All the dates I have been given are in July, I have a choice of any Saturday/Sunday 7am - 3.30pm
I am open to suggestions subject to key people's availability -----Original Message----- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Liam Proven Sent: 04 June 2010 13:59 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Rhys Morgan <rhysmorgan1...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > This is pretty much a call for help. I have this morning been confronted > with a couple of opportunities which add up to the makings of a good Ubuntu > event. > > I have been offered a venue free of charge on a selection of dates - > Ferneham Hall in Fareham, Hants > > The venue has capacity for 600+ people, Wifi, Bar and extremely good > acoustics ( used for concerts ). > > There are a few proviso's for this: > > · We have to provide a section dedicated to Educational benefits of > open source software, complete with demonstrations and presentations. There > will be educational representatives attending from around the > Portsmouth/Southampton area as well as a few local councillors. > > · We have to cover Ubuntu combined with low power consumption > computing aimed at businesses ( but not limited to ). > > Secondly, I have been in a meeting this morning at work with Asrock. In > passing I mentioned the possibility of this event and was greeted with an > offer of sample hardware for the event as well as an array of their cutting > edge hardware releases to help us demonstrate the abilities of Ubuntu. > > I am also in the process of getting the local newspaper ( The News ) to > cover the event. > > My main lackings for such an event are: > > · People to give presentations > > · People with sufficient knowledge to control the educational > section of the event. > > · General help with the on-the-day event. > > Any other suggestions/helpful hints or offers of help please let me know. > > Regards > > Rhys Morgan I could possibly talk about the admin and licensing-cost angles of FOSS in education, although my personal background is the SME arena. Contact details below! -- Liam Proven Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 Cell: +44 7939-087884 Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
