Sakai Foundation

Lois Brooks, Sakai Foundation interim Executive Director announces position search open:

We have received multiple requests to extend the deadline for proposals for the 2010 Sakai Conference in Denver, June 15-17. Although the Conference Program Committee has now begun to review and evaluate submitted proposals we will continue to accept additional submissions for an additional two weeks, through March 15.

Please review the Proposal Guidelines at: http://bit.ly/9RWnUj

To submit a proposal fill out the online form: http://bit.ly/9ALf9v

Community Members,

I'm writing to announce that Michael Korcuska will be stepping down as Executive Director of the Sakai Foundation, effective March 15, 2010. Michael has served as Executive Director since July, 2007. He leaves the Sakai Foundation to take up a position at LinkedIn in Mountain View, California as global head of customer operations.

The website http://sakaiproject.org/static/conference-2010.htm with details about the Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado is now live. And the Call for Participation section is open to accept your proposals for both Conference Presentations and for Technical Demos.

The deadline for proposal submissions is Feb. 28, 2010.

The conference Tracks are:

The slides from the webinar are on the Sakai Foundation page along with a link to download the .ppt file and a pdf version too.

I would like to invite Sakai Foundation members to attend a live on-line presentation by Michael Korcuska, Sakai Foundation Executive Director. This webinar will review Sakai activities and accomplishments from 2009, present the major projects and activities planned for 2010 and provide an overview of Foundation's finances.