<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Southern CAlifornia Linux Exposition (SCALE 3X)
2005.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The USC, Simi/Conejo, and UCLA Linux User Groups
are proud to present the third annual Southern California Linux Expo scheduled
for February 12-13th, 2005 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Southern
California Linux Expo will bring together Linux and Open Source Software
companies, developers, and users. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The conference is being held by Linux user groups
from the local area: the USCLUG, SCLUG, and UCLALUG. Building on the tremendous
success of last two years' SCALE, the three LUGs will continue to promote Linux
and the Open Source Software community. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We invite you to share your work on Linux and Open
Source projects with the rest of the community. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Presentations can be in the form of speeches,
tutorials, or demonstrations. <BR>Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Linux for embedded
systems<BR> Iptables<BR> Mysql<BR> Multimedia in
Linux<BR> Wireless tools in Linux<BR> Linux Games<BR> New kernel
enhancements<BR> Samba<BR> GIMP<BR> Administration techniques for
specific distributions<BR> Network monitoring<BR> Custom
Configurations<BR> Beginners' topics<BR> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Presentations are allotted time in increments of 30
minutes up to 2 hours. For speeches, please submit your paper along with a
description of the speech format and intended audience. For tutorials and
demonstrations, please submit your proposal and let us know of any special needs
such as audio/video equipment. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All proposals are to be sent to <A
href="mailto:kapadia@socallinuxexpo.com">kapadia@socallinuxexpo.com</A>. The
deadline for submissions has been extended to Sunday, December 6th at midnight.
Further details for the last two years expo can be found at <A
href="http://www.socallinuxexpo.com">http://www.socallinuxexpo.com</A>.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks and Regards<BR>SoCAlLinuxExpo CFP Committee.
</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>