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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:114%"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><span style="background-color:transparent">The
Call for Proposals (CFP) opened on the 9th July, and the quality of
submissions so far has been fantastic. There has been some requests
for extension from potential speakers, and we want to make sure that
everyone </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><span style="background-color:transparent">has
</span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><span style="background-color:transparent">a
chance to have their proposal considered! Originally scheduled to be
closed on Sunday 13th July, the papers committee has agreed to extend
the deadline until midnight Sunday 20th July as we know there are
more stories out there that deserve attention.</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:114%"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">For
those of you still considering submitting a proposal, there is only
one rule:</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:114%"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">Your
proposal must be related to open source</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:114%"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">This
year the papers committee is going to be focused on open source in
education as well as our usual focus on deep technical content.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:114%">
<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">If
you have been working on something interesting, now is the time to
tell the world! Visit <a href="http://linux.conf.au/cfp">linux.conf.au/cfp</a> to register and for more
information, including some very useful tips and tricks for
submitting a proposal.</font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font style="font-size:12pt"><b><span style="background-color:transparent">Important
Dates:</span></b></font></font></font></h2>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">*
Call for proposals now closes: 21 July 2014</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:114%">
<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">*
Email notifications from conference organisers: September 2014</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:114%">
<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">*
Early Bird registrations open: 23 September 2014</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:114%">
<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">*
Conference dates: Monday 12 - Friday 16 January 2014</font></font></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><pre cols="72"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#666666">Cherie Ellis
Chairperson
<a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> 2015
+64 21 293 9746</font></pre></div></div>
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