<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div>On behalf of the FOSS4G organizing committee.<br><div><div dir="ltr"><div> </div><div>April 11, 2014<br>Portland, OR, USA</div><h4>Regular Session and Academic Track proposals due</h4><p>A reminder to all potential FOSS4G attendees – the proposal submission deadline for both the<a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/calls-for-papers/academic-track-cfp/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc"> Academic Track</font></a> and <a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/calls-for-papers/cfp/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">Regular Sessions</font></a> is next Tuesday, April 15th. For the Regular Sessions, we strongly recommend reviewing our <a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/advice-on-writing-submissions/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">advice</font></a> for successful proposals before submitting.</p><p>The community voting on the Regular Sessions will directly follow the deadline, April 18th to 28th.</p><h4>Travel Grant Announcement</h4><p>We realize that traveling to and attending a conference can be expensive, and that not everyone who uses or develops open source software has provided funding to pay their way or the means to pay for it themselves. To make sure that as many deserving people as possible can attend FOSS4G, we’re creating a <a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/attending/travel-grants/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">travel grant program</font></a> with funds to cover registration and travel costs. Watch for details coming soon.</p><p>One additional reminder: <a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/schedule/registration/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">Early Bird Registration</font></a> is open!</p><h4>Important Conference Dates</h4><p dir="ltr">See the <a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/about/calendar/"><font color="#0066cc">full calendar</font></a> for more details.</p>
<ul><li>April 15th: Academic Paper/Presentation Proposals Due</li><li>June 15th: Early bird registration ends</li><li>Sept 8th-9th: Workshops</li><li>Sept 10th-12th: Main Conference</li><li>Sept 13th: Code Sprint</li></ul><div>See you in Portland,</div><p><a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/logo_horiz_trans_150x69.png"><img alt="logo_horiz_trans_150x69" src="https://2014.foss4g.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/logo_horiz_trans_150x69.png" width="150" height="69"></a></p><p dir="ltr">FOSS4G PDX Local Organizing Committee</p></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div><br></body></html>