[Chixla] National Hispanic Women's Conference

[Garrick Staples]

I'm CC'ing Benjamin Hurst.  I'll let you two coordinate.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 12:34:53PM -0800, SMichelle alleged:
> 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.

I'm fine with this.  Just your presence to spread the awareness that this
community exists is a Good Thing.
> 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
> > > 

-- 
Garrick Staples, Linux/HPCC Administrator
University of Southern California
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