On Thursday 08 January 2009 08:02:42 Liz Quilty wrote:
Graham Lauder wrote:
Simon Phipps, head of Open Source Projects at Sun is in NZ on the 25th and 26th of this month. He's speaking in Wellington 5 pm on Monday the 26th.
Is there a possibility that an engagement could be organised at Waikato Uni for him. He is a brilliant speaker and has a wealth of knowledge and opinion on Open Source in general.
I'd be prepared to do any donkey work required. Obviously it would have to be a morning session on the Monday or evening on sunday to allow him to get to Wellington.
OO now this sounds like a great idea. LETS BUY IT!
Who do we talk to to organize it? Im prepared also to help out any way nessary. I think Sunday evening would suit most people best (monday people will be at school and work).
I have a decent spare room if its required also.
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Laurie Wong, Sun's Software manager for Oz&NZ is handling Simon's itinerary, I'll drop him a mail and confirm his availability. Sunday night sounds good as there is a 10 am flight out of Hamilton for Wellington. I'll drop a mail to the AuckLUG list as well, there will be some guys from there who will be interested. Cheers GL -- "The Best Things in life are 3" http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz