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Scott Francis wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 08:32:30AM -0800, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:metaperl@urth.org">metaperl@urth.org</a> said:
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<pre wrap="">I had to wipe my disk due to a virus, so I might have missed something.
[1] Robert solicited proposals for a technical talk and I responded.
What has become of this offer. There was some initial resistance by Ask
on the grounds of difficulty finding a presentation forum. To this
resistance two solutions were offered (1) a socio-technical talk by me
and (2) a room at rent.com
As far as I know, neither my talk nor the alternatives were rejected and
it certainly was not put to public vote, which brings me to my second issue.
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Not rejected - I would LOVE to hear somebody present a technical talk over
some good Italian food (which is the venue for next Thursday).
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cool.<br>
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<pre wrap="">[2] Is LA.pm a democratic organization? Do the members have any
power/input into what happens where? As far as I can tell from this
email, there was no process of discussion or generation of a general
consensus on what happened when.
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it's "whoever wants to do something, proposes it, and anybody who's available
and willing shows up". It's just that usually Robert or Ask are the ones who
get tired of doing nothing before the rest of us. :)
Really, we end up being more like a BoF or social gathering with technical
overtones than a technical conference that meets regularly (see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.uuasc.org">http://www.uuasc.org</a> for something with more regularity). This suits me, but
as I said I'm delighted to listen to pretty much anyone hold forth on nearly
any technical topic in most any venue (doing it over food is even better,
IMO).
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<pre wrap="">[3] I have prepared the slides to my talk and am willing to rent a car
if necessary to present them. Here are the completed slides:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.urth.org/~metaperl/domains/metaperl.com/talks/2003/november/TABLE_OF_CONTENTS.html">http://www.urth.org/~metaperl/domains/metaperl.com/talks/2003/november/TABLE_OF_CONTENTS.html</a>
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If you're in the mid-Wilshire or Hollywood areas, I'd be happy to give you a
lift.
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yes, Koreatown. My address is<br>
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924 S. New Hampshire Ave<br>
Los Angeles, CA 90006<br>
310-403-1987<br>
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