Reminders:

• Call for presentations extended until March 7th for DevCon 2008

• Sign up to help with Open Source Day III being held on the Sunday before DevCon at OSCELOT's web site
• Building Blocks training will take place at our DC office on March 25-27

DevCon:

• New tracks aligned with application of Building Blocks/PowerLinks
• What are your goals for attending?
• Developer appreciation event
• Potential keynote speaker

DevDay:

• First event of this type in the UK
• Smaller, regionalized version of DevCon - might be an option for the budget conscious who can't make it to Las Vegas
• More information at this link

Projects:

• Does an iTunesU PowerLink exist? (We know a Building Block does)
• Contact George directly if you'd like to undertake a student project as part of a class or otherwise
• OSID Federated Search content repository interoperability Building Block is coming along nicely and will be presented at the Open Repositories Conference
• Enhancements suggested for Photo Slideshow

EduGarage: 

• Welcome Judy Lynn! as the commercial Solutions Engineer for the BbDN. We look forward to the exciting plans her team has for BbDN members and partners.
• Investigating an articles section for EduGarage that puts development into practice and highlights topic-based development projects. We want you to share your success here, too!
• Continuing to investigate ways to make getting started easier. We know there is a somewhat steep learning curve.

The next BbDN Office Hours:

• Ensure that we have international dial-in numbers
• Time and date TBD
• George will send out an update to the entire community soon