gonna be there for sure... looking for some windows developers to sacrifice in his honour....
On Oct 23, 4:02 am, Michael Amy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Yep, it's true, *that* Richard Stallman is travelling around the world > promoting Free Software, and has found time to fit Bangkok into his > schedule. > > This could be a once-in-a-lifetime chance for many people to hear him > talk. > > He's giving a keynote at 7:30PM, Friday, October 30th, 2009, KIS Int'l > School, Bangkok. > > The organisers are having trouble getting the word out. Please tell > people to tell people, and come yourselves. They are also interested > in setting up a BarCamp style event. > > see:http://flossedbk.flossed.org/ > > Mike > > Begin forwarded message: > > > Dear Mike, > > > Thank you for writing. > > > This was an encouraging message to receive. We do not have your bar > > camp-type organizational experience and are having trouble getting > > the word out effectively. > > > ----- Message from [email protected] --------- > > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:01:36 +0700 > > From: Michael Amy <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: Michael Amy <[email protected]> > > Subject: FlossEdBk inquiry re: Richard Stallman > > To: [email protected] > > >> Dear FlossEdBk organisers, > > >> Hello, my name is Mike Amy and I'm a software developer working in > >> Bangkok. I also volunteer/participate in BarCamps with the BarCamp > >> community here in Bangkok. > > >> I noticed that you are running the FlossEdBk conference and have > >> Richard Stallman as a speaker. > > >> This is very exciting to me and I'm sure many members of our > >> community. We would very much like to hear Mr Stallman speak. > > >> So, regarding your arrangements: > > >> 1. Is the speech intended only for educators and students, or would > >> it > >> be OK for us to come? What rates would we have to pay? > > > ***The rates would be the same. > > Free for high school students. > > 100 Baht for university student who forget to bring a teacher. > > Free for university and high school students who bring a teacher. Up > > to 10 per teacher. > > 750 for adults (including teachers). > > >> 2. Also, regarding the rest of the conference, would it be worth us > >> attending if we are not educators? > > > ***We would love to have you. You'd probably bring a refreshingly > > broad outlook to the conversations. In addition to RMS, there will > > be talks by Thailand's Creative Commons guru and also the Department > > of Intellectual Property (2 sides of the issue). There will be an > > interactive whiteboard demo a la Johnny Lee, too. Of course there > > will be workshops on Ruby and Python, and Gnu-Linux system admin. > > There are a couple of workshops on drupal (theming and module > > building), and one on the "semantic Web." Finally, there will be > > teaching-related workshops on drupal, typo3, a talk on licensing > > regarding student's research papers, and at least one on the pros > > and cons of working in a FLOSS school. > > > What do you think? > > >> 3. Perhaps this might be pushing it a bit too far, but it might be > >> interesting to meet and talk with Mr Stallman in person. Are there > >> any > >> events planned outside of the conference where this might be > >> possible? > > > *** Unfortunately, RMS is traveling the world and fitting us in > > because he is _that_ driven. He has written that he has a cold and > > needs sleep, so, I suspect there will not be a public meeting. He > > has written that these events are draining for him and he needs to > > rest. However, while at the conference, he is determined to make the > > most his time here and will want to discuss intelligent questions > > and promote his cause, Free Software, any way he can. > > > So, here's a request: Promote this speech any way you can and tell > > me how you suggest I/we do it better. We want you and your > > colleagues, university teachers and their students and the general > > public that cares about individual rights to come. > > > As for the conference, same as the above. If you can think of a way > > to "grow" the conference beyond our provincial group, we'd be > > thrilled and grateful. > > >> BarCamp > > >> You may have heard of or attended BarCamps in Bangkok (see > >>http://www.barcampbangkok.org). BarCamp Bangkok 3 was held at > >> Sripatum > >> University, and BarCamp Bangkok 2 at Chulalongkorn University, so we > >> are already involved with education. SPU are interested in setting > >> up > >> some kind of open source centre in Thailand. > > > *** Our goal (shor-term) is to establish a foundation for free and > > open software for education in Thailand. We may put the focus on > > "sustainable" software. I would like to discuss, and therefore > > improve, this idea with community members. > > >> There is an upcoming BarCamp in Chiang Mai on November 14th organised > >> by some friends up there if you are interested in participating. > > > I do not think I will be able to get there as I have to go to Sri > > Lanka, but I a aware of and admire the bar camp movement. Perhaps > > we could plan a bar camp style conference for FLoss in education > > together? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. 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