[UCLA-LUG] VA Research Speaker

[Ted Kremenek]

Chris expressed his desire to host the event on a weekday as opposed to
the two weekend dates that were mentioned.  He said, however, that he
still would be willing to do the weekend dates.  I can completely
understand this, as most companies for one reason or another like to host
their events on a weekday.  Because this event is to be cohosted by both
CSUA and the LUG, I would like know what dates on a weekday would be
preferable to LUG members.  If everyone prefers the weekend dates,
however, we'll stick with those.

In addition, the exact funding matters regarding the event are somewhat
unclear.  VA indeed is flying him down, but besides that I'm not certain
what else they are willing to fund.  I still have to work some of these
details out with Chris.  Chris' intention, however, is to primarily come
and speak.  It is not centered around recruiting, although he may
advertise some job opportunities when he comes down if he desires to.

- Ted Kremenek

juziel@home.com wrote:
> 
> Great!  Chris is a great guy... I see him at the SVLUG meetings
> regularly, a LUG in which he is the Vice President.  Perhaps a
> decent amount of suggestions on running a good LUG can come from
> him as well.
> 
> I'd say to get the largest room you can and send a message to
> the lalugs@onelist.com mailing list when it comes closer to the
> actual event.  Definitely at least invite our friends at USC.
> 
> Where is the funding for this event coming from?  Is VA flying
> him down and sponsoring it?  Is it Chris's intentions to also
> use this even to do some recruiting?  (I would be surprised if
> he didn't do any of this.)
> 
> On the matter of conflicts with CTO, also be careful not to
> schedule it when there's a game that's out of town.  You might
> want to hold it on a Sunday just so you don't overlap a UCLA
> or USC football game on the Saturday.
> 
> Very cool!
> 
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Chris DiBona, the director of Linux Marketing at VA Research Inc., has
> > volunteered to come speak at UCLA as a CSUA hosted event.  I would
> > actually like to cohost this with the LUG, and I was wondering if there
> > was any interest in doing this.  The event would have to be late in
> > October or early in November, and we would need to arrange the date ASAP
> > in order to reserve a room (I had difficulty reserving a room for a
> > Microsoft event that CSUA is hosting on the 18th of October).  Could some
> > of the LUG organizers get back to me about this?  Thanks.
> >
> > - Ted Kremenek
> >
> > p.s. - I am not on the LUG mailing list, so please CC me on any discussion
> > replies to this message.
> >
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