[Gllug] Masayuki Ida (of FSF Japan) visiting London 9th & 10th Oct

[Alex Hudson]

I would have though SAGE too serious and Lonix too unserious, but perhaps a mix of the two would work. I'm not sure all the serious AGMers will welcome their party being crashed tho' ;)

[Copied to FSF UK, hence no snippage]

Cheers,

Alex.


On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 10:56:02PM +0100, Tushar Joshi wrote:
> We could do SAGE on the 9th and Lonix on the 10th, but I supose it also
> depends on how many people actually go to SAGE. I would prefer a more
> social atmosphere. Not sure what a Lonix meet mixed with a SAGE meeting
> would be like. We could always do both on the same day? Ideas?
> 
> Tushar
> 
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 03:42:18PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> > Masayuki Ida <ida at sipeb.aoyama.ac.jp> writes:
> > 
> > >  >>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 19:18:41 +0100
> > >  >>From: "John Hearns" <john.hearns at framestore.co.uk>
> > >  >>
> > >  >>Tushar Joshi wrote:
> > >  >>>We could organise a Lonix/Gllug meeting at that time. Sometime during the
> > >  >>>week. 
> > >  >>>
> > >  >>>Tushar
> > >  >>>
> > >  >>Ahem.
> > >  >>Can I make a suggestion?
> > >  >>
> > >  >>SAGE-WISE is having an AGM meeting on the 9th,
> > >  >>and so we already have a room booked at UCL.
> > >  >>Would Mr. Isa maybe like to give a short talk at that?
> > >  >>
> > >  >>
> > >  >>Don't worry - everyone would be of course welcome to
> > >  >>come, and I'm sure no-one would be nailed to their seats
> > >  >>to participate in a SAGE-WISE AGM.
> > >  >>
> > > 
> > > Thank you for your kind invitation.
> > > Tell me what is UCL and where it is located. Is it in London?
> > 
> > UCL == University College, London
> > 
> > It is located in central London:
> > 
> >   http://www.ucl.ac.uk/UCL-Info/AboutUCL/whereweare.html
> > 
> > > I am happy to make a presentation, at the same time,
> > > I understand that communication or face-to-face chatting is 
> > > very important at this moment. If I talk, let me have 20 minutes
> > > at least.
> > > Mutual understanding on concept level cannot be easily achieved
> > > without knowing his/her face.
> > > Since FSFE pointed Loic to introduce me to FSFE-UK and 
> > > Loic asked Phil to organize a plan for October 9th and/or 10th,
> > > I like to follow Phil's decision first.
> > 
> > Seems like a good plan, since the venue is already organised.
> > 
> > I suppose it depends on whether you would prefer to give a talk to an
> > audience, or to go out on a more social basis for something to eat &
> > drink with a crowd of like minded people.
> > 
> > Perhaps you would like to do both, in which case we can either try to
> > arrange something with GLUUG/Lonix on the same day, or on the day
> > after, as you would prefer.
> > 
> > Tushar, what do you think?
> > 
> > > Anything is fine, except terribly unusual one. :-)
> > 
> > :-)
> > 
> > > My natural next question is what is SAGE-WISE AGM.
> > 
> > http://www.sage-wise.org/ appears to be their web site, and an AGM is
> > an Annual General Meeting, so that should be a meeting of Sysadmins.
> > 
> > Cheers, Phil.
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