On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Ian Collins wrote: > Apologies for butting in, but form my (and the agile software
No apols necessary. > community's) experience of running distributed projects, I think it's > vital for the board's working that the new OGB has an initial in person > meet and drink beer. It's one thing 'knowing' people through email and > quite another through actually meeting in person. The investment will > pay huge long term dividends. +1 Provided Sun pays for me; long term gaps between contracts means there's no cash for jollies. :-( JavaONE could be a good venue, except I'm not available for that timeframe. OSCON in Portland might be a good venue too, and kind of apropos. And if Sun didn't want to stump up the cash for yours truely, we could always meet in Kelowna! -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OGB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com