Open source experts and those interested in open source will be descending upon Portland, OR this week for OSCON (Open Source Conference) by O’Reilly.  I arrived on Friday and attended the Community Leadership Summit (CLS), an unconference focused on community management and leadership.

I’ll be posting a summary of my adventures and takeaways from the Community Leadership Summit on opensource.com this week. As a teaser, I’ll say that I participated as a session leader, a session participant, and a note taker. All critical roles to a successful unconference. And the real value? I was able to teach, learn, debate, and collaborate. Hey folks, that’s TLDC instead of TLDR (too long didn’t read).

OSCON starts today and it should be five days of open source awesomeness. My plan is to live blog, meet new people, connect with existing folks that I know, and sell at least 30 copies of my book, The foundation for an open source city. And yes, Leslie Hawthorn, I do recognize the open source leadership from the city of Portland. It’s really about how can we open source ALL the cities! 😉

In the spirit of OSCON and celebrating this week of open source, I am offering a 15% discount for the paper edition of my book when you purchase it through Lulu. If you want to learn how to bring the concepts of the open source development model to a living and breathing city, this story and guide is for you. Even if you’re new to open source, my book will walk you through the fundamental of open source and how they apply to government.

Want an ebook copy instead? You can get it on Amazon, Lulu, and iBookstore.

Get a signed copy of the book at OSCON

If you are attending OSCON, you can score a signed copy of my book for $10 (US). Plus a bookmark and an “Open source all the cities” sticker. I’ll be carrying a limited supply of my books in my backpack. Tweet @jhibbets to coordinate your own special signing. Bring your camera for a Kodak moment. Together, we can open source all the cities.