Yey, one down, many to go :-) Ok, i will think up some contact info and pass it along. Cheers Szemir
On August 31, 2007 13:45, Kin Wong wrote: > We got a reply from our first speaker, Aaron. > > I was asked about topics confirmation - open to discussion but I think we > need to know speakers and topics at the latest Sep 30 but will need to > publicize topics, speakers and tracks as soon as humanly possible. > > Also just had a long talk with Chris from CUUG -- he is on board. My > message for Ruby on Rails is being forwarded to the other two key people > and nothing from CJUG. > > If you got any contacts, please let me know or cc me on your communication. > Hopefully next week we will have a proper coordinator for this area. > > Regards, > > Kin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bogi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CLUG General" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 1:04:51 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] LinuxFest 2007 > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
