2006/1/24, Robin Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What just crossed my mind: If we want a "really prominent" person for > > a speech (e.g. Jimbo) we would definitely need to ask him first, when > > he has "time capacity". I mean otherwise we decide on June the xyth > > and then Jimbo/the prominent guest says "Oh what a pity, on June xyth > > I can't come but it would have been possible one week later." > > So as we only have 5 days left, we would need to *very quickly* ask > > the relevant people when they would have time. > > I'm glad you address this topic and you're perfectly right. To me, it's > not that important to have these really prominent people although it > would be nice if someone could come. I wouldn't spend 1000 CHF for a > flight for Jimbo (I hope e forgives me if he sees this). If we try to > get multiple persons it's impossible fix a date that's fine for everybody. > I don't think that you would need to pay him a flight... (Angela/Delphine: You can definitely inform us here can't you?) > Instead I would ask some "medium prominent" people like Bertrand Meyer > (and I hope he forgives me this term too) *after* fixing the date. As he > is in Switzerland (working very close to GEP) he might hold a speech for > a nice present and some drinks. Isn't this the man in whose WP-entry somebody announced his death while he was still living. I'm not so sure whether he likes WIkipedia so much at the moment. > > Do you know further persons we could invite for a speech? > Hm, question is whether we want people from the "Open-Source-Szene" (there Manuel knows maybe a few names) or other people from a "Bildungsumfeld". Michael > Regards > > Robin > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediach-l mailing list > Wikimediach-l@Wikipedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l >
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