[Nottingham] Jono & Ted Haegar from Novell's UK LUG tour
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paul at paulmellors.net
paul at paulmellors.net
Fri Mar 31 12:01:25 BST 2006
Hi Simon
He is coming to Nottingham
Details below
Weds 5th April 2006 - On the Front Line: Convincing People the Inconvincible -
with Jono Bacon
Open Source professional, Jono Bacon of LugRadio fame will present his
advocacy
talk. From Jono's site: "In this presentation I will be cover a number of
different areas to do with performing good advocacy. This will cover how you
approach advocacy, how you push technology, advocating honesty and more."
Navigation Inn, 6 Wilford St., Nottingham, NG2 1AA. Tel: 0115 9417139
About 2 mins walk from The Trip to Jerusalem just the other side of Castle
Boulevard right near The Irish. Right on top of the canal lock. Buses and
parking at the Broadmarsh Centre nearby.
Doors open 19:30 for 20:00 start
All are welcome.
Quoting Simon <flibble at gmail.com>:
> Hello
>
> I've just read on Jonos blog that he has teamed up with Ted Haegar
> from Novell USA to do a series of LUG talks in the UK free of charge.
>
> Information from his page:
>
> The Fight! UK LUG Tour
>
> Are you in a LUG? Are you looking for a crime fighting, super-hero duo
> to not only come to your LUG and talk about the fun going on at Novell
> but to also talk about effective Linux advocacy and the desktop? Its
> coming and we want you...
>
> For one week only starting April 17th 2006, Jono Bacon from the UK and
> Ted Haegar from the USA will tour the UK, cramming in as many LUGs as
> possible and providing some interesting and entertaining
> presentations. Supported by Novell and OpenAdvantage, this tour is
> entirely free for your LUG - you supply an audience, and Ted and Jono
> are there.
>
> If you are are interested in having Jono and Ted visit your LUG, send
> an email to lugtour at jonobacon.org and tell us:
>
> * The name of your LUG
> * Your location
> * A preferred date
> * A few paragraphs telling us about your LUG and why we should stop there
>
> There are only limited slots on the tour, so get your applications in.
> Due to the limited availability, you may need to schedule the LUG
> meeting on an alternative night if there are clashes. Let us know if
> this is a problem.
>
> ----
>
> This sounds quite interesting. I know we have Jono lined up for a talk
> soon, but this talk could be very interesting.
>
> What do you other members think about it? Is there anybody who can
> write enough good words about the LUG to make Jono come?
>
> I think this could be very good for the LUG, and also for the Open
> Source movement in Nottingham. It might be worth getting in contact
> with local businesses as Novell is very well known in business.
>
> I think it's an idea :)
>
> Simon
>
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