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| DATE | 2003-09-11 |
| FROM | David Sugar
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Free Software Developers Summit at Brooklyn College
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Dr. Tenebaun,
some information about last years event, which was held on the campus of MIT
in Boston, may be found at http://www.gnome.org/summit. Certainly, this
presents as much an opportunity for the students and professors of Brooklyn
College as it does for any other group that would be participating.
I believe Ruben Safir has provided an excellant summery of the event as
currently envisioned, and I would be happy to answer any questions you may
have. I can be reached during the day at 732 302 1849, and I look forward to
discussing this further.
David
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 03:54 pm, Ruben I Safir wrote:
> Dear Dr Tenebaun:
>
> I'm contacting you as follow up to the preliminary conversation you had
> with Murray Gross.
>
> I'm the Secretary of NYLXS, Inc, the largest Free Software organization in
> the area. Free Software is the term used for the creation and distribution
> of software using licensing which enables developers and users to retain
> and legal rights to affect the development and ussage of the software. The
> Free Software movement was largely begun by Richard Stallman, at MIT, with
> the GNU project and the Free Software Foundation.
>
> Many valuable products have been developed under the GNU program, and
> others like it, including the GNU/Linux operating system,the gcc compiler,
> EMACS, the Apache Webserver, Open Office.org, and many many others.
>
> NYLXS is an Educational non-profit, incorperated in New York City which has
> developed many programs for the education of the public about Free
> Software, and general computer sciences. We have done many things to
> promote the education of the public, including two large demonstrations and
> business events with the help of the CUNY graduate school, and Laguardia
> College.
>
> One of the most important of the Free Software projects is the GNOME
> project. Gnome is a desktop application for the X windows system which is
> used in a large number of Free Software desktops. It has a complete widget
> set and interprocess communications layer for stadardized programming for
> GNU/Linux and other systems. It is a very successful program and companies
> like Novel, Red Hat and IBM are heavely involved in it's success and
> development.
>
> The GNOME Foundation wants to have a developers summit in New York City and
> NYLXS has been asked to organize the program. We would like to have the
> program at Brooklyn College. Brooklyn College is an idea setting because
> of your superior computer science department and because NYLXS is largely
> centered in Brooklyn. The conference will be flying in people GNOME
> developers from all over the world. David Sugar, one of the primary forces
> behind the development of C++ and the BAYONNE telephoney project is leading
> this effort. We would like to ask you for space for 3 days of this
> conference, and we are attempting to schedule it at a time when Richard
> Stallman can be in New York.
>
> This is a current summary of the program.
>
> Purpose
>
> The GNOME developer's summit will provide a forum for North American GNOME
> developers to gather and share ideas and skills among each other and with
> other potential GNOME developers.
>
> Organizers Background: NYLXS, New Yorks largest Free Software educational
> corperation is organizing this event for the GNOME Foundation. NYLXS has
> organized such events several times over the last 2 years.
>
> The GNOME developer's summit will be organized and supported by NYLXS, with
> help from other free software organizations in the New York metro area.
> NYLXS has a successful history with organizing free software events,
> including the annual Free Software Business Expo held in conjunction with
> CUNY university.
>
> Committee
>
> An organizing committee to support this effort has been created and is
> composed of the following individuals:
>
> David Sugar
> Michael Richardson miker-at-nylxs.com
> Joe Grastara
> Joanne Cycmn
>
> Schedule
>
> The event will be held over a two day period in the middle of November.
> The exact choice of dates will depend on venue.
>
> Attendance
>
> This event will be open to the public with some meetings closed for
> developers, NYLXS Members, and Brooklyn College Students. A web site will
> be established for the event and to support pre-registration so that we can
> better determine attendance in advance. Will there be any changes to
> attend?
>
> Venue
>
> The most likely venue will be to use a hall and set of rooms from a local
> university, such as CUNY, NYU, or New School. The venue has not been
> selected yet. There will be seperate rooms available for individual
> meetings and Birds of a Feather conferences, as well as a room for the
> conference proper and for use by speakers, equipped with AV equipment.
>
> Speakers
>
> While there will not be a heavy emphasis on speakers, there will be some,
> all of whom are GNOME related. I expect we will have 5 to 6 speakers for
> the event, all of whom will be housed for free at the NYLXS "guest
> facilities". Potential speakers initially include David Sugar, to speak on
> GNOME telephony, Janina Sajka, to speak on GNOME accessibility, and Richard
> Stallman, to speak on why GNOME.
>
> Housing
>
> We will locate hotel accomidations that can be recommended to out of state
> attendees. This process has not started yet, nor will it until the venue
> is finalized.
>
> Sponsors & Costs
>
> The principle issue of cost revolves around the venue finally selected. At
> least some local universities may require insurance bonds for the event.
> Ideally, it would also be best if we could pay for travel as well as for
> housing of our more distant speakers. All of these things would require
> additional funding through event sponsors.
>
> Escorts
>
> Volunteers will be provided as escorts to meet people at the airport and to
> bring people to and from social events, etc.
>
> Social Events
>
> There will be a GNOME summit dinner, and perhaps some other form of social
> event. The exact nature of this, and whether it will be an additional
> cost, will largely depend on sponsors. Among the possible venues includes
> Brooklyn Colleges Performing Arts Center, BAM, Broadway, dinners, and more.
>
>
> I hope to be able to speak to you soon about this.
>
> Yours Truly
>
> Ruben Safir
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