Thread: I need information about PG-Day

PostgreSQL Project DR escreveu:
> My name is Luis Contreras, I’m from Dominican Republic, actually there
> are many users on PostgreSQL in my country. I have about 8 years working
> with Unix/Linux Enviroments and 2 years working with PostgreSQL. I would
> like to know if I could arrange a PGDay for the Caribbean area or for
> Dominican Republic only, I have contact with the principals universities
> in my country and at the same time I know a lot of Unix/Linux users.
>
Of course, you can. ;)

> Please send information about what I need in order to arrange an event
> like this.
>
A good start is [1]. Let us know if you need some assistance.


[1] http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgDayManual


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PostgreSQL Project DR escribió:
> Hi everybody
>
>
>
> Thanks a lot for the support, I will prepare the PG-Day for the next year
> 2010.

Be sure to tell the guys in the spanish lists, pgsql-es-ayuda and
pgsql-es-fomento.  We have at least one high profile member in Dominican
Republic.  Oh, and there was talk about setting up a Latin American
PGDay of sorts, next year in Colombia and in Cuba in 2011, I think.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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>
> Be sure to tell the guys in the spanish lists, pgsql-es-ayuda and
> pgsql-es-fomento.  We have at least one high profile member in Dominican
> Republic.  Oh, and there was talk about setting up a Latin American
> PGDay of sorts, next year in Colombia and in Cuba in 2011, I think.
>

There is a possibility to add some spanish branchs in PgCon BR next year (or
LatinoWare).
It was really awesome the experience in Br (in fact, our talk was in spanish and
was understable for portugues speakers).

I told this because Br talk levels was really interesting for
experienced professionals.



--
              Emanuel Calvo Franco
             DBA at:  www.siu.edu.ar
        www.emanuelcalvofranco.com.ar

> Thanks a lot for the support, I will prepare the PG-Day for the next
> year 2010.

Might I suggest doing a general Carribean PGDay?

The folks in Cuba really want to hold a PGDay, but we can't send an
American PostgreSQL Hacker to speak if they did.  If the PGDay in the DR
was for the whole Carribean, including Cuba, both Cubans and Americans
could go.  And they might, especially if you hold it in the winter ...

--Josh Berkus

Well, I was thinking to arrange it for local only, because it would be the
first time, and now I'm sending messages and contacting postgresql users in
order for the next month to give some conferences in some universities in
DR, so I could detect postgresql users that later I could use as support in
activities ahead.

If you could give some suggestions about it, just let me know,

Thanks a lot

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Berkus [mailto:josh@agliodbs.com]
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 4:39 PM
To: PostgreSQL Project DR
Cc: Marcelo Costa; pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] I need information about PG-Day


> Thanks a lot for the support, I will prepare the PG-Day for the next
> year 2010.

Might I suggest doing a general Carribean PGDay?

The folks in Cuba really want to hold a PGDay, but we can't send an
American PostgreSQL Hacker to speak if they did.  If the PGDay in the DR
was for the whole Carribean, including Cuba, both Cubans and Americans
could go.  And they might, especially if you hold it in the winter ...

--Josh Berkus

On 11/2/09, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks a lot for the support, I will prepare the PG-Day for the next
>> year 2010.
>
> Might I suggest doing a general Carribean PGDay?
>
> The folks in Cuba really want to hold a PGDay, but we can't send an
> American PostgreSQL Hacker to speak if they did.  If the PGDay in the DR
> was for the whole Carribean, including Cuba, both Cubans and Americans
> could go.  And they might, especially if you hold it in the winter ...

There are one or two hackers outside of the US who could speak without
your gubberment getting all hot and bothered :-)

--
Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
PGDay.EU 2009 Conference: http://2009.pgday.eu/start

Dave,

> There are one or two hackers outside of the US who could speak without
> your gubberment getting all hot and bothered :-)

Yep.  That will be our solution if there is a PGDay in Cuba.

--Josh Berkus

On 11/2/09 12:55 PM, PostgreSQL Project DR wrote:
> Well, I was thinking to arrange it for local only, because it would be the
> first time, and now I'm sending messages and contacting postgresql users in
> order for the next month to give some conferences in some universities in
> DR, so I could detect postgresql users that later I could use as support in
> activities ahead.

The guide helps.  Once you have a schedule, let us know what you need
for materials, and we'll try to book a speaker from abroad to speak.

--Josh Berkus

Hi Mr. Berkus

The main goal of preparing an event like this is to strength the postgresql
community in Dominican Republic, to indetify entities interesting in
PostgreSQL Solutions, at the same time actually I'm writing a book in
Spanish oriented to DBA works, I hope to have it ready on may 2010, I'm the
CIO of a little company called Cube Plus Linux, you can visit us at
www.cubepluslinux.com , Is there a way in becoming a Postgresql
Certification Center for the Caribbean?, I want to give support to the
postgresql project in my country for that reason I wanna begin with this
little event, and in a future to become a postgresql sponsor.

If you could give me any orientation, it'd be great

Thanks a lot for the support

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Berkus [mailto:josh@agliodbs.com]
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:17 PM
To: PostgreSQL Project DR
Cc: Marcelo Costa; pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] I need information about PG-Day

On 11/2/09 12:55 PM, PostgreSQL Project DR wrote:
> Well, I was thinking to arrange it for local only, because it would be the
> first time, and now I'm sending messages and contacting postgresql users
in
> order for the next month to give some conferences in some universities in
> DR, so I could detect postgresql users that later I could use as support
in
> activities ahead.

The guide helps.  Once you have a schedule, let us know what you need
for materials, and we'll try to book a speaker from abroad to speak.

--Josh Berkus

> The main goal of preparing an event like this is to strength the postgresql
> community in Dominican Republic, to indetify entities interesting in
> PostgreSQL Solutions, at the same time actually I'm writing a book in
> Spanish oriented to DBA works, I hope to have it ready on may 2010, I'm the
> CIO of a little company called Cube Plus Linux,

Yeah, I see your listing ... will approve as soon as I check the links.

> you can visit us at
> www.cubepluslinux.com , Is there a way in becoming a Postgresql
> Certification Center for the Caribbean?,

We don't *have* certifications for postgresql.org, as far as I know.
You can talk to EnterpriseDB and Open Technology Group; I believe that
they both do certifications.

--Josh

Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> > Thanks a lot for the support, I will prepare the PG-Day for the next
> > year 2010.
>
> Might I suggest doing a general Carribean PGDay?
>
> The folks in Cuba really want to hold a PGDay, but we can't send an
> American PostgreSQL Hacker to speak if they did.  If the PGDay in the DR

I don't think that is true.  I was invited to speak in Cuba two years
ago but had a schedule conflict, but I did research at that time and
found that US citizens can attend professional conferences in Cuba:

    http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/ascii/cuba.txt

    2. Professional meetings organized by an international professional
    organization

    Full-time professionals are authorized to engage in Cuba travel-related
    transactions to attend professional meetings or conferences in Cuba
    pursuant to section 515.564(a)(2) of the Regulations, provided that (1)
    the meeting or conference is organized by an international professional
    organization, institution, or association that regularly sponsors
    meetings or conferences in other countries; (2) the organization,
    institution, or association sponsoring the meeting or conference is not
    headquartered in the United States unless it has been specifically
    licensed to sponsor the meeting; (3) the purpose of the meeting or
    conference is not the promotion of tourism in Cuba or other commercial
    activities involving Cuba that are inconsistent with the Regulations;
    and (4) the meeting or conference is not intended primarily to foster
    production of any biotechnological products.

In fact, US citizens don't need any special permission to go --- they
just need to have documents proving they have followed the law if asked
later.  There are only a few flights from the US to Cuba --- one is from
New York City.

I would be glad to speak in Cuba if asked.

--
  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>        http://momjian.us
  EnterpriseDB                             http://enterprisedb.com

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Bruce Momjian escribió:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks a lot for the support, I will prepare the PG-Day for the next
> > > year 2010.
> >
> > Might I suggest doing a general Carribean PGDay?
> >
> > The folks in Cuba really want to hold a PGDay, but we can't send an
> > American PostgreSQL Hacker to speak if they did.  If the PGDay in the DR
>
> I don't think that is true.  I was invited to speak in Cuba two years
> ago but had a schedule conflict, but I did research at that time and
> found that US citizens can attend professional conferences in Cuba:

That might well be true -- however, the funds held by SPI Inc. on the
behalf of PostgreSQL cannot be used to refund the travel expenses, which
is what I think Josh is alluding to.

(I know this very well because I'm travelling there later this month to
teach a PG week-long course, and our liaison told me it was no use
applying for a refund due to US govt. limitations.  So I have to pay for
the expenses out of my own pocket.)

--
Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian escribi?:
> > Josh Berkus wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks a lot for the support, I will prepare the PG-Day for the next
> > > > year 2010.
> > >
> > > Might I suggest doing a general Carribean PGDay?
> > >
> > > The folks in Cuba really want to hold a PGDay, but we can't send an
> > > American PostgreSQL Hacker to speak if they did.  If the PGDay in the DR
> >
> > I don't think that is true.  I was invited to speak in Cuba two years
> > ago but had a schedule conflict, but I did research at that time and
> > found that US citizens can attend professional conferences in Cuba:
>
> That might well be true -- however, the funds held by SPI Inc. on the
> behalf of PostgreSQL cannot be used to refund the travel expenses, which
> is what I think Josh is alluding to.
>
> (I know this very well because I'm travelling there later this month to
> teach a PG week-long course, and our liaison told me it was no use
> applying for a refund due to US govt. limitations.  So I have to pay for
> the expenses out of my own pocket.)

Uh, I actually don't see any mention in the government document about
funding issues.  My _guess_ is that the flight can be funded from the
USA, but not the payments in Cuba, like the hotel, but I never got far
enough to researching funding details.

--
  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>        http://momjian.us
  EnterpriseDB                             http://enterprisedb.com

  + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +

Bruce Momjian escribió:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian escribi?:
> > > Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks a lot for the support, I will prepare the PG-Day for the next
> > > > > year 2010.
> > > >
> > > > Might I suggest doing a general Carribean PGDay?
> > > >
> > > > The folks in Cuba really want to hold a PGDay, but we can't send an
> > > > American PostgreSQL Hacker to speak if they did.  If the PGDay in the DR
> > >
> > > I don't think that is true.  I was invited to speak in Cuba two years
> > > ago but had a schedule conflict, but I did research at that time and
> > > found that US citizens can attend professional conferences in Cuba:
> >
> > That might well be true -- however, the funds held by SPI Inc. on the
> > behalf of PostgreSQL cannot be used to refund the travel expenses, which
> > is what I think Josh is alluding to.
> >
> > (I know this very well because I'm travelling there later this month to
> > teach a PG week-long course, and our liaison told me it was no use
> > applying for a refund due to US govt. limitations.  So I have to pay for
> > the expenses out of my own pocket.)
>
> Uh, I actually don't see any mention in the government document about
> funding issues.  My _guess_ is that the flight can be funded from the
> USA, but not the payments in Cuba, like the hotel, but I never got far
> enough to researching funding details.

Really?  Then I'll be contacting our SPI liaison.  The Cuba guys are
taking care of the lodging and such, so that's not a problem for me, but
the airplane fares are a different story.

--
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The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

> Really?  Then I'll be contacting our SPI liaison.  The Cuba guys are
> taking care of the lodging and such, so that's not a problem for me, but
> the airplane fares are a different story.

SPI or pgUS would need to talk to attorneys about that.

--Josh Berkus

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:

> I would be glad to speak in Cuba if asked.

Me too!

Thanks for sharing the research, Bruce!

-selena

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Josh Berkus escribió:
>
> > Really?  Then I'll be contacting our SPI liaison.  The Cuba guys are
> > taking care of the lodging and such, so that's not a problem for me, but
> > the airplane fares are a different story.
>
> SPI or pgUS would need to talk to attorneys about that.

Please do.

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The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.