Thread: BSDCan 2004
Hi folks, I'd like to have Bruce Momjian give a talk at BSDCan (http://www.bsdcan.org). The main stumbling block is sponsorship. I have no money to pay for travel and lodging expenses. Any ideas? Cheers -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 12:07, Dan Langille wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'd like to have Bruce Momjian give a talk at BSDCan > (http://www.bsdcan.org). The main stumbling block is sponsorship. I > have no money to pay for travel and lodging expenses. Any ideas? How much would travel and lodging be?
Rod Taylor wrote: > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 12:07, Dan Langille wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I'd like to have Bruce Momjian give a talk at BSDCan > > (http://www.bsdcan.org). The main stumbling block is sponsorship. I > > have no money to pay for travel and lodging expenses. Any ideas? > > How much would travel and lodging be? Travel is USD $500-1000, lodging is $50-100/night, is my guess. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
Hey Dan, I forgot about this thing, even though Dru had told me some time ago. Try contacting Geoff Davidson at pgsl.com he might (or not) be able to help. Robert Dan Langille wrote: >Hi folks, > >I'd like to have Bruce Momjian give a talk at BSDCan >(http://www.bsdcan.org). The main stumbling block is sponsorship. I >have no money to pay for travel and lodging expenses. Any ideas? > >Cheers > >
sorry, ;-) ---> pgsql.com not pgsl.com > Hey Dan, > > I forgot about this thing, even though Dru had told me some time ago. > Try contacting Geoff Davidson at pgsl.com he might (or not) be able to help. > > > Robert > > > Dan Langille wrote: > >>Hi folks, >> >>I'd like to have Bruce Momjian give a talk at BSDCan >>(http://www.bsdcan.org). The main stumbling block is sponsorship. I >>have no money to pay for travel and lodging expenses. Any ideas? >> >>Cheers >> >> > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org)
Dan, > I'd like to have Bruce Momjian give a talk at BSDCan > (http://www.bsdcan.org). The main stumbling block is sponsorship. I > have no money to pay for travel and lodging expenses. Any ideas? What about getting some of our other contributors who live nearby? Bruce is a great speaker, but we do have lots of other people too. Possibly one or more of them will have employers who are willing to foot the bill. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
Josh Berkus wrote: > Dan, > > > I'd like to have Bruce Momjian give a talk at BSDCan > > (http://www.bsdcan.org). The main stumbling block is sponsorship. I > > have no money to pay for travel and lodging expenses. Any ideas? > > What about getting some of our other contributors who live nearby? Bruce is > a great speaker, but we do have lots of other people too. Possibly one or > more of them will have employers who are willing to foot the bill. Also, I am getting near to declining invitations. May is open, but I am closed through April at this point, and it is December 1. :-0 -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
On 1 Dec 2003 at 16:00, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Josh Berkus wrote: > > Dan, > > > > > I'd like to have Bruce Momjian give a talk at BSDCan > > > (http://www.bsdcan.org). The main stumbling block is sponsorship. I > > > have no money to pay for travel and lodging expenses. Any ideas? > > > > What about getting some of our other contributors who live nearby? Bruce is > > a great speaker, but we do have lots of other people too. Possibly one or > > more of them will have employers who are willing to foot the bill. > > Also, I am getting near to declining invitations. May is open, but I > am closed through April at this point, and it is December 1. :-0 Sure, I'm open to that. Who are these speakers? The folks from Toronto and Nova Scotia were here last February for another conference (http://www.osw.ca/) that I'm associated with, but this conference (http://www.bsdcan.org/) is a different group (mainly me). FYI: Ottawa is about 8 hours drive from New York City and from Detroit. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Dan Langille wrote: > Sure, I'm open to that. Who are these speakers? The folks from Toronto > and Nova Scotia were here last February for another conference > (http://www.osw.ca/) that I'm associated with, but this conference > (http://www.bsdcan.org/) is a different group (mainly me). And altho I love talking to ppl at a booth, I'm a nervous wreck when trying to speak in front of a group :( I envy Bruce that ability ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
On 1 Dec 2003 at 18:44, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Dan Langille wrote: > > > Sure, I'm open to that. Who are these speakers? The folks from Toronto > > and Nova Scotia were here last February for another conference > > (http://www.osw.ca/) that I'm associated with, but this conference > > (http://www.bsdcan.org/) is a different group (mainly me). > > And altho I love talking to ppl at a booth, I'm a nervous wreck when > trying to speak in front of a group :( I envy Bruce that ability ... Do you folks want to man a booth? Head off to Toastmasters and cure that nervousness. You'd make a great speaker. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Dan Langille wrote: > > > Sure, I'm open to that. Who are these speakers? The folks from Toronto > > and Nova Scotia were here last February for another conference > > (http://www.osw.ca/) that I'm associated with, but this conference > > (http://www.bsdcan.org/) is a different group (mainly me). > > And altho I love talking to ppl at a booth, I'm a nervous wreck when > trying to speak in front of a group :( I envy Bruce that ability ... Five years as a school teacher will do that to you. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
Hello Did somebody announce to www.databasejournal.com Release 7.4, 7.4.1 and 7.3.5??? I could not find it on: http://www.databasejournal.com/features/postgresql/ Regards Oli ------------------------------------------------------- Oli Sennhauser Database-Engineer (Oracle & PostgreSQL) Rebenweg 6 CH - 8610 Uster / Switzerland Phone (+41) 1 940 24 82 or Mobile (+41) 79 450 49 14 e-Mail oli.sennhauser@bluewin.ch Website http://mypage.bluewin.ch/shinguz/PostgreSQL/ Secure (signed/encrypted) e-Mail with a Free Personal SwissSign ID: http://www.swisssign.ch Import the SwissSign Root Certificate: http://swisssign.net/cgi-bin/trust/import
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7.4 did get announced, though its difficult to find on the site now... here's a link though, http://www.databasejournal.com/news/article.php/3111961 7.4.1 and 7.3.5 havent been officially released yet though, so those wouldn't be there, assume Josh et al. were planning on announcing it to them which I am not sure of... Robert Treat On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 16:09, Oli Sennhauser wrote: > Hello > > Did somebody announce to www.databasejournal.com Release 7.4, 7.4.1 and > 7.3.5??? I could not find it on: > > http://www.databasejournal.com/features/postgresql/ > > Regards > Oli -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
Robert, > 7.4.1 and 7.3.5 havent been officially released yet though, so those > wouldn't be there, assume Josh et al. were planning on announcing it to > them which I am not sure of... No. Incremental releases don't get a PR splash. -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
On 1 Dec 2003 at 12:59, Robert Bernier wrote: > >>Hi folks, > >> > >>I'd like to have Bruce Momjian give a talk at BSDCan > >>(http://www.bsdcan.org). The main stumbling block is sponsorship. I > >>have no money to pay for travel and lodging expenses. Any ideas? > > Hey Dan, > > > > I forgot about this thing, even though Dru had told me some time ago. > > Try contacting Geoff Davidson at pgsl.com he might (or not) be able to help. > sorry, ;-) ---> pgsql.com not pgsl.com I have been trying to get in touch with Geoff for some months, but I've have no replies. The conference is 4 months away, so we do have time to find someone. The first draft of the schedule is going out this week. It would have been nice to have someone scheduled. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
When was the last time you tried? last summer/fall, he was fairly out of touch due to various reasons, but since mid-Nov, he's been quite responsive to all emails ... On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Dan Langille wrote: > On 1 Dec 2003 at 12:59, Robert Bernier wrote: > > > >>Hi folks, > > >> > > >>I'd like to have Bruce Momjian give a talk at BSDCan > > >>(http://www.bsdcan.org). The main stumbling block is sponsorship. I > > >>have no money to pay for travel and lodging expenses. Any ideas? > > > > Hey Dan, > > > > > > I forgot about this thing, even though Dru had told me some time ago. > > > Try contacting Geoff Davidson at pgsl.com he might (or not) be able to help. > > > sorry, ;-) ---> pgsql.com not pgsl.com > > I have been trying to get in touch with Geoff for some months, but > I've have no replies. > > The conference is 4 months away, so we do have time to find someone. > The first draft of the schedule is going out this week. It would > have been nice to have someone scheduled. > -- > Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
On 12 Jan 2004 at 11:53, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > When was the last time you tried? last summer/fall, he was fairly out of > touch due to various reasons, but since mid-Nov, he's been quite > responsive to all emails ... Thursday afternoon. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
What address are you using? I talked to him all week last week *puzzled look* On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Dan Langille wrote: > On 12 Jan 2004 at 11:53, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > When was the last time you tried? last summer/fall, he was fairly out of > > touch due to various reasons, but since mid-Nov, he's been quite > > responsive to all emails ... > > Thursday afternoon. > -- > Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ > > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
On 12 Jan 2004 at 12:38, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > What address are you using? I talked to him all week last week *puzzled > look* The one you just used in the CC. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
Hi Dan, I apologize for not responding more quickly to your email note from last Thursday afternoon. I had hoped to have closure on initiatives that would have allowed some of us to attend OSW next month, and while it isn't out of the question, it seems unlikely that we can join you this year. Should things change over the next 72 hours I'll let you know and try to coordinate our participation with you. Best regards, Geoff -- Geoff Davidson, CFP, MBA CEO, PostgreSQL, Inc. | President, sales.org Inc. http://www.pgsql.com | http://www.sales.org Cell: 403.880.4510 | 193 Coventry CI NE Home: 403.663.9825 | Calgary, AB Canada T3K 5E5 > Dan Langille wrote: > > On 12 Jan 2004 at 12:38, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > What address are you using? I talked to him all week > > last week *puzzled look* > > The one you just used in the CC. > > -- > Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
Geoff: OSW is going to be March 27 this year. A few months later, in May, there is http://www.bsdcan.org/. We'd like you folks here for both. Any chance of that? On 12 Jan 2004 at 11:42, Geoff Davidson wrote: > Hi Dan, > > I apologize for not responding more quickly to your > email note from last Thursday afternoon. > > I had hoped to have closure on initiatives that would > have allowed some of us to attend OSW next month, and > while it isn't out of the question, it seems unlikely > that we can join you this year. > > Should things change over the next 72 hours I'll let > you know and try to coordinate our participation with > you. > > Best regards, > Geoff > -- > Geoff Davidson, CFP, MBA > CEO, PostgreSQL, Inc. | President, sales.org Inc. > http://www.pgsql.com | http://www.sales.org > Cell: 403.880.4510 | 193 Coventry CI NE > Home: 403.663.9825 | Calgary, AB Canada T3K 5E5 > > > Dan Langille wrote: > > > > On 12 Jan 2004 at 12:38, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > > What address are you using? I talked to him all week > > > last week *puzzled look* > > > > The one you just used in the CC. > > > > -- > > Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ > -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - http://www.bsdcan.org/
On 6 Feb 2004 at 12:25, Geoff Davidson wrote: > Hi Dan, OSW in March presents some serious challenges, > while May is certainly a possibility depending on the status > of our current initiatives and available resources. > > What opportunities do you believe will available for us to > participate in and support at these sessions ? We're getting the attention of various government departments. GOSLING <http://www.goslingcommunity.org/> is helping with that. That will be confirmed over the next couple of weeks. Next week I'm concentrating on local business groups. By the end of February these things should be confirmed. I see involvement with BSDCan much the same as you did last year with OSW. Your activity there was very well received. If you want to give a presentation great. A booth area will be available to you if you wish. I'm also working on getting a panel together, which would include government representatives. We're compiling that list too. I hope that gives you some ideas. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - http://www.bsdcan.org/
Dan, > Geoff: OSW is going to be March 27 this year. A few months later, in > May, there is http://www.bsdcan.org/. We'd like you folks here for > both. Any chance of that? You should pester Dave Cramer, Archeron, and Darcy as well. They're all North of the Border. I will bug them on IRC. -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
Hi Dan, OSW in March presents some serious challenges, while May is certainly a possibility depending on the status of our current initiatives and available resources. What opportunities do you believe will available for us to participate in and support at these sessions ? Regards, Geoff At 11:32 AM 2/6/2004, Dan Langille wrote: >Geoff: OSW is going to be March 27 this year. A few months later, in >May, there is http://www.bsdcan.org/. We'd like you folks here for >both. Any chance of that? > >On 12 Jan 2004 at 11:42, Geoff Davidson wrote: > > > Hi Dan, > > > > I apologize for not responding more quickly to your > > email note from last Thursday afternoon. > > > > I had hoped to have closure on initiatives that would > > have allowed some of us to attend OSW next month, and > > while it isn't out of the question, it seems unlikely > > that we can join you this year. > > > > Should things change over the next 72 hours I'll let > > you know and try to coordinate our participation with > > you. > > > > Best regards, > > Geoff > > -- > > Geoff Davidson, CFP, MBA > > CEO, PostgreSQL, Inc. | President, sales.org Inc. > > http://www.pgsql.com | http://www.sales.org > > Cell: 403.880.4510 | 193 Coventry CI NE > > Home: 403.663.9825 | Calgary, AB Canada T3K 5E5 > > > > > Dan Langille wrote: > > > > > > On 12 Jan 2004 at 12:38, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > > > > What address are you using? I talked to him all week > > > > last week *puzzled look* > > > > > > The one you just used in the CC. > > > > > > -- > > > Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ > > > > >-- >Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ >BSDCan - http://www.bsdcan.org/
josh@agliodbs.com (Josh Berkus) writes: >> Geoff: OSW is going to be March 27 this year. A few months later, in >> May, there is http://www.bsdcan.org/. We'd like you folks here for >> both. Any chance of that? > > You should pester Dave Cramer, Archeron, and Darcy as well. They're > all North of the Border. I will bug them on IRC. I'll probably be grabbing a couple days off around then, too, to be in the area. My high school, just across the canal, turns 160, and a visit to parents in Ottawa is well overdue. I also understand Jan Wieck may be heading north for the con... -- output = reverse("ofni.smrytrebil" "@" "enworbbc") <http://dev6.int.libertyrms.com/> Christopher Browne (416) 646 3304 x124 (land)
On 6 Feb 2004 at 17:18, Christopher Browne wrote: > josh@agliodbs.com (Josh Berkus) writes: > >> Geoff: OSW is going to be March 27 this year. A few months later, in > >> May, there is http://www.bsdcan.org/. We'd like you folks here for > >> both. Any chance of that? > > > > You should pester Dave Cramer, Archeron, and Darcy as well. They're > > all North of the Border. I will bug them on IRC. > > I'll probably be grabbing a couple days off around then, too, to be in > the area. My high school, just across the canal, turns 160, and a > visit to parents in Ottawa is well overdue. Any excuse is better than none. And having multiple reasons is even better. Where do you live now? I know there's a group coming from NYC. > I also understand Jan Wieck may be heading north for the con... I met Jan at Linux World Expo in NYC last month (Bruce Momjian too! => http://www.freebsddiary.org/linuxworldexpo-2004-part5.php). If he's coming up, I'd certainly like to have him talk give a technical talk about replication. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - http://www.bsdcan.org/
Dan Langille wrote: > On 6 Feb 2004 at 17:18, Christopher Browne wrote: > >> josh@agliodbs.com (Josh Berkus) writes: >> >> Geoff: OSW is going to be March 27 this year. A few months later, in >> >> May, there is http://www.bsdcan.org/. We'd like you folks here for >> >> both. Any chance of that? >> > >> > You should pester Dave Cramer, Archeron, and Darcy as well. They're >> > all North of the Border. I will bug them on IRC. >> >> I'll probably be grabbing a couple days off around then, too, to be in >> the area. My high school, just across the canal, turns 160, and a >> visit to parents in Ottawa is well overdue. > > Any excuse is better than none. And having multiple reasons is even > better. Where do you live now? I know there's a group coming from > NYC. > >> I also understand Jan Wieck may be heading north for the con... > > I met Jan at Linux World Expo in NYC last month (Bruce Momjian too! > => http://www.freebsddiary.org/linuxworldexpo-2004-part5.php). If > he's coming up, I'd certainly like to have him talk give a technical > talk about replication. As I understood the conference is on Friday and Saturday. I thought about spending the whole week in Toronto, driving over to Ottawa either Thursday night or Friday morning. Jan -- #======================================================================# # It's easier to get forgiveness for being wrong than for being right. # # Let's break this rule - forgive me. # #================================================== JanWieck@Yahoo.com #
On 9 Feb 2004 at 11:53, Jan Wieck wrote: > Dan Langille wrote: > > > On 6 Feb 2004 at 17:18, Christopher Browne wrote: > > > >> josh@agliodbs.com (Josh Berkus) writes: > >> >> Geoff: OSW is going to be March 27 this year. A few months later, in > >> >> May, there is http://www.bsdcan.org/. We'd like you folks here for > >> >> both. Any chance of that? > >> > > >> > You should pester Dave Cramer, Archeron, and Darcy as well. They're > >> > all North of the Border. I will bug them on IRC. > >> > >> I'll probably be grabbing a couple days off around then, too, to be in > >> the area. My high school, just across the canal, turns 160, and a > >> visit to parents in Ottawa is well overdue. > > > > Any excuse is better than none. And having multiple reasons is even > > better. Where do you live now? I know there's a group coming from > > NYC. > > > >> I also understand Jan Wieck may be heading north for the con... > > > > I met Jan at Linux World Expo in NYC last month (Bruce Momjian too! > > => http://www.freebsddiary.org/linuxworldexpo-2004-part5.php). If > > he's coming up, I'd certainly like to have him talk give a technical > > talk about replication. > > As I understood the conference is on Friday and Saturday. Yes, the proceedings are on those days, but we have social events on Thursday and Sunday (for those still in town). > I thought about spending the whole week in Toronto, driving over to > Ottawa either Thursday night or Friday morning. I recommend Thursday night. Friday morning would mean leaving at 5 or 6 am pick up your registration pack and get to the first session. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - http://www.bsdcan.org/