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| DATE | 2003-09-15 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: Free Software Developers Summit at Brooklyn College
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http://www.gnome.org/summit/
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2003-August/msg00006.html
I think three classroom size rooms would be good for the 3 days plus a few
hours in the morning of one auditorium for the opening?
Ruben
On 2003.09.15 16:39 Aaron Tenenbaum wrote:
> I lost a bunch of email over the weekend. Could you give me again the
> URL to access the information on last year's GNOME conference at MIT.
>
> We agreed that you would give me the names and access mechanisms (phone,
> email, URL) ofr people at MIT who hosted last year's event, preferably
> both faculty and admini8stration (so I could put my administrators in
> contact with those from MIT).
>
> You also said you would get back to me with how many rooms you would
> need and how many people each should contain, so I could get back to you
> with a realistic cost figure. I suppose you will also want lunch for
> the attendees, and I'll get back to you with that as well.
>
> 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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