[Chixla] National Hispanic Women's Conference

[SMichelle]

OK, I know that that interwoven comments might not give straight
continuity, so here's a recap. We've been asked to co-inhabit a booth
which focuses on OpenOffice (with SolidOffice an OpenOffice spin off
http://solidoffice.com/) at the National Hispanic Women's Conference
(http://maof.org/womconf2004/) being held at the LA Convention Center on
Wednesday, April 2.
If I confirm that indeed there would be no fees expected for the booth
participation (our treasury is bare ... we still own Rosie for the SCALE
linuxchixla t-shirts :) would there be anyone else interested in doing
this? I can update the SCALEx1 OpenOffice materials. I'm just not sure
that I want to be the only linuxchix on board with this project.
Email me either on or off the list if your interested.
/Sharon
> > I so sorry that I haven't responded earlier. The start of a new
> > sememster and a few freelance gigs hit right around the same time :)
> > I haven't heard any chatter on the list in response to your post, so
> > I'll reply to you with a cc to the LinuxChixLA mailing list. Should
> > someone have further comments I'll be sure to forward.
> 
> Thank you for replying.  I'm glad you did.
> 
>  
> > Unfortunately, even if we were able to plan relevant booth materials
> > and information focused on Linux and targeted toward general
> > business users, the cost of booth, even at the non-profit rate, is
> > beyond our resources.
> 
> I'm already setting up two boothes, one for a Benjamin Hurst of
> solidoffice.com, and the other for a someone doing an LTSP demo.
> Would you be willing to come and share the boothes with them?
> 
> I think Benjamin will probably have a hard time "filling out" a booth
> by himself; so matching OOo+LinuxChix at one booth and LTSP at another
> will probably work out pretty well.
> 
> This is too important to let money get in the way of this important
> community outreach work... please please come :)
>  
>  
> > Should anything change, or other list members respond further, I'll
> > be sure to let you know. 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > /Sharon
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi Linux Chix!
> > >     My fiancee, Magdalena Morales, is the event coordinator for
> > >     this year's
> > > National Hispanic Women's Conference
> > > (http://maof.org/womconf2004/). The conference will have over 5000
> > > forward-thinking Latinas that are moving forward into new job
> > > positions.  Their mere attendance means they are motivated and
> > > seeking new truths... and they need exposure to Linux, OOo, and
> > > other OSS.
> > >     As a long time Linux professional, I can't imagine all of
> > >     these women, who
> > > have probably never heard of anything other than Windows and Mac,
> > > going into new business positions without being armed against
> > > vendor-lockin and open software.
> > >     Can linuxchix do a booth at the conference?  Would someone be
> > >     willing to do
> > > a workshop?  It's a non-geek crowd, so topics around OOo and
> > > desktop usage with a general stress on OSS awareness are probably
> > > best?
> > > 
> > >     I'm toying around with the idea of doing a workshop myself,
> > >     but I've never
> > > done anything like that, I'm terrified of public speaking, I'm a
> > > guy, and it would be so much cooler to have a woman do it (any
> > > latinas amoung you?).
> > > 
> > >     I'm not on the list, so please reply to me personally or to
> > >     Magdalena
> > > Morales at magd at eventmosaic.com.  Btw, I still have your OOo
> > > handouts from SCALE :)
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Garrick Staples, Linux/HPCC Administrator
> > > University of Southern California
> > > 
> 
> -- 
> Garrick Staples, Linux/HPCC Administrator
> University of Southern California
>