[Chixla] Wrong date? National Hispanic Women's Conference
Lorie Obal
lorie.obal at verizon.net
Tue Mar 9 13:22:21 EST 2004
Isn't April 2nd a Friday? Is there a mistake on the date?
-Lorie
>
> From: SMichelle <smichelle at livinglikeapenguin.com>
> Date: 2004/03/08 Mon PM 10:26:58 CST
> To: LinuxChixLA <chixla at linuxchixla.org>
> Subject: Re: [Chixla] National Hispanic Women's Conference
>
> 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
> >
>
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