I just got word back from the linuxshowcase organizers... seems that anyone can drop by a BoF.....

blakem wrote:
> I'm thinking of scheduling a perlmonks BoF for the upcoming ALS, and
> was wondering if people could attend it w/o registering for the
> conference?  Perlmonks (http://perlmonks.org) is a virtual community
> of perl programmers, many of whom are also linux geeks (yours truly
> included)
>
> I understand that tech registration is free until Monday, but I don'
+t
> know if I can get the word out that quickly.  If someone just wanted
> to stop by a BoF after work w/o registering for the conference would
> they run into problems, or would that be allowed?

        BOFs are always free.  If you'd like to schedule one, just let
+ me
know!  Certainly, all are welcome to the BOFs, regardless of how much 
+or
how little they've paid.
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So, now its just a matter of actually picking a day.... The intersection of the BoF days with the free tech-session days is 'Thursday, Friday' I have one no-vote for Friday, along with a general feeling that for some, a Friday night might be too precious to spend on a pm gathering. So, at this moment Thursday evening November 8th is the most probable date. I'll wait a week or so before I make it official.

-Blake