Thread: Linuxworld Toronto, April 30 - May 2
Is anybody planning to attend this and set up a booth? http://www.it360.ca/ Robert
robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca (Robert Bernier) writes: > Is anybody planning to attend this and set up a booth? > > http://www.it360.ca/ I have involvement with the local LUG booth. I don't have a particular "PostgreSQL hat" on in that context. It would be a nice thing to have *something* PostgreSQL-relevant 'deployed' there. I'm not sure a booth is the right answer; the rules associated with having a free booth are somewhat restrictive. If you have a free booth, you're there to promote some form of user group, and it's verboten to try to sell commercial services to passers-by. And it's probably rather late to be *starting* to negotiate a booth... It seems to me that having a PostgreSQL talk would probably be more useful. But it's months too late; the due date, for that, was November 4, 2005... -- "cbbrowne","@","cbbrowne.com" http://cbbrowne.com/info/finances.html The *Worst* Things to Say to a Police Officer: Hey, is that a 9 mm? That's nothing compared to this .44 magnum.
On 21 Jan 2007 at 15:01, Chris Browne wrote: > robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca (Robert Bernier) writes: > > Is anybody planning to attend this and set up a booth? > > > > http://www.it360.ca/ > > I have involvement with the local LUG booth. I don't have a > particular "PostgreSQL hat" on in that context. > > It would be a nice thing to have *something* PostgreSQL-relevant > 'deployed' there. > > I'm not sure a booth is the right answer; the rules associated with > having a free booth are somewhat restrictive. If you have a free > booth, you're there to promote some form of user group, and it's > verboten to try to sell commercial services to passers-by. > > And it's probably rather late to be *starting* to negotiate a booth... > > It seems to me that having a PostgreSQL talk would probably be more > useful. But it's months too late; the due date, for that, was > November 4, 2005... Noted. If someone asks, we might just get it. The worst that can happen is a refusal. No harm. No foul. -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference - http://www.pgcon.org/
On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 10:11:44AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > On 21 Jan 2007 at 15:01, Chris Browne wrote: > > > robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca (Robert Bernier) writes: > > > Is anybody planning to attend this and set up a booth? > > > > > > http://www.it360.ca/ > > > > I have involvement with the local LUG booth. I don't have a > > particular "PostgreSQL hat" on in that context. > > > > It would be a nice thing to have *something* PostgreSQL-relevant > > 'deployed' there. > > > > I'm not sure a booth is the right answer; the rules associated with > > having a free booth are somewhat restrictive. If you have a free > > booth, you're there to promote some form of user group, and it's > > verboten to try to sell commercial services to passers-by. > > > > And it's probably rather late to be *starting* to negotiate a booth... > > > > It seems to me that having a PostgreSQL talk would probably be more > > useful. But it's months too late; the due date, for that, was > > November 4, 2005... > > Noted. If someone asks, we might just get it. The worst that can > happen is a refusal. No harm. No foul. Yeah, if it's anything like Linuxfest NW, it might not be hard to still get a speaking spot. -- Jim Nasby jim@nasby.net EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)
dan@langille.org ("Dan Langille") writes:
> On 21 Jan 2007 at 15:01, Chris Browne wrote:
>
>> robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca (Robert Bernier) writes:
>> > Is anybody planning to attend this and set up a booth?
>> >
>> > http://www.it360.ca/
>>
>> I have involvement with the local LUG booth. I don't have a
>> particular "PostgreSQL hat" on in that context.
>>
>> It would be a nice thing to have *something* PostgreSQL-relevant
>> 'deployed' there.
>>
>> I'm not sure a booth is the right answer; the rules associated with
>> having a free booth are somewhat restrictive. If you have a free
>> booth, you're there to promote some form of user group, and it's
>> verboten to try to sell commercial services to passers-by.
>>
>> And it's probably rather late to be *starting* to negotiate a booth...
>>
>> It seems to me that having a PostgreSQL talk would probably be more
>> useful. But it's months too late; the due date, for that, was
>> November 4, 2005...
>
> Noted. If someone asks, we might just get it. The worst that can
> happen is a refusal. No harm. No foul.
Well, I have a meeting tomorrow where I wear my "LUG" hat and where
we're inviting extra folks in specifically to talk about matters for
this conference.
I do not see much point in pushing for a booth, fundamentally as I'm
not sure who would staff it, but I'll make sure I bend an ear or two
concerning presentations.
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In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, dan@langille.org ("Dan Langille") transmitted:
> On 21 Jan 2007 at 15:01, Chris Browne wrote:
>
>> robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca (Robert Bernier) writes:
>> > Is anybody planning to attend this and set up a booth?
>> >
>> > http://www.it360.ca/
>>
>> I have involvement with the local LUG booth. I don't have a
>> particular "PostgreSQL hat" on in that context.
>>
>> It would be a nice thing to have *something* PostgreSQL-relevant
>> 'deployed' there.
>>
>> I'm not sure a booth is the right answer; the rules associated with
>> having a free booth are somewhat restrictive. If you have a free
>> booth, you're there to promote some form of user group, and it's
>> verboten to try to sell commercial services to passers-by.
>>
>> And it's probably rather late to be *starting* to negotiate a booth...
>>
>> It seems to me that having a PostgreSQL talk would probably be more
>> useful. But it's months too late; the due date, for that, was
>> November 4, 2005...
>
> Noted. If someone asks, we might just get it. The worst that can
> happen is a refusal. No harm. No foul.
It loooks like neither a speaker nor a booth will happen.
But...
If we have some suitable brochure that could be given out, *that*
could certainly go to a LUG booth.
My ideal would be something that fits on a doublesided sheet of
8.5x11" paper...
I was just looking at the list of items in the PR project...
<http://pgfoundry.org/docman/index.php?group_id=1000047>
The "lisa_06.pdf" file looks somewhat suitable, as does the 8 page
LISA_copious_final.pdf...
http://www.alberton.info/downloads/postgresql-cheat-sheet.png is
pretty neat.
There is supposedly something here; I can't access it...
http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/advocacy/pg/
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