BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20090308T020000 RDATE:20090308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090316T224456Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090324T170000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090324T170000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090316T224456Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090319T181916Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456848 DESCRIPTION:Join the SAO for our first unconference! \;\n \;\nThe t ime is short - we as a community have just a couple of weeks to get idea s to the Governor's office to include in stimulus-related grant activiti es. This is a unique time to compete for job-creating\, infrastructure-d eveloping\, regional economy-changing investments...get involved! \;\ n \;\nCome + learn about the initiative and then brainstorm as a comm unity how to best leverage this one-time opportunity! \;\n \;\nEve ry American and certainly every business person should look at the way t his plan will roll out. We will be highlighting Healthcare IT (page 42-4 3) and Energy Efficiency / Renewable Energy (page 17 and 20) as two of t he better opportunities for the tech community. Come with your ideas and your computer - we will be posting the ideas generated at this meeting to our Wiki so we can help put them into the appropriate format and vet them through the correct channels. \;\n \;\nClick to download Oreg on's ARRA Guide: https://db.sao.org/calendar2/event_description.htm?even tID=3/24/09 \;\n \;\nEvent Moderators: \;\nHarvey Mathews\, Pre sident\, Software Association of Oregon \;\nRich Bader\, CEO\, EasySt reet \;\nBill Hersh\, Chair Medical Informatics\, OHSU \;\n \;\ nAgenda: \;\n# Walk through the linked Stimulus Guide document\, high lighting the areas we think are most applicable for tech companies (20-3 0 minutes) \;\n# Share the appropriate contacts at the Governor's cre ated group called the Oregon Way and that group's focus so people know h ow to structure their proposals and who to send it to (5-10 minutes) \;\n# Lead a brainstorm of the grant proposals (45-60 minutes) \;\n&# 13\;\n\n\nTags: #saopdx #arra\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/eve nts/1250456848 URL:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2138520/ SUMMARY:SAOpdx: Obama's Stimulus Plan - What You Need to Know (unconferen ce) LOCATION:NedSpace: 920 SW Third \, Portland Oregon 97204 US SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR