Is it almost time for a road trip, anyone? ----- Forwarded message from Paul Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > To: plug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Paul Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 14 Oct 2002 17:27:26 -0700 > Subject: [PLUG] Red Hat Road Tour coming to Portland > > Should I have put free beer in the subject? ;-^) > > Red Hat's new bright red motor home is crossing the country and will be > stopping here in Portland for the weekend of Nov. 15 - 18. So far we've > planned for them to join us for a Linux Clinic on Saturday the 16th. > http://www.idg.net/ic_956369_1794_9-10000.html > > We want to have an evening for grownups too though. The goal is to find > a place where we can have a round table discussion mixed liberally with > beverages for Saturday night on the 16th. > > So the question, who knows of a HUGE pub that can devote the space to a > group that wants to eat and drink and round table? We'd need to be able > to do all three. As far as numbers think 200 or so. > > I'm a bit out of my league here as I don't drink beer but I'm betting > that some of you do. ;-^) Let's post your suggestions and then I'll make > the arrangements. We've got one month of lead time so I think we're ok > on that. We'd also want to brain storm some of the PR stuff. > > The Linux in Schools folks are trying to send a group of 20 teachers to > NECC, the largest tech/edu conference in the US. There will be 10,000+ > teachers there. We have teachers who have submitted proposals to present > from all over the country but we don't really have much funding to help > them with the costs of a trip like this. How would you folks feel about > a cover charge that would go to fund travel and registration expenses > for teachers who are accepted to present at NECC? > http://ccenter.uoregon.edu/conferences/NECC2003/ > > BTW I love what happens when you search for necc seattle on google! > > I'd also like to explore some kind of business related event. Is there > someone with enough business/IT connections to bring together a luncheon > for Friday or Monday? We're working on getting some of the school IT > folks together for something like that. Who has some thoughts along > these lines? > > ;-) Paul > -- > ====================================================================== > Paul Nelson.............................. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Riverdale High...........9727 SW Terwilliger Blvd. Portland, OR 97219 > (503)892-0722......fax(503)892-0723.... http://hs.riverdale.k12.or.us > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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