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From: "Michael J. Hammel" <mjhammel@graphics-muse.org>
Subject: CLIQ 2001 - HP, Daryll Strauss, Havoc Pennington Join Lineup
To: lwn@lwn.net (Linux Weekly News)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:26:00 -0600 (CST)

Colorado Linux Info Quest - CLIQ
http://thecliq.org


Hewlett Packard, XFree86, GNOME join Colorado Linux Info Quest 2001.

HP joins as the latest in a stellar line up of top level sponsors, while Daryll
Strauss (VA Linux, XFree86) and Havoc Pennington (Red Hat, GTK+ and GNOME) sign
as speakers to the region's only Linux focused conference and exhibit.


Denver, CO (Jan 27, 2001) -- The Colorado Linux Info Quest (CLIQ) board of
directors is pleased to announce the addition of Hewlett Packard to our stellar
list of top level sponsors.  HP joins LWN.net, tummy.com, Compaq, and SGI in
bringing this premier Linux event to the Rocky Mountain region for the
second year in a row.

CLIQ is also proud to announce that two well known and highly popular
developers have agreed to speak at the event.  

Daryll Strauss, Multimedia and Graphics Engineering Practice Lead at VA
Linux Systems, is most widely known for his work in putting together the
render-farm of Linux servers used by special effects company Digital Domain
to generate the computer images used in the movie Titanic.  Strauss was also
responsible for adding the first hardware accelerated 3D support to Linux
when he wrote drivers for the 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics card for the XFree86
project.  Daryll currently leads a team of engineers developing OpenGL, the
Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI), and XFree86 on projects from embedded
graphics to professional workstations.

Havoc Pennington serves as the chair for the GNOME Foundation Board of
Directors.  He works for Red Hat as a lead developer for the GTK+ and GNOME
projects.  His book "GTK+/Gnome Application Development" (New Riders) is
the official reference for GNOME.  He is currently working on improvements
to GTK+ as part of the 2.0 release effort.

Havoc and Daryll will be joining Eazel's Andy Hertzfeld, an original
developer of the Apple Macintosh computer, on a panel discussion on  Linux
Desktop software.  Daryll will also be holding a Birds of a Feather (BoF)
session on X and 3D graphics issues, while Havoc plans to hold a BoF on
GTK+ 2.0 development.  These three noted developers join Scott Draeker of
Loki Entertainment, Rick Lehrbaum of LinuxDevices.com, "Think Unix" author
Jon Lasser, Debian developer Bdale Garbee, and Python developer and
tummy.com co-founder Sean Reifschneider to make CLIQ 2001 a must see event!

More speakers and events are planned, so stay tuned - and mark your calendars:
March 29th-30th at the Denver Marriott Tech Center.  All scheduled talks and
the exhibit floor are scheduled for the 30th, with early registration and a few
smaller informal events expected on the 29th.


About Colorado Linux Info Quest 2001

CLIQ, in association with local Linux User Groups and local and regional Linux
business sponsors, will be holding this second annual event featuring one full
day of scheduled Linux exhibits, invited talks, real world demonstrations and
Birds of a Feather sessions.

This year's sponsors includes some of the biggest names in the business: Compaq,
SGI, LWN.net, tummy.com, and HP.   Linux Journal and Linux Magazine have also
been signed as advertising sponsors - be sure to check out the full
page advertisements in the February issues of both magazines!  Compaq is also
providing hardware to host our registration system - the software for which was
written entirely by the CLIQ board.

Speakers are currently being sought for both the invited speaker slots and
our many Birds of a Feather sessions.  Contact Liz Coolbaugh (liz@thecliq.org)
if you are interested in speaking or hosting a BoF session.


Event Day Schedule

The show will run from 9AM to 7PM on Friday, March 30th, 2001 at the Marriott
Tech Center, just off I-25 in South Denver.  The current schedule calls for a
keynote session from 9AM to 10AM, an exhibit floor open from 10AM till 6PM,
three Speaker's Rooms running the full day with up to 11 sessions, and three
Birds of a Feather rooms for open and scheduled discussions on any topic over
the course of the day.  

Registration

Announcements regarding attendee registration are expected in February.  Cost
for the full day, all access pass will be $85 at the door with a $55
discount price for advance registration.  Exhibit floor only passes will be
$15.  Advance registrations for attendees begins in February.

Exhibitor registration will also begin in February 2001.  Exhibit costs are $475
for a single 8x10 booth.  A limited number of 16x20 (Premium) and 16x31
(Platinum) booths will be available on a first come, first served basis.
Premium booths cost $2025 and Platinum booths cost $2675.  Prices include
pipe and drape, table, and electrical and network connections to all booths.

Registration deadlines have not been set at this time.  

Vendors and attendees should check the CLIQ web site, http://thecliq.org,
often for more up to date information.


Sponsorships

CLIQ is seeking a limited number of sponsors for this event.  Top level
sponsorship is $1250 and includes first choice of booth space, a single
8x10 booth (larger booths will require additional fees), and the sponsoring
company's name included with all CLIQ advertisements and banners for this
event.  Three full conference passes and 2 tickets to our VIP dinner are also 
included.

Additionally, CLIQ will also consider offers for sponsorship of the opening
keynote, invited speakers, our Meet-n-Greet event, an email garden and
various other aspects of the show .  At this time, details for such
sponsorships have not been finalized.  Please contact Michael J. Hammel,
CLIQ Chairman, if you are interested in any of these sponsorship
opportunities.


About CLIQ

Colorado Linux Info Quest, known as CLIQ to it's members, is a registered
non-profit organization in the state of Colorado.  It is comprised of
volunteers from Linux user groups throughout the Colorado Front Range.  The
aim of CLIQ is to assist both individual hobbyists and businesses in the
Rocky Mountain and Central US regions find answers to the question "What
can I do with Linux?"


A Look Back:  CLIQ 2000

CLIQ 2000 was held April 1st at the Denver Marriott Tech Center and drew
approximately 600 people.  Invited speakers for the event included:

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

In addition to the scheduled speakers, the popular and informal Birds of a
Feather (BOF) sessions and selected invited demos were also held on a
variety of topics.  Examples of these were: Debian GNU/Linux, with Bdale
Garbee from the Debian Project;  Zope, with Paul Everitt of Digital
Creations; Perl, with Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington; and High
Availability Linux, with Alan Robertson of the High Availability Project.
Other BOF topics included Small Business Conversions to Linux, Java on
Linux, and many more.  


Contact Information

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

CLIQ Vendor Contact:
   Kevin Cullis
   kcullis@thecliq.org

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

General Information and Questions:
	info@thecliq.org