| Bill Jonas on Mon, 7 Oct 2002 22:20:06 -0400 |
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On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 09:41:18PM -0400, Iman Mayes wrote: > What happened to the speaker from Red Hat paying us a visit? Several people got this in their mailbox today (I'm sure the sender won't mind a forward to the list since it was sent to about a dozen or so people initially anyway): ----- Forwarded message from Kathleen Langhi <klanghi@redhat.com> ----- Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 17:01:43 -0400 From: Kathleen Langhi <klanghi@redhat.com> To: [Lots-o-folks] Subject: Red Hat Road Tour 2002 Hi all - My name is Kathleen and I am helping put together a Red Hat Road Tour kicking off (tentatively) Oct. 31. At this point in time, it looks like our road team will be in the your area Nov 3, and we would like the opportunity to spend some time with you. Please note that this is still tentative and things might change. We got a note from a couple of people in response to our Under the Brim contest saying we should stop in Philadelphia...so we are! We will be stopping in at Ursinus College Saturday night and then will remain in the area on Sunday. We realize Sunday is not the best day, but there are two options here... 1) I can give you the name of the person setting up the Ursinus College event and you guys can crash the party 2) You can have your own event at an appropriate time on Sunday the 3rd and have the Red Hat roadies all to yourself. (*Note: I saw on the Philly LUG site that you are associated with the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, we'd also like to invite them to participate if you see fit.) So you tell me! A popular question has been, what are you guys going to be doing on this "road tour" anyway? Good question. That depends a bit on what you want. We are prepared to do a number of things such as: 1) Give away stuff 2) Demo 8.0 3) Technical round table/panel discussion 4) Talk about legislative issues and OpenSource 5) Buy the Red Hatters some lunch...;-) (or dinner in this case) So, for the purposes of this email, I thought I would try to get the conversation started as to what type of event is possible. Here are some questions to consider: 1: What would be the location? 2: Does the date work? 3: Our team has all day Sunday, what would be a convenient time? 4: Are there any special guidelines we would need to follow as far as parking our RV at this location? Is it permissable by the school/college (if applicable)? Where would be the best place to park? 5: What would the set up be? Would there be a gathering in a conference hall or a classroom? Or would it be a hoppin event in the parking lot? 6: How many people can we expect? Just a rough estimate would be great. 7: How long would you like for us to hang out? 8: Would you like help publicizing the event? If so, in what ways can we help? We don't need these answers right away...but, fairly soon. Who would be the main contact or event planner? Please provide contact information if possible or you are welcome to contact me. Also, after the above questions have been answered, we would also need the name and address of where the event is to take place. And if there is someone that could provide directions, that would be tremendously helpful. I think that's all for now. I will keep you informed as the route of our tour gets firmed up. We should have something up shortly on redhat.com to help publicize the event. I'll let you know when it's live. We are very excited at the prospect of this event! Please let me know how we can help make it a success and valuable to those who attend. Thanks, Kathleen Langhi Red Hat Direct Marketing Coordinator 1801 Varsity Dr. Raleigh, NC 27606 866 273 3428 ext 44285 P.S. If I should not be available, you can also speak to Stephanie Jordan, Project Coordinator here at Red Hat. Same phone number and ext. 44091. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin Attachment:
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