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OrlandoJUG - October
Event Details
Time: October 29, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm
Location: DeVry University - room 131
Street: 4000 Millennia Blvd
City/Town: Orlando
Website or Map: http://www.orlandojug.org
Phone: mike[at] codetown dot us
Event Type: meeting
Organized By: Michael Levin
Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2009
Event Description
Hello OrlandoJUG
We just got confirmation that Brion Vibber, CTO of Wikipedia, will be in to give a talk this month!
Please be sure to RSVP because we may have as few as 20 seats. Here's the place to RSVP - and you must sign up as a member of Codetown first in order to even see the RSVP.
All the best,
Mike
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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