All - We're getting closer to having a full roster of talks at this September's Astricon (and will soon be publishing them) but I'm certain that there are some folks out there who have sessions in mind on which they'd like to speak who just haven't submitted their proposals yet. Please submit those ideas via the web form here: http://www.astricon.net/2008/glendale/web/speaking.php Areas of interest are: Advanced technical topics, configuration samples, interesting hardware/software configurations, large-scale installation overviews, how your business is succeeding with Asterisk, sales techniques with open source, or any other topic that you think would be useful to let other members of the Asterisk community know about. Talks are typically 45 minutes including Q&A session. Astricon is a great place to meet people face-to-face, which is one of the best ways to really get to know the rest of the community and to help allow you to quickly communicate your ideas with others in a way that is possibly more refined, rapid, and inspirational than the short bursts of ASCII activity which we see here on the mailing lists. Meet your on-line associates, vendors, developers, ecosystem partners, and even competitors. I encourage everyone who has the time and resources to attend - it's a great place to teach, learn, and discuss. SPECIAL: This year we'll be doing "Lightning Talks", which are strictly limited to 10 minutes, and we'll do clusters of them. We have a number of slots for these, and they are well suited for short but very tightly focused discussions of a particular technique, deployment, or "lessons learned" format. If you wish to have a lightning talk, please note that your topic submission is for the lightning talk. We will accept lightning talk submissions all the way up to the day before the conference. Where, When: Phoenix, Arizona. September 23-25. Site: http://www.astricon.net/ -- -- John Todd jtodd at digium.com Asterisk Open Source Community Director