Hi all,

As you might have heard next year on February 18th, 2004 there will be a general Open Source event at the University of Bern in Switzerland. The event is called "LOTS - Let's Open the Source" and seeks to bring together the different stake holders of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software). Please visit the website www.lots.ch and specially the new english section located at www.lots.ch/index_en.html for more information about the event.

This and the following week the call for participation takes place. You can add to this event in the following four ways filling out the submission form:

1. Present your FOSS Project: http://www.lots.ch/lots-request-project.html 2. Present your FOSS-related Company: http://www.lots.ch/lots-request-company.html 3. Hold a presentation: http://www.lots.ch/lots-request-presentation.html 4. Lead a workshop: http://www.lots.ch/lots-request-workshop.html

The submission deadline is already next weeks Friday, December 19th 2003. We hope you're so spontaneous and will decide to participate in the event!

Hope to hear from you soon, sincerely,

Matthias Stürmer