[Ilohamail-announce] Support IlohaMail at O'Reilly OS Con

[Ryo C. <ry...@il...>]

Hi All,

As you may have seen or heard, I will be presenting a session at this
year's O'Reilly Open Source Convention, which takes place in Portland,
Oregon next week (July 26-30).  My session will be on PHP performance
optimizations, and will include some of the cutting edge theories and
techniques I have developed to make IlohaMail faster than it has ever
been before (I have experimental 0.9 code running up to 3 times faster
than IlohaMail 0.8).  I am also very excited and honored to be able to
speak about IlohaMail in one of the world's largest and most prominent
developer conferences.

All this, however, does not come without a price.  Even though O'Reilly
covers registration fees for presenters (worth several hundred dollars),
I will have to pay for airfare, lodging, food, etc out of my own pocket;
something not easily done for a college student like myself.  So, I am
turning to you, IlohaMail users, for help.  Specifically, I am hoping to
raise about $300 in contributions from the IlohaMail community, which
will cover roughly half of my predicted expenses.

As an additional incentive, I am starting a "supporters" page where the
names of all donors who contribute $10 or more will be listed (with an
optional link to your website if you wish).  Between now and July 29th,
individuals who donate $40 or more will be eligible to receive a free
IlohaMail T-Shirt of choice.  Corporate donations of $100 or more will
place your company logo on IlohaMail's front page for a period of 5
months (around 20,000 impressions).  Of course, smaller donations are
also welcomed and appreciated.

To make a donation, please click on the "Make a donation" button found
on the IlohaMail.org website.  As always, please feel free to contact me
if you have any quesetions or comments.

Some links:
IlohaMail.org:  http://ilohamail.org
O'Reilly OS Con: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2004/
My Session: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5352

Regards,
Ryo Chijiiwa
IlohaMail.org