Announcement: August Penguin Conference on 6-August-2010

Announcement: August Penguin Conference on 6-August-2010

Shlomi Fish shlomif at iglu.org.il
Mon Jul 12 21:43:11 IDT 2010


Just a few corrections:

On Saturday 10 Jul 2010 12:45:59 Shlomi Fish wrote:
> In accordance with its annual tradition, the Israeli Free and
> Open Source Software community will hold the August Penguin conference
> ( http://august.penguin.org.il/ ) under the auspices of the Hamakor
> non-profit organisation  ( http://www.hamakor.org.il/ ).
> 
> This year the conference will take place on Friday, 6 August 2010,
> starting at 08:30 in the morning, in the Avner building of the

This is the Ebner building (though it's spelt the same in Hebrew - "אבנר").

> Weizmann Institute in Rehovoth, Israel. Entrance to the conference costs
> 50 New Israeli Sheqels (ILS), while members and friends of
> Hamakor and the Israeli Internet Society (ISOC) are not required to pay.

There is no free entry for members of ISOC this year. Hamakor friends and 
members still get a free entry.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

> (Note that youth under the age of 18, soldiers, and students can opt
> to join Hamakor as friends or members for the entrance fee.)
> 
> So what is going to take place in the conference?
> 
> * http://august.penguin.org.il/schedule - talks.
> 
> * Giving the "Hamakor Prize".
> 
> * http://www.bookcrossing.com/ - Book Crossing stands.
> 
> * http://august.penguin.org.il/keysign - a key-signing party.
> 
> * Photo shoot-out.
> 
> * Nice atmosphere and friendly geeks.
> 
> ---
> 
> Everyone is welcome to come to the conference. Please make the payments
> on the Internet before the event.

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