For those who are coming to PalmSource this year, here's my proposal for
a get-together where we can exercise something other than our fingers or
our jaws. The conference will undoubtedly be jam-packed from the 7-9 p.m.
opening reception on Monday, through Friday when it ends, so the best
time would seem to be Monday afternoon (that's Monday October 18 to be
clear). I will be organizing a group run and hike (that is, two groups, a
moderate paced run group and a hiking group) through the Santa Cruz
Mountains (the running group takes a longer route than the hiking group,
obviously) that afternoon, designed to finish with plenty of time for you
to get back to your hotels or homes to shower and get ready for the
opening reception. We'll probably go out for 2-3 hours. My tentative
location will be somewhere along the Bay Area Ridge Trail. For a sample
of what you'll be seeing, if you have a copy of the September issue of
Runner's World magazine, check out pp. 6-7 (yes that's me). The idea is
to prove to you out-of-towners (and possibily to some of the locals too)
that Silicon Valley is a lot more than crowded freeways, expensive
houses, and tilt-up start-ups (although we won't actually be in the
valley even if we are still in "the Valley").
I'll firm up the details as time goes on, *possibly* we'll start out with
lunch or finish up with pizza or something (although I think we'll want
to save our appetites for the reception). RSVP to me directly
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to let me know if you want to join us and if so,
what the earliest possible time would be on Monday you are available; of
course if you want to throw out some general discussion on this proposal,
feel free to post to the group, but it's probably better if you email me
and once a week or so I'll sum up the status of things to the list.
See you in October,
Steve Patt
President, Stevens Creek Software
http://www.stevenscreek.com/pilot
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