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| DATE | 2003-02-12 |
| FROM | From: "Stanley A. Klein"
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: a proposed solution
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At 06:17 AM 2/12/2003 -0500, David Sugar wrote:
>It is clear that the community needs a government advocacy conference, and
>that this event will never serve that purpose. What I propose is that the
>community use this opportunity to instead try and organize a replacement
>conference designed specifically from the start for advocacy and education
on
>free and open source solutions for government use, a fosgov, if you will
:).
>I think we do have people who could come forward and help do this, both
>honestly and competently. Perhaps time could be used during the upcoming
FSF
>member meeting to discuss such an idea among those present.
I think the idea of an advocacy conference is a good idea, but I would do
it as an additional conference and not a replacement for the eGovOS
conference. There are numerous prople involved in the eGovOS conference
who probably couldn't be involved in organizing an advocacy conference,
which is probably why eGovOS won't do outright, straightforward advocacy.
BTW, the DC area could also use a free/open-source focused trade show. The
demos at the last eGovOS conference were just that, and they seemed to
occur at coffee breaks (or at least people treated them that way). I tried
to generate some interest in a free/open-source area at the Maryland Tech
Showcase (which is held in Baltimore and focuses on state and local
government) but I started too late for last December's showcase. I would
like to see if there is interest in a F/OSS area at next December's showcase.
Perhaps we could somehow do a trade show with an associated conference.
Also, I see the best market for free/open source being state and local
government. They are in serious budget trouble and F/OSS can be the hero
on the white horse coming in to save the day. :-)
Stan Klein
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