From: "Michael J. Hammel" <mjhammel@graphics-muse.org>
Subject: CLIQ PR (text)
To: lwn@lwn.net (Linux Weekly News)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:17:32 -0700 (MST)

Colorado Linux Info Quest
Saturday, April 1st, 2000
Denver Marriott Tech Center
9AM - 5PM
http://thecliq.org


Denver, CO (Mar 22, 2000) -- The Colorado Linux Info Quest (CLIQ) is only
10 days away.  The exhibit hall, speakers and BoFS are all lined up, and
we're expecting a really big crowd.  With over 600 attendees expected, this
will be last chance to make sure you're registered in time to catch the
early morning speakers and BOFs.  

Anyone interested in attending CLIQ should seriously consider preregistration
by mail or the secure online registration system.  Our estimates show we
may have 400 or more people registering on the morning of the show, and
getting all those people registered in time to catch the keynote will be
difficult, even with our automated registration system.

Online registration closes at 12PM (Mountain Time Zone) on Friday, March
31st.  Registration at the Marriott will open at 3PM on Friday in the
Lupine room and close around 7PM.  Registration on Saturday morning will
open at 7AM.

Please note that no credit cards will be accepted at the door!  Event day
registrations will require check (preferred) or cash.  


About CLIQ

CLIQ, in association with local Linux user groups and local and regional Linux 
business sponsors, will be holding a one day event featuring a full days 
schedule of Linux exhibits, invited talks, real world demonstrations and Birds 
of a Feather sessions. 

Our world class speaker line up includes:

Jon "maddog" Hall, Executive Director of Linux International
Scott S. Draeker, founder and President of Loki Software
Jim Ready, CEO of MontaVista Software
Kevin Gorey, Director of Software Product Marketing for SGI
Rasmus Lerdorf, author of the PHP programming language
Larry McVoy, well known kernel hacker from BitMover, Inc.
Harry McGregor and Justin Ziegler, Linux In Education
Dave Whitinger, Linsight / Atipa

For more details, visit our speaker page at http://thecliq.org/speakers.html.

In addition to the scheduled speakers, the popular and informal Birds of a
Feather (BOF) sessions and select invited demos will also be held on a
variety of topics.  Examples of these include: Debian GNU/Linux.  Zope.
Perl.  Python.  High Availability Linux.  Plus BOFs on Small Business
Conversions to Linux, Java on Linux, and many more.

For more details, visit our BOF page at http://thecliq.org/bofs.html.

Sponsors and Exhibitors for the event include:

   Compaq, SGI, VA Linux, MontaVista Software, Atipa, Linuxcare,
   Softpro, Xi Graphics, LinuxMall, tummy.com, Linux Journal, LWN.net,
   Aspen Systems, eSoft, Plus Ten, Ecrix, Cobalt, Sybase and many more!

For more information, to register or to volunteer, check the website
at:

	http://www.thecliq.org

Take care and we hope to see you at the event!

Contact Information

CLIQ Chairman:  
   Michael J. Hammel
   mjhammel@thecliq.org
   mjhammel@graphics-muse.org
   720-489-7894

CLIQ Vendor Contact:
   Kevin Cullis
   kcullis@thecliq.org

The CLIQ Web Site:
   http://thecliq.org