On 4/20/05, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Just on the way back from Australia. I have just had approval from the UK > government for a grant to pay for the NEA booth
Wooohoooo!!!! >in LA but its a one off so I won't be able to get this again for other conferences. Booohoooo!! >The link below gives a summary of the e-stratey for schools in the UK. Its difficult to see how this will be achievable without using Open Standards and Open Source solutions so now that the Government is talking to us seriously about Open Source things are definitely looking up. > http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/e-strategy/ > Wooohoooo!! > Can't remember if I said, but the letter I sent on behalf of the community > about Microsoft sponsorship for specialist schools seems to have worked. In > principle there is agreement to count OOo as sponsorship with the same value > as the equivalent MS licences which means schools using OOo will help trigger > up to 500k dollars in additional funding. Still a bit to go to finalise > things but that letter was well worth writing :-) Wooohoooo!! Way to go Ian. You are an invaluable member of the OpenOffice Community. Adam M. > > --- Ryan Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Ryan Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:09:50 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Marketing] Au Miniconf > > http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?newsid=3510 > > On 4/20/05, Jean Hollis Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Adam Moore wrote: > > >Anybody have any news about how the miniconf went or is going? > > > > Thanks for the nudge, Adam. I had intended to write during the conference > > itself -- news straight from the lecture theatre on the wireless > > connection > > available there. > > > > A small but enthusiastic group (perhaps 50 people total, though not all at > > one time) attended the miniconf. The two days of talks covered a range of > > topics from software development to business to details of using features > > like mail merge and macros. One of my personal favourites was Jonathon > > Coombes' talk on working with De Bortoli, one of Australia's largest wine > > companies, in converting the company to Linux and > > OpenOffice.org<http://OpenOffice.org> > > . > > > > Outside the lecture theatre, those of us wearing OOo t-shirts attracted > > some attention and discussion with people attending other miniconfs. I sat > > for awhile at a table displaying the books I had brought (I was not > > allowed > > to sell them, but I did give away quite a few) and answering questions. > > Ian > > Lynch talked about INGOTs and trained some people as assessors. > > > > Both evenings a group of us went to a local pub or restaurant for some > > informal networking and a general good time. Overall, I would call the > > conference a success. I took some photos which I will make available as > > soon as I can (with luck, later today). > > > > <opinion> > > I think it's most unfortunate that display space was not a feature of the > > Linux Conf, as it meant that the outreach aspect was greatly diminished. > > This is, of course, not the fault of the OOo miniconf organisers, but it > > did mean that an important marketing aspect could not be exploited. A > > miniconf like this is valuable for the developers and for a few other > > people who already know about OOo, but it doesn't reach educators and > > business people who ought to be a focus for our marketing outreach > > efforts. > > We in Australia (and people all around the world) need to do more of what > > Adam Moore and Ian Lynch are doing, taking OOo to other conferences. > > </opinion> > > > > Cheers, Jean > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > _________________________ > Ryan Singer > Editor In Chief, The Sentinel > http://foothillsentinel.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
