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At East... keynote went well

  • Mar 29, 2008
  • Joshua D. Drake
I delivered the Keynote for East this morning. It seemed to go very well, with a full discussion on expanding the community. I spoke on using mentoring contacts as well as organizing the community for free work shops. There is a surprising and well received number of new community members here.

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