[Scale-announce] "SCALEtails" - some SCALE Details

[scale-announce at mail.socallinuxexpo.com]

The programs are printed, the signage is in the works – only four days 
until the So Cal Linux Expo!

Here's some last minute information for those attending:

CACert will be attending SCALE.

CACert is a free service that allows individuals to get secure 
certificates for free. These certificates can be used to secure email 
and web servers in the same way that commercial certificates can. The 
CACert issued certificates are based on a level of trust not unlike that 
of GPG keys. The more people that verify your identity, the large your 
web of trust becomes and so the more secure and trusted your signed 
certificates are.

CACert will be available at SCALE to verify identities for those 
individuals who currently have CACert accounts or who sign up for CACert 
prior to arriving at SCALE. Due to the process being time consuming, 
support for signing up at the CACert booth will not be possible. Those 
individuals who wish to have their identities verified by CACert staff 
should remember to bring two government issued forms of identification 
with at least one being a photo ID. Examples of valid id include drivers 
license, social security card, ham license, etc. Those who want to sign 
up for verification in advance can do it either from CAcert's main 
website: http://www.CAcert.org or the direct link to the signup page: 
https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=1

To complete the sign up process you must receive an email probe and open 
the link contained in it within 48 hrs or the system automatically 
cleans up dead accounts.
Radisson hotel parking:

Day use: self $5.00 or valet $7.00.
Overnight rates are $12 self or $15 valet.

IMPORTANT Note: for a discount on your overnight parking, bring your 
parking pass with you to the SCALE booth and have it validated.

Radisson hotel dining – The Radisson has the Century Cafe for breakfast 
and Lunch, Palmira for dinner, and the Concorde featuring Starbucks coffee

Communications during the event -

An IRC channel has been registered for the Expo. During the hours of the 
event, someone from SCALE will be monitoring #scale-live on 
irc.oftc.net. Staff will have badges identifying them as such, and some 
will have walkie-talkies. Feel free to corner one of them if you have 
questions.

See you at SCALE!