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COSSFEST 2010 has arrived. Starting tomorrow - Friday, April 9th and extending to Saturday, April 10th. The Registration Desk opens at 9:00am, and the first presentations begin at 10:00am. See you there.

The ERA is doing a recycling round up at COSSFEST. Bring in your old or un-used electronics and they will lug them away for you. Check their website for details on what they will accept. Do not bring your old TVs or appliances.

COSSFEST is getting close. The excitement is building. And information is starting to flow very quickly (for us planners at least).

There have been some very large updates and changes in the past little while.

- The cost of admission has been dropped drastically. After talking with the hotel and our sponsors, we were able to drop the ticket price to $15 per day! And there is a $5 discount with a student ID (courtesy of Userful - http://www.userful.ca).

We'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year, and hope this is a great year for you.

What's New
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- Marcel Gagne has volunteered to speak at COSSFEST!
- Joshua Schroeder and John Mertic have each submitted presentation proposals.

It has been almost 2 months since the last newsletter. A relatively quite 2 months. However, work has progressed, and we have some updates for you.

We're REALLY excited at TWO big news items:

• Google is now a Sponsor! The folks at Google have decided to help out with COSSFEST.
• IBM has expressed an interest in taking part as well. Details are still being sorted out here though.

Planning for COSSFEST 2010 is well underway! It will be held on April 9th and 10th at the Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Center. The format is similar to last year with some interesting additions.