Hi Adam and the LugRadio Team thanks for this kind invitation and sorry for the late in answering. I personally (and sadly) won't be able to attend this meeting.
I've cc'ed the whole (UMC and Elisa/Fluendo) teams for info, just in case. I've already talked with the Elisa team to see if there was a room. But they don't have money for such events ATM. Maybe for the next time. 2008/2/3, LUG Radio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi I'm sorry, my brain was disengaged when I sent the last email. I was > of course talking about Ubuntu Media Center :) > > We look forward to hearing from you. > > Regards, > > Adam Sweet and the LugRadio Team > 2008/2/3, LUG Radio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Howdy, > > As you may or may not be aware, the very first LugRadio Live USA in 2008 > is taking place at The Metreon in San Francisco. The event will be > happening on the 12th and 13th April 2008, and will provide the unique > atmosphere of the UK event, but in glorious San Francisco. LugRadio Live > has developed a strong reputation for providing a range of topics about > free software, Open Source, digital rights, technology and more, a > compelling list of speakers, exhibitors and birds of a feather sessions, > and wrapping it all in a unique, fun, loose, social and inclusive event, > which is often described as combining the atmosphere of a rock concert > and a computer conference. > > At LugRadio Live USA 2008 we plan on bringing this unique atmosphere to > the USA, and inviting around 30 speakers, a full cast of exhibiting > projects and companies, an eclectic range of BOF sessions, and plenty of > additional sessions such as our debate discussion panel, a showcase of > five minute talks, tech demos, and of course a live recording of > LugRadio in front of an audience. We expect around 500 - 700 attendees > to the event. > > Anyway, to the business in hand... > > As mentioned, we'll be having an exhibition area where we want to have > projects and companies who do cool things. In the past we've had open > source projects showing off their work such as KDE, Gnome, and Ubuntu, > companies who work with Linux like Neuros, and distributors like Sun, > Red Hat and Novell. We were wondering whether you'd be interested in > having an exhibition stand at the event this year? Exhibitor space is > free; we don't charge, because LugRadio Live is a community event. The > focus is on people having a great time, not in making money :-) We'd > like it if your exhibition stand could be something fun and interactive, > rather than just a table with leaflets and advertising. > > Another thing: as part of the event, we provide each attendee with a > registration bag, containing some free items from different > organisations. We try to keep the items in this bag as interesting as > possible, and in the past this has included pens, badges, software, > clothing and more. If you'd like to contribute something to the bag this > year for LugRadio Live USA 2008, we'd be happy to include it. Both the > goodie bag and an exhibition stand are excellent ways for you to be > associated with a strongly community and Open Source focused event, and > the demographic it attracts. For the bag, we will need 500 of whatever > you choose to contribute, and all you need to do is ship them to us, > there is no charge in addition to sending the items - we will add them > to the bags ready for the event. > > LugRadio Live in the UK has developed a strong reputation for being > 'the' community event in the UK, and we are looking to bring this to > USA. We would love if you could be one of the organisations who helped > make this happen. :) > > If you're not the right person to ask about attending, we'd be grateful > if you could either pass it on to the right person for us or get back in > touch to let us know who to contact. > > Any questions or queries, feel free to drop us an email in reply to this > email, and we really hope you can be a part of the event. :) > > Thanks! > > Adam Sweet and the LugRadio Team > cheers, Arnaud -- Linux / Unix Expert R&D - MGE Office Protection Systems - http://www.mgeops.com Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/ Debian Developer - http://people.debian.org/~aquette/ Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/
