The bigger we can make it the better, the more participants that can make it the better, but here are limits as to what can be done in 60 days. I am with you all the way, so whatever needs to be done, i will be glad to do. Cheers Szemir
On August 31, 2007 11:12, Kin Wong wrote: > Sorry, Szemir -- we are thinking too small -- we want big success and the > inclusion of other user groups. I know we can run 2-3 tracks ourselves, > but depending on what other user groups are willing to do, 3-5 tracks would > not be unreasonable. For the more popular speakers and local celebrities, > we may need to have the same talk a couple of times to compensate for the > size of the rooms. > > At this point we still need to be fluid as we do not know the level of > participation from the other user groups, nor the amount time that speakers > want, nor the number of speakers, nor the number of tracks, nor the level > of attendance. All this will manifest itself quickly as the ball starts to > roll. > > I have sent invites to 3 user groups already and have 2 replies for > sponsorship (this does not yet include myself). > > For those of you that are thinking of Aaron, I have already sent an > invitation to him. > > Hope to see you there (btw, the train comes right to Sait's door as well if > you can get a lift to the station). > > Regards, > > Kin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bogi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CLUG General" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:55:39 AM (GMT-0700) America/Denver > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] LinuxFest 2007 > > So we have a main room 300 seats and 2 small classrooms, say 50 seats each, > this sounds more workable, i might be able to make the meeting on the Sait > around 5 on Tues, Sep 4 next. Now if someone can pick me up, i am carless > at the moment, wife takes the car. > I think we should have a very basic single track of speakers, maybe we can > get 4 or 5 people to speak, and use the other 2 rooms sor sponsor product > displays and maybe a workshop / installfest setup. I can think about maybe > Aaron can do a presentation about kde4, hopefully he can quick squeeze some > time for us, and .... well, i guess we have to do some more presentations, > 60 days is extremely short notice for any of the usual speakers, but you > never know. > Cheers > Szemir > > > week at Sait. > > On August 31, 2007 09:55, Kin Wong wrote: > > We have all been waiting with abated breath, but we now have something > > that is workable. We were working on Oct. 27 at Sait with the ability to > > run 2 tracks. The proposed rooms that held 150 per room and could be > > merged to a single room of 300 for the plenary session was exactly what > > we needed (not exactly as we were going to try for 3 tracks). > > > > Unfortunately, that space is being converted partly to offices in Oct. > > So we have a single room in the John Ware building that will easily fit > > 300, but only a single track. With the involvement of other groups like > > Cuug, PHP group, Java group, Ruby on Rails group, etc -- I don't see it > > as workable. > > > > It was a short notice to a meeting that we had yesterday at Sait so > > invitations did not go out to anyone else, however I was meeting with > > Shawn about an unrelated topic and our timing mishaps with the Bank > > offered an opportunity to tag along. > > > > We now have 3-4 classrooms that will hold 30-50 people in addition to the > > John Ware space. Vendor displays are welcomed -- so we now have trade > > show space. > > > > Because it is a very short lead time to the event, there will be very > > little latitude to entertain debate or possibilities. We need to stick > > to what we know works and add improvements thoughtfully. > > > > We are planning to have a meeting with Sait around 5 on Tues, Sep 4 next > > week at Sait. Key supporters are encourage to attend as this is more > > high level planning and creation of committees. (If you have a keen > > interest and want to take charge but can't make the meeting, let me > > know.) A general support meeting will happen shortly thereafter (maybe > > the day after our monthly meeting. In preparation to the meeting, I > > would like to have contacted all the key Open-Source user groups, LUGs in > > Western Canada including CUUG, etc to participate. To that end, if you > > know of contact names, phone numbers or emails for people in these > > positions, please drop me a note off-line. > > > > We should all start thinking about speakers that we should be > > approaching. I would like our contact to be coordinated but not > > bottlenecked. This would apply for sponsorship as well. We need to have > > a centralized list that shows who is to be contacted, decide whether it > > is something that we want and then who will be doing the contacting so > > that we don't duplicate effort. This effort need not fall on specific > > shoulders. > > > > To make this event successful and a hit in Western Canada and to include > > other groups, this can not be a CLUG event but CLUG certainly will be a > > key supporter. So let's put our heads together and pull off another > > success. It is clobbering time!!! > > > > Regards, > > > > Kin > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
