Cool! Maddog is coming here? So what can we do to help out with this? Is anyone one the list interested? Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: Duston, Hal [mailto:hdusto01@sprintspectrum.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 1:07 PM > To: 'Kclug' > Subject: FW: Can we have a speaker? > > > FYI: > > Julie Thornton wrote: > > As you know, I work for Linux International, and report > directly to Jon > > "maddog" Hall, the Executive Director. Over the past 18 > months or so, > > several local folks have suggested that it would be nice to > get maddog > > here, but with his very busy schedule, that has been quite > difficult. > > However, today I did finally convince him to come on August > 10th, so I > > hope you will allow a more formal KULUA "meeting" where he > can report to > > us a bit of what he sees happening around the world with > Linux adoption > > and perhaps discuss some interesting ideas for the future. > > > > If all of this is ok with you, I'd like to have the > "meeting" on campus. > > I will get in touch with the EECS Department and ask them > to host the > > event, which will also be billed as KULUA-sponsored. That > could allow > > for some membership opportunities. For maximum impact, I'd > like to run > > an ad in the LJ World as well, but that would need to be funded. > > > > The timeline for this is very short, particularly if we want to > > advertise. If it is OK with you, may I post this info to > the list along > > with some fundraising thoughts to pay for an ad? > > > > -- > > Julie Thornton, Marketing Director > > Linux International > > Hal > > > majordomo@kclug.org >