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<span style="font-size: 175%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: indigo"><span style="font-weight: bold">MOD Authors Convention, 30 August 2008</span></span></span><br /><br />Like <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=555989" class="postlink">last year</a>, we are going to have have a MOD Author's Convention in 2008. It's been a bit delayed due to Londonvasion, but now we're ready.<br /><br />The MOD Author’s Convention is an opportunity for all MOD Authors to meet up and also talk to <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/community/memberlist.php?mode=group&g=7331" class="postlink">the phpBB MOD Team</a>. The Convention will take place in the <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/phpbb-mod" class="postlink">#phpbb-mod</a> IRC channel (freenode) on the <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: green">30th of August 2008</span></span>. It's your chance to ask questions, bring suggestions and discuss ideas for the future of modding!<br /><br />To give everybody the chance to participate, we’ll be having time slots with different topics spread over 24 hours. You don’t have to ask your question during the specific slot, but we’ll try and keep the overall discussions within those topics. There are two 2-hour time slots for each topic, in order to accommodate participants in different timezones. You can use <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/" class="postlink">TimeAndDate.com</a> to calculate your local time. Each timeslot is linked to TimeAndDate so you can determine your local time for that session.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #DD6900">Discussion Topics Time Slots</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=0&min =0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">00:00 to 02:00 UTC</a>, <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=12&mi n=0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">12:00 to 14:00 UTC:</a></span> Intro, Feedback, Suggestions, and the future of Modding<br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=2&min =0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">02:00 to 04:00 UTC</a>, <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=14&mi n=0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">14:00 to 16:00 UTC:</a></span> MODX, Packaging<br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=4&min =0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">04:00 to 06:00 UTC</a>, <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=16&mi n=0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">16:00 to 18:00 UTC:</a></span> Modding for phpBB3, best practices<br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=6&min =0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">06:00 to 08:00 UTC</a>, <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=18&mi n=0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">18:00 to 20:00 UTC:</a></span> MOD Documentation, Wiki<br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=8&min =0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">08:00 to 10:00 UTC</a>, <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=20&mi n=0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">20:00 to 22:00 UTC:</a></span> MODDB, Submitting, Validation Process.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=10&mi n=0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">10:00 to 12:00 UTC</a>, <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=30&year=2008&hour=22&mi n=0&sec=0&p1=0" class="postlink">22:00 to 24:00 UTC</a>:</span> Open Modding Discussion<br /><br />Like last time, you can use <a href="http://java.freenode.net/index.php?channel=phpbb-mod" class="postlink">this Java applet</a> provided by freenode. For more information about IRC, go <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat" class="postlink">here</a>.<br /><br />We’re hoping to see you there!<br />The phpBB MOD Team

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