hello sdg many tks for advice .. and the DONT'S ..
:-) .. i AM being VERY careful .. and tathagat has nicely come to the rescue .. over to more 'knowing' guys .. this thin ice is best treaded upon by members who are more aware of the pits and falls ..pk ----- Original Message ----- From: Sayamindu Dasgupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Richard Stallman > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 22:31, pksharma wrote: > > a full week is enough time for us to plan a talk by RMS .. and > > get some sponsors to widely advertise it too .. with, maybe, > > online bookings on someone's address .. maybe compass could be > > roped in to support the effort .. hari should be game .. and so > > should the other friends there .. linux IS the IN thing > > ...err be very careful here > 1. RMS would not like to be sponsored by a LUG - I dunno what his stance > is about attending a LUG sponsored event. If it's a GLUG sponsored > event, he will agree. > 2. RMS will be really pissed of if he is a projected as a Open > Source/Linux guy. > > > > > HIT would be ready and willing to provide their auditorium for > > seating about 300 attendees .. and would be willing to run their > > busses for the public from Ruby to their auditorium .. needs to > > be talked out with them > > HIT?? > Also, I was thinking whether we could have a meet the press kinda thing > for him > > > > > but 1st things 1st .. IS this to be an ilug-cal, or ilug-india > > supported event .. or is there some problem .. and then it could > > be a non ilug-cal/india event .. just a private party kind of > > thing ? > > > > Ask RMS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Two golden rules (follow them word by word unless you want to see some > real fireworks in your mailbox). > 1. Never mention Open Source before him > 2. Never say Linux before him > Can anyone with a very diplomatic bent of mind ;-) approach him? > (don't look at me - i am too busy nowadays) > Also, remember that he will be in India within a few days (he will be at > the GNunify at Pune before coming to Kolkata), so if you wanna contact > him, please do so *ASAP*. > > ....don't start a flamewar guys.... > -sdg- > > -- > Sayamindu Dasgupta [ http://www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/ ] > > ========================================= > Speak out on social and cultural issues > at > PeacefulAction.Org > http://www.peacefulaction.org > ***************************************** > > > paranoia, n.: > A healthy understanding of the way the universe works. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
