On Friday 09 January 2009 03:45:20 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.
Unfortunately it seems despite best efforts that I've been unable to get either Simon or Louis Suarez-Potts to Waikato for this week. The cost of changing their timetables from LCA ended up being prohibitive and the timeframe was too tight. We're now looking at doing an event or series of events later in the year if I can get a travel budget out of the OOo Community Council for Louis at least. I'll keep the list up to date as things unfold. I'm travelling to Wellington to attend the NZOSS/JUG event with Simon next Monday if anyone wants a ride. 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