Infomail #1, February 7, 2007

Dear Project,

with this mailing we would like to inform you about:

1. Call for Projects

Today we start the official 'Call for Projects' to exhibit at the

13th LinuxTag, May 30 - June 3, 2007, at Messegelände unter dem Funkturm, Berlin, Germany. Detailed information can be found at LinuxTag's website. Please take a look at our terms and read the FAQ. (An English translation of the FAQ will be provided soon.)

The project committee has a very hard job to decide for some projects whether they will get a booth (sponsored by LinuxTag) or we have to charge them for it because of its strong commercial background. This decision is not easy to make and differs in each case, but we try to make it fair for everybody. Therefore we have updated the virtual Conference Center with some new questions concerning your project contributors and community. By providing us as much information as possible, you can help us to ensure that only non-commercial projects can benefit from the sponsored booths.

You should submit your application as soon as possible, because first application round ends February 23, 2007.

2. Project Workshops

We would like to remember you not to forget to register for project workshops. Similar to the years before we will offer you so called "Workshop Rooms". Our plan is to jointly organise a "projects to projects program" or "developer to developer program". As last year the schedule will be published on LinuxTag's website, so the schedule will be announced more widely.

The main purpose for these rooms is to provide attending projects an opportunity to talk to other developers (not necessarily from the same project) and to go into detail for a larger group than what would be possible at the booth. Please note: all workshops will be open to the public and will be announced so. In special cases we can make an exception, but we would like to discuss this in detail with you, if you think a session should be non-public. LinuxTag provides presentation equipment and probably Internet connectivity for all five rooms. You can register for a workshop using your vCC-account and submit it like a paper using category "Project Workshop". Normally a slot is 60 Minutes, if your workshop takes longer leave us a note within your abstract. Also do so, if you have a preference for the day.

You can neglect the licence because it is not planned to distribute your submission (like a paper for the conference program). But please do not forget to choose the language for your workshop submission. English may be your language of choice, but it is a valuable information for an interested visitor.

Please register as soon as possible.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us.

Regards,
Susanne Pfeifer, Wolfgang Drotschmann, Marko Jung & Martin Schulte
Project Committee LinuxTag 2007