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| DATE | 2003-02-12 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: a proposed solution
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>
> 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.
The egov-os program is an advocacy program and this is obvious and not
reasonably disputable. So let's move on to the next matter of the problem.
At this junction, thanks to Tony's rant on Newsforge, we have over
400 volunteers asking to go to Washington and protest the university
and the organizers... and it's growing.
Ruben
> 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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