[plug] Australia wide recipients - Sun RDP Program as announced by Linux.conf.au

[Daniel]

Linux.conf.au 2003 announces Sun Microsystems(tm) Regional Delegate
Program Recipients.


Perth, Western Australia (December 16, 2002) - Linux.Conf.Au is pleased
to announce that the Sun Microsystems Regional Delegate Program has come
to its conclusion, and the regional Linux User Groups (LUGs) around
Australia have chosen their candidates. We'd like to thank each of these
User Groups for their efforts in finding our winners, and encouraging
people to get involved locally!

Each of our winners will receive:
     * Economy return ticket from their closest major airport to Perth
     * Accommodation at Currie Hall for the duration of the Conference
     * Professional Registration pass for Linux.Conf.Au 2003

... all thanks to Sun Microsystems Australia.

And the winners are:

        ACT: Simon Burton
        New South Wales: Angus Lees
        Northern Territory: Gerard Reid
        Queensland: Eric Faccer
        South Australia: Ian Loxton
        Tasmania: Lauchlin Wilkinson
        Victoria: Grant Diffey
        Western Australia: Harry McNally


Linux.Conf.Au represents the focus of the Australian Linux and Open
Source development community; each of these people now have the
opportunity to join in. However, Linux.Conf.Au is open to anyone;
registrations are still open on the conference web site at
http://www.linux.conf.au/

To everyone who entered, thank you for your participation. We're hoping
that you can stay in contact with your local User Group and continue to
contribute to the Linux community.

The organisers of Linux.Conf.Au would also like to thank Sun
Microsystems Australia for their support of this initative to help
extend the reach of the conference.



* About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
-------------------------------

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Computer[tm]" - has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to 
its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, 
software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more 
than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at www.sun.com.au

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo are trademarks or registered
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* About Linux.conf.au
----------------------

Linux.conf.au is a national 'roaming' conference under the auspices of
Linux Australia Inc (http://www.linux.org.au/). Its original incarnation
was under the name "Conference of Australian Linux Users" (CALU), held
in Melbourne at Monash University in 1999. In January 2001 it was
renamed to "Linux.conf.au", and held in Sydney at the University of New
South Wales under the direction of the Sydney Linux User Group (SLUG).
In February 2002 it was held in Brisbane at the University of Queensland
under the direction of the Home Unix Machine Brisbane User Group
(HUMBUG).

LCA has a very high standing in the international community for having a
very technically focused, yet relaxed conference schedule. All
presenters are selected from the community are of the highest calibre.



About Perth Linux Users' Group Inc.
-------------------------------------

PLUG is a non-profit association for the Linux and Open Source community
and aims to promote and assist this community through fortnightly
seminars and workshops providing the opportunity to connect face-to-face
with industry speakers and other Linux users. In addition to the free
email discussion list, PLUG provides news, technical support, resources
and forums on the web site (http://www.plug.linux.org.au).

Linux(R) is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.   
Other trademarks are property of their respective owners.


per Bernard Blackham
PUBLICITY CONTACT:
LCA 2003, Perth Linux Users' Group Inc
dagobah at blackham.com.au