Re: [marketing-events] Intro & Offer of presenting material at OOo Miniconf Downunder
Thanks Jean & Jonathon for your replies. Has there been any research done into what topics people would like at the conference? Are computer labs going to be available for running workshops? As I am updating the Migration Guide for OOo 2.0 (or at least for the latest snapshot) I could add Migration Issues as another potentially topic. Thanks, Ian
Re: [marketing-events] Intro & Offer of presenting material at OOo Miniconf Downunder
On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 07:54 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > Ian Laurenson wrote: > > > >The purpose of this e-mail is to ask/discuss whether my skills could be > >useful at OOo Miniconf Downunder, and if so what form should that > >assistance take. > > Ian! Great to see you here. I'm not (yet) an official organiser of this > conference, so my comments in this note are all my own opinion. Hi Ian, I had hope that Jacqueline would have responded to your email, but her time is obviously taken up with RegioCon at the moment. As one of the co-organisers, I would like to reply to your email and say "Yes, we would like you to talk at the conference!". :) > Yes, your skills would definitely be very useful at OOo Miniconf in > Canberra. Do put in a proposal (or several) for papers and/or workshops -- > I think something on macros / components would be great. Btw, I recommend > proposing more than one session, so that the organisers can choose a topic > that best fits in with the rest of the program. I agree with Jean here. I think you are recognised, by the OOo community at least, as one of the top macro developers for the OOo package. I would certainly back Jean here in saying, submit a number of papers and possible workshops. Again, if there are too many papers/sessions, we can choose the best out of the lot, and have an even better MiniConf overall :) > >I am happy to offer assistance in whatever other way that I can. > > Excellent! I'm sure we'll have lots for you to do. ;-) Glad to hear that. At this stage, we have completed the initial planning steps and are moving into the second stage. Will let you know how you can help, if needed, in the next few days. > >The LCA fees, even at hobbyist level are very steep for me. > >Is there anyway of my > >attending the OOo Miniconf Downunder without attending LCA and paying > >such high registration fees? I confess the air tickets are enough of a > >struggle. > > There may be some expense subsidies available for speakers, as there have > been for other OOo conferences. This hasn't been announced, so I'm only > speculating. I suggest that when you send your proposals, you mention how > much of a subsidy you need. There will certainly be some form of help to get speakers here into Australia. Jacqueline would have more details regarding this, but I think I am safe in saying this. The amount of money available for this however, is not known at this stage, so it could be limited to a select few. This choice would of course be based on the speaker and their standing within the community and business, and also the distance, and therefor cost, required to help subsidise their arrival here in Australia. Regards Jonathon
Re: [marketing-events] Intro & Offer of presenting material at OOo Miniconf Downunder
On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 21:54, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > Ian Laurenson wrote: > > > >The purpose of this e-mail is to ask/discuss whether my skills could be > >useful at OOo Miniconf Downunder, and if so what form should that > >assistance take. > > Ian! Great to see you here. I'm not (yet) an official organiser of this > conference, so my comments in this note are all my own opinion. > > Yes, your skills would definitely be very useful at OOo Miniconf in > Canberra. Do put in a proposal (or several) for papers and/or workshops -- > I think something on macros / components would be great. Btw, I recommend > proposing more than one session, so that the organisers can choose a topic > that best fits in with the rest of the program. What are the dates for the Canberra miniconf. If I survive my round the world trip I'd like to try to get there. Ian, where abouts in New Zealand are you? I'm coming over to Rotorua to meet with Graham Lauder in a couple of weeks. Probably a long shot but if you are in Aukland or between their and Rotorua, maybe we could say hi. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd
Re: [marketing-events] Intro & Offer of presenting material at OOo Miniconf Downunder
On Sunday 16 January 2005 21:13, Ian Laurenson wrote: > I have been using OOo for about 2.5 years, was part of the > OOoAuthors team that wrote the Migration Guide, have been active > on the oooforums (iannz) and to a lesser extent on the users mail > list, have a web page for my OOo work: > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ Ian, you forgot to mention that you wrote a really good macro simulating Reveal Codes. ;-)
Re: [marketing-events] Intro & Offer of presenting material at OOo Miniconf Downunder
Ian Laurenson wrote: The purpose of this e-mail is to ask/discuss whether my skills could be useful at OOo Miniconf Downunder, and if so what form should that assistance take. Ian! Great to see you here. I'm not (yet) an official organiser of this conference, so my comments in this note are all my own opinion. Yes, your skills would definitely be very useful at OOo Miniconf in Canberra. Do put in a proposal (or several) for papers and/or workshops -- I think something on macros / components would be great. Btw, I recommend proposing more than one session, so that the organisers can choose a topic that best fits in with the rest of the program. I am happy to offer assistance in whatever other way that I can. Excellent! I'm sure we'll have lots for you to do. ;-) The LCA fees, even at hobbyist level are very steep for me. Is there anyway of my attending the OOo Miniconf Downunder without attending LCA and paying such high registration fees? I confess the air tickets are enough of a struggle. There may be some expense subsidies available for speakers, as there have been for other OOo conferences. This hasn't been announced, so I'm only speculating. I suggest that when you send your proposals, you mention how much of a subsidy you need. Regards, Jean
