[Baypiggies] April Meeting Proposal - Ivan Krstić

[Carl J. Van Arsdall]

Rand Bradley wrote:
> As everyone on the list is probably aware, Ivan Krstić gave an 
> excellent keynote talk at PyCon 2007 on the One Laptop per Child 
> project (OLPC). I was so impressed, I emailed Ivan to see if he or 
> someone from the OLPC project might be interested in speaking for 
> SDForum's Emerging Technology SIG. I also suggested Wednesday 4/11 if 
> possible. Ivan wrote me back that he was interested and  that Google 
> also wanted him to give a technical talk in the near future. He 
> contacted Google with the proposed date and Google responded 
> positively. Ivan is available to speak on either 4/11 or 4/12. (I 
> think he is giving a private technical talk at Google on 4/12).
>
> I would like to propose that we again hold a joint EMTECH/BayPiggies 
> meeting for April. The higher-ups for the EMTECH-SIG would like to 
> keep the scheduled day of Wednesday 4/11 for the event. It will be 
> hard for me to get EMTECH to move the date to 4/12. I would like to 
> propose that BayPIGgies host the event at Google, it Google is willing 
> and can accommodate 4/11.
>
> So, I have some questions for the group...
>
>    1. Would BayPIGgies like to make this a joint EMTECH-SIG meeting?
>    2. Is the 4/11/2007 date okay? Can BayPIGgies accommodate moving
>       the April meeting forward by one day?
>    3. Can we hold the event at Google on 4/11? How can we confirm?
>       (Note we can use EMTECH-SIG location if necessary).
>
> If the group is willing, can someone contact me to help coordinate the 
> event?
>
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/baypiggies
I give a +1 to ivan as well and would happily listen to several more 
talks if he's willing to give them.  His presentation at PyCon 2k7 was 
amazing.

-c

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