[Announcements] Announcing the 2nd Annual Etudes Users' Summit!

[Vivie Sinou]

Announcing the 2nd Annual Etudes Users' Summit!

Etudes develops the Melete, Mneme, and JForum tools for the Sakai community
and uses the Users' Summit to showcase the latest and planned features for
these tools as well as gather user requirements for the roadmap for these
tools going forward.  The Users' Summit also showcases how teachers
effectively teach with Sakai.

This year's Summit will be held on May 13 & May 14, 2010, in Burlingame /
San Francisco, California, at the Crowne Plaza San Francisco International.
Last year's Etudes Users' Summit was held in Los Angeles, California and had
over 125 attendees. 

Dr. Ed Gould, Superintendent/President from Imperial Valley College, will
kick off the Summit on Thursday, May 13, with the keynote address. The
program will include show & tell sessions, tool demos, roundtable
discussions and breakout sessions on best practices, retention strategies,
tips and tools to become a better teacher, and much more.

EARLY REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
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Early registration is now open! Please go to: http://etudes.org/summit/

If you register prior to February 28, the early registration discounted
price is $125 for Etudes members and $175 for non-members. After February
28, the registration fee is $150 for Etudes members and $200 for
non-members.

Registration fees will help defray the costs of meals (breakfast and lunch,
both days, is included), reception on Thursday evening, meeting room
accommodations, AV equipment, and other event needs.

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
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We are now accepting presentation proposals. The DEADLINE for submissions is
February 12, 2010. For more information on program themes, presentation
types, and to submit a proposal, see:
http://etudes.org/summit/summit-proposal-call.htm

LODGING
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We have negotiated a great guest room rate of 99.00 US$ / night with the
Summit hotel, Crowne Plaza. This rate will be honored up to the cut-off date
of April 30, 2010. Please don't put off planning your travel. For
reservations, call 650-342-9200 and ask for the Etudes' room block.

The rate will also be available to Etudes attendees two days prior and two
days after the event. Bring your family and stay for the weekend and plan to
visit the City! The hotel is close to Caltrain and the BART station.

Complimentary transportation is provided to and from the SFO Airport.
Additionally, complimentary Internet Service will be available for guests.
For more details on the hotel accommodations and location, please see:
http://etudes.org/summit/summit-lodging.htm

Please plan to join us and your colleagues and experience in person the
vibrant Etudes community. We promise a repeat of last year's energizing and
valuable event. The attendees, Etudes members and non-members alike, will
appreciate and benefit from the interaction and exchanges.

We hope to see you in San Francisco, California, in May!

--
Vivie Sinou
Executive Director, Etudes, Inc.

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About Etudes:

Etudes is a non-profit 501(c)(3), public charity organization providing
hosted Application Services Provider (ASP) using Sakai targeted at
small-to-medium schools.  Etudes provides a low-cost end-to-end e-learning
technology solution including software development and maintenance, hosting,
and faculty training.  Etudes training ranges from teaching faculty to use
of the Etudes software to best practices for online teaching.  Etudes can be
used to support an entire campus as the campus enterprise learning platform
or it can be used to compliment an existing campus learning plaform.   

If you would like more information about Etudes, please send a message to
inquiry at etudes.org or visit http://etudes.org/