[Chixla] National Hispanic Women's Conference

[SMichelle]

Heya Garrick!
There hasn't been any further discussion about this on the LinuxChixLA
list so I think I can safely summarize. 
I'd be willing to share the booth with SolidOffice and focus on
OpenOffice.org as a member of LinuxChixLA. I can also update the MS
Word/Excel to OOo Writer/Calc command equivalents handout which
incorporate OOo ver.1.1 changes, but I don't have any time to create any
 additional materials. (I think you have a copy which we distributed at
SCALE-1. If not let me know and I can send you another copy in the OOo
Writer format.) I can also provide the laptop and an external monitor
which can provide a hands on demonstration of OOo running under Linux.
The big issue here is that LinuxChixLA does not have the financial
resources to share costs for either the booth, or the electricity, or an
internet connection, or any misc. etcs. We are still in the red for
costs associated with SCALE-2 and cannot commit to providing any
additional funds for this conference. 
Given the above restrictions, I can share an exhibitor booth with
SolidOffice at the National Hispanic Women's Conference on April 2nd.
Let me know if this is acceptable.
Regards,
/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
> >