please start now to promote LinuxTag on the web:

• Xing http://www.xing.com/group-12912.093d39/6023201

• Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6826008953

• Upcoming.org http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/321675/

If you are participating in other networks, please add similar entries to them and send us links to them.

Workshop "How to Organise the Appearance at a Fair"

In the afternoon of February 1st, 2008, in Berlin, professionals from Messe Berlin and AUMA (Ausstellungs- und Messe-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft e. V.) talk about planning and performance for a fair. This is an offer to all interested exhibitors for LinuxTag and IT Profits.

We have been assured that the special interests of the Projects will be taken into account, and that enough time for a Q&A is allowed.

Please see the document [3] for further details, and please use the fax sheet for registration. In case of questions, please contact Mr. Nino Grüttke via email (Gruettke@messe-berlin.de) or phone (+49-30-3038-2326).

• [3]http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/uploads/media/Messeworkshop_Anschreiben_Anmeldung.pdf

Thank you for your support and please stay tuned.

Regards, Susanne Pfeifer, Wolfgang Drotschmann & Marko Jung Project Committee LinuxTag 2008