(For anybody else in the dark like me, here's an article that explains the term FLOSS<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS</a>)<br><br>Christie<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ann Barcomb</b> <<a href="mailto:ann@domaintje.com">
ann@domaintje.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hello,<br><br>As a few people on this list already know, I will be moving to Seattle
<br>this autumn to attend grad school at UW. I hope to become a mildly evil<br>technically competent manager.<br><br>Once I'm in the area I'll probably start to join the meetings, but I thought<br>I would already say hi. I guess that I already know some of you from
<br>YAPCs or OSCONs, but for people whom I haven't met, a short summary: my<br>name is Ann (I sometimes use the nick Kudra), and I currently live in<br>the Netherlands. I worked as a programmer for a while, although I've
<br>spent the last few months writing documentation. I've been involved in<br>some conference/hackathon organization in Europe, and write Perl 6 summaries<br>when I have time (and now you know why I no longer have time to do them).
<br><br>I'm looking for a bit of help with something I'm hoping to organize in<br>Seattle. First, a bit of background:<br><br>One thing I noted about UW's MBA program is that although it is much more<br>relaxed about FLOSS software than many other schools I looked at (for
<br>instance, I can use any software I like, as long as I can get the work<br>done), it is naturally affected by its proximity to Microsoft. From what<br>I understand from speaking with some FLOSS advocates currently in the
<br>program, Microsoft contributes quite a few speakers to the program.<br><br>Therefore, I would like to arrange a lecture series which could bring in<br>business people who support FLOSS. I am thinking both of companies which
<br>sell support services or distributions, as well as companies which create<br>conferences or books. Ideally, the speakers would be business people who<br>have turned to FLOSS, rather than people who are developers foremost, as
<br>my intention is to expose the less technical students to other business<br>possibilities involving technology. I would like to make the lectures<br>open to the public, however.<br><br>I hope that I will be able to work with the MBA technology club on this,
<br>in order to get a public space for the lectures, but I could also use<br>some help from anyone in the larger FLOSS community who has an interest<br>in this goal. Specifically, I could use assistance in securing funding
<br>(I really do not know where to seek donations in Seattle) and in making<br>contacts with potential speakers.<br><br>If the idea interests you, drop me a note.<br><br>- Ann<br>_____________________________________________________________
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