Thread: Call for Speakers / Presenters
As your new PostgreSQL "Master of Ceremonies", I will be posting occasional opportunities for speakers and presenters. In an effort to ensure quick placement for these positions, I would like to endeavour to create a database of available individuals --and remember, we need people from all parts of the globe! If you fancy yourself the type of person to fit the role of speaker / presenter, I would ask that you forward me the following information: Full Name 100 Word Mini-Bio Full Resume Areas of Expertise Location Willingness to Travel Fee (Including a note if you are willing to present at events that are non-paying) I look forward to working with you. If you have any questions, please let me know. -- Jillian Carroll, Your PostgreSQL Master of Ceremonies Senior Systems Analyst Northern Lights Internet Solutions http://www.lights.com 306-229-1312
Jillian Carroll writes: > As your new PostgreSQL "Master of Ceremonies", What? -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
El Dom 05 Oct 2003 07:20, Peter Eisentraut escribió:
> Jillian Carroll writes:
> > As your new PostgreSQL "Master of Ceremonies",
>
> What?
Looks pretty cool! :-)
By the way, I was exposing in the last Conferences of GNU/Linux and Open
Source Software here in Santa Fe Argentina, about RDBMS and PostgreSQL. Just
a par of hours it was, but one day after I had a bunch of mails of people
asking for extra information about PG (thank GOD there's
techdocs.postgresql.org ;-)).
--
Porqué usar una base de datos relacional cualquiera,
si podés usar PostgreSQL?
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Jillian Carroll writes:
>> As your new PostgreSQL "Master of Ceremonies",
> What?
The advocacy group recently put her in charge of lining up Postgres
speakers and presenters for conventions, local groups, etc. Couldn't
say who came up with the title "Master of Ceremonies" though. "Speaker
Coordinator" might be less confusing.
I have these other notes on file:
Requests for Speakers to:
Jillian Carroll <jillian@koskie.com>
Requests for Writers to:
"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
Requests for Case Studies To:
Robert Bernier <robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca>
regards, tom lane
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes: > > Jillian Carroll writes: > >> As your new PostgreSQL "Master of Ceremonies", > > > What? > > The advocacy group recently put her in charge of lining up Postgres > speakers and presenters for conventions, local groups, etc. Couldn't > say who came up with the title "Master of Ceremonies" though. "Speaker > Coordinator" might be less confusing. I think that would be a more appropriate title myself ...
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Tom Lane wrote: > > > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes: > > > Jillian Carroll writes: > > >> As your new PostgreSQL "Master of Ceremonies", > > > > > What? > > > > The advocacy group recently put her in charge of lining up Postgres > > speakers and presenters for conventions, local groups, etc. Couldn't > > say who came up with the title "Master of Ceremonies" though. "Speaker > > Coordinator" might be less confusing. > > I think that would be a more appropriate title myself ... Well, she did have "Master of Ceremonies" in quotes, suggesting it was more of a bit of sly humor than seriousness. For me, I pictured a DJ scratching out a rhythm and introducing MC JC, rockin' the haouse! kinda thing. :-)
Would that make me JC the PG MC? ...but I digress. -- Jillian > -----Original Message----- > From: scott.marlowe [mailto:scott.marlowe@ihs.com] > Sent: October 6, 2003 9:11 AM > To: Marc G. Fournier > Cc: Tom Lane; Peter Eisentraut; Jillian Carroll; PostgreSQL General > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Call for Speakers / Presenters > > > On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Tom Lane wrote: > > > > > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes: > > > > Jillian Carroll writes: > > > >> As your new PostgreSQL "Master of Ceremonies", > > > > > > > What? > > > > > > The advocacy group recently put her in charge of lining > up Postgres > > > speakers and presenters for conventions, local groups, etc. > > > Couldn't say who came up with the title "Master of Ceremonies" > > > though. "Speaker Coordinator" might be less confusing. > > > > I think that would be a more appropriate title myself ... > > Well, she did have "Master of Ceremonies" in quotes, > suggesting it was > more of a bit of sly humor than seriousness. > > For me, I pictured a DJ scratching out a rhythm and > introducing MC JC, > rockin' the haouse! kinda thing. :-) > >
As your new PostgreSQL "Master of Ceremonies", > >What? > > Master of Ceremonies is a new position that was created by the core (at least Josh Berkus) for dealing with speakers. There are others, such as Editor-n-chief which is myself, and I am in charge of soliciting writers and working with publishers. Sincerely, Joshua Drake -- Command Prompt, Inc., home of Mammoth PostgreSQL - S/ODBC - S/JDBC Postgresql support, programming, shared hosting and dedicated hosting. +1-503-222-2783 - jd@commandprompt.com - http://www.commandprompt.com PostgreSQL.Org - Editor-N-Chief - http://www.postgresql.org
Joshua D. Drake writes: > Master of Ceremonies is a new position that was created by the core (at > least Josh Berkus) > for dealing with speakers. > > There are others, such as Editor-n-chief which is myself, and I am in > charge of soliciting writers > and working with publishers. I find these titles confusing, comical, and presumptuous. There are no "ceremonies"; PostgreSQL is not a circus. And since Jillian is not actually going to (most of) the events she coordinates, she's not the "master", which would be the person that runs the event. As to yourself, are you actually editing anything, and are you the chief of a group of people? Are you actually filling the role of an editor-in-chief at, say, a newspaper, that is, are you the one that gets to approve what is published and do you take the responsibility for it? I'm not sure. Next time I talk to my publisher, do I have to check with you first? Call yourselves "Coordinator of Events" and "Coordinator of Publishing" or something along these lines, and people will know what you actually do, and they will see that your tasks are analogous. I find it peculiar and disconcerting that the advocacy group appears to organize itself by assigning all available tasks to individual people. Whatever happened to the well-established and successful method of providing a mailing list as the point of contact and solving tasks as a group? You will notice that there is no "Coordinator of Development", "Doc-Writer-in-Chief", "Master of the Makefiles", or even a single webmaster, notwithstanding the fact that there are de-facto experts in these fields. The method you are choosing might be a good way to get things done now and quickly, but it's not scalable. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net