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| DATE | 2002-08-27 |
| FROM | David Sugar
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] RE: LaGuardia Demo: Nailing down the program
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I think it was the presentations and demos that "made" the last (cuny
hosted) free software business expo so very successful. I think it
would be a mistake to get rid of these.
Ruben I Safir wrote:
>This is not the linux expo.
>
>People can be setup in the presentation room, but don't
>get rid of the presentations.
>
>Ruben
>
>On 2002.08.27 15:50 Phil Glaser wrote:
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>>>I just spoke to Diane as well and she should be good to go.
>>>And Peter Norton might be interested in doing something.
>>>
>>>
>>This is good news. Dimitar and I are concerned, however, that we are booking
>>more demos than we'll have space for in the presentation room. Dimitar has a
>>better grasp on the numbers than I do, but basically we don't have the
>>presentation room all day and even before adding the GIMP session back in we
>>did not have enough time in the presentation room to do each subject
>>justice..
>>
>>What we're thinking now is that perhaps what we've been calling the
>>"technical sessions" should be held as informal sessions in the atrium,
>>running simultaneously, more along the lines of the demo floor at an
>>exposition. Each presentation would be given cyclically to passers-by and
>>can be tailored more to answer specific questions. My guess is that folks
>>would get more out of this approach than from a frontal lecture.
>>
>>By the way, regardless of what we do, the "booths" on the atrium floor are
>>going to need large signs of some kind so that folks know what each booth is
>>up to.
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>>Regards,
>>
>>Phil
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>>GENERAL SESSIONS:
>>1 Introduction Open Source and Free Software (Ruben)
>>2 The Open Source/Free Software Road Map (Phil)
>>3 Total Cost of Ownership models (Keith Mattox)
>>4 Hardware Reuse case-studies and models (Andrew Williams ???)
>>5 Round-up for non-profits (Phil)
>>6 Closing Remarks and Rallying Cry (Jay Sulzberger ???)
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>>TECHNICAL SESSIONS
>>6 X, Linux Desktops, Window Managers (Jonathan Jacobs)
>>7 Open Office Tutorial (Diane) [CONFIRMED]
>>8 X Terminal (Brett)
>>9 Cryptography for Lawyers, and Accounting Applications (Ruben)
>>10 Data Base Tools (Ruben)
>>11 Ximian Evolution email client and PGP (Kevin)
>>12 Multimedia/Gimp (Kevin Milani ???)
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