[Baypiggies] April Meeting Proposal - Ivan Krstić

[Leslie Hawthorn]

Resending without the map attachment; my first message bounced as too large.

On 3/13/07, Leslie Hawthorn <lhawthorn at google.com> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, Google only has facilities available during the regularly
> scheduled meeting time on April 12th.  In fact, we've been moved to Building
> 44 for this meeting, which is just across the street from the usual meeting
> location.  (Campus map attached.)
>
> The good news is, we will still have taping and will have seating for up
> to 150 people.  Let me know what you folks want to do.
>
> Cheers,
> LH
>
>
>
> On 3/13/07, jim stockford <jim at well.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > +1
> >     i like it for the reason that if this is takes the place
> > of our monthly meeting, I'm off the hook for putting
> > together a satisfying newbies night.
> >     I saw negroponte at the red hat summit in nashville
> > last june. his was one of the most entertaining talks--
> > riveting, really.
> >     to the criticism that he's too much the showman,
> > well so was P. T. Barnum, but people like the circus
> > anyway.
> >     I think this will be stimulating.
> >     And it gives me time to go through the February
> > email with a better chance of sorting out the various
> > ideas.
> > jim
> >
> >
> > On Mar 13, 2007, at 9:17 AM, Carl J. Van Arsdall wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Carl J. Van Arsdall
> > > cvanarsdall at mvista.com
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> Leslie Hawthorn
> Open Source Program Office
> Google Inc.
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Leslie Hawthorn
Open Source Program Office
Google Inc.
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