The State of FOSS in Utah
Utah Open Source in Action
Clint Savage
Founder, Utah Open Source Foundation
A Little History About Utah Open Source
- Utah Open Source Coalition
- Core Structures to help User Groups
- Speaker Pools, Meeting Spaces and more
- Mostly Defunct Now
- June 2006 — Springville, Utah
- Utah Open Source's First Official Meeting
- Planted Seeds for the Future
The Future is Now!
- Utah Open Source Conference 2007
- 35+ presentations over 3 days
- Streaming Meetings
- Provides access to meetings for those who can't come
- To be deployed fully by end of 2008
- Bandwidth Provided by TierFour
- Increased Enthusiasm
- User Group Growth is visible
- IRC and Mailing Lists are growing
- Envigorated Open Source Business Community
Utah Open Source: Community
- Utah Open Source Collective
- Community Wiki - Register and contribute
- User Group Tracking - Show Growth in Utah
- UG Boxes - Help Groups Stay Connected
- Meeting Locations
- Geek Paintball - This Saturday (November 17, 2007)
Utah Open Source: Business
- OSTC reports excellent referrals
- KnowledgeBlue to get more involved in helping the planning committees
- Businesses and Open Source
- Business and Community Networking
- Home Runs in IT Networking Conference
Utah Open Source: Education
- Education Weeks: Provided by Local Expert, Supported by Local Businesses
- Inexpensive training over 1 week, 2-3 hrs/night
- Cover one topic in depth for community
- Business and Open Source Education for Entrepeneurs/Businesses
- Higher Education
- Software for Starving Students
- Open Source Promotion through ACM, Computer Science Curriculum, etc.
Utah Open Source: Family
- Utah is Very Family Oriented
- Researching ways to help families come together with Open Source
- Utah Open Source Conference 2008 to have a Family Track
- Introduce Children to the Values of Open Source and Liberty in Software
- Do the Right Thing, Show Families the Cost Savings
Utah Open Source: Core Team
- Clint Savage (herlo), Founder
- Emily Shaw (memilyrae), Team Coordinator
- Will Smith (undertakingyou), Systems Administrator
- Victor Villa (mindjuju), Development/Media
- Stephen Shaw (decriptor), Sponsorship
- John Anderson (sontek), Development
- Jason Hall (Jayce^), Evangelist/Promotion