[UCLA-LUG] VA Research Speaker

[witten@torsion.org]

On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 06:07:57PM -0700, Ted Kremenek wrote:
> Dan,
> 
> When I reserved a room for Microsoft I spoke to Jackie Trang, the CS Dept.
> Chair's administrative assistant.  I can always speak to her again to
> reserve another room.  One thing to note is that for VA Research it would
> be nice if we could invite people from outside of UCLA.  That way we
> _could_ fill up a room like Moore 100 (which happens to be the room I got
> for the Microsoft event).

The LUG can definitely help with this. Many Southern California LUGs
(including us) have recently joined up on a common mailing list so that we
can share event announcements and possibly coordinate joint events. Once we
get a date and a room, I can announce the event there, which would probably
cause some attendance from USC's LUG, etc.

I know of at least one professor subscribed to UCLALUG's announce list who
will likely mention the event in all of his lecture classes.

> Other arrangements would include advertising on
> the LUG's and CSUA's part as well looking into things like food.  I am not
> certain if VA will reimburse us for catering, so funds need to be taken
> into account as well.  The *most important* thing right now is to decide
> on a couple of dates (in order of preference).  These should be carefully
> considered to maximize attendance and overall success.  What I need is
> some dates people would like, and I need them very soon.  Once I have
> those I can look into getting a room.

Okay, here's my opinion. In order to accommodate people who may not be very
near UCLA, I suggest that we do it on a weekend so as to maximize
attendance. So possible dates would be: October 23, October 30, November 6,
or November 13. I think October 30 or November 6, being around "5th week"
and thus hopefully in between people's midterms, might be the good bets as
far as UCLA attendance goes. (But there's always going to be someone with a
midterm on just about any given day.) Then we just have to make sure there's
not a big sports game on the day we choose.

> 
> - Ted Kremenek
> 

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