<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-466acd9a-abe9-3451-1aa6-4d487647b6f1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15;background-color:transparent">We're not sure if you've noticed but we all tend to have more than just a trifling interest in things technological and futuristic and, well... How do we put this? Some people have even felt moved to describe us as geeks. Can you believe it? Us?!</span><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We thought for the 2015 Penguin Dinner maybe we should put that myth to rest, finally, and show that we do, indeed, conform to the norm. We're going to do something more traditional, more what you'd expect of a respectable, conservative "black tie dinner".</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">So it is with some seriousness and gravity, Lords, Ladies and Gentleman, that we announce, for the first time the the LCA 2015 Penguin Dinner will have a theme:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Steampunk!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We encourage you to dress for the occasion - in fact we insist. It adds a certain air of mystery to the evening. Costumes are suitable, gadgets will be welcome, the more quirky and fantastical the better - but do come wearing something! We know you're among the cleverest, most inventive and imaginative people to be found (not that we're biased!) so we can't wait to see you as futuristic and anachronistic characters and marvel at your latest inventions and innovations! </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="http://linux.conf.au">linux.conf.au</a> is one of the foremost open source conferences in the world, and is considered the most prestigious in the Southern Hemisphere.The conference is well known for the speakers and delegates depth of talent, and its focus on technical linux content.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">LCA 2015 will be held in Auckland, New Zealand from Monday 12th-Friday 16th January 2015. Registrations are now open.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://</span><a href="http://www.linux.conf.au" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">www.linux.conf.au</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> #BeAwesome</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The LCA2015 Team</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">ENDS</span></span><br>
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