[openbeos] Re: Calling all Australian Haiku Users/Developers

I would probably be interested in attending this but I don't know if I
will be in sydney for december.

On 21/05/2008, Solaja, Zenja <solaja@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Phil.
>
> I may be interested in coming to Sydney, but I need to discuss this with
> my partner first.  From their website, I cannot see any facilities for
> exhibitors (with a booth).  The only option I can see is to actually
> host a presentation (in which case, the conference fee is waived).
>
> I can only think of a number of talks which would interest the target
> audience:
> - introduction to Haiku
> - running an embedded device with Haiku
> - Haiku application programming - advanced concepts
>
> I might be able to talk about embedded devices (considering my
> professional experience, but this has nothing to do with my employer)
> but that would mean that I'd have to prepare a preliminary talk and send
> it to them by 30 June.  But I have ZERO experience actually embedding
> Haiku, but it cannot be *that* difficult (famous last words).
>
> I've also got an overseas holiday scheduled for the first 2 weeks in
> June, so that means that I'd have less than 3 weeks to prepare and
> submit a 'preliminary' talk to be considered for a presentation slot.
> I'm not sure that I'll be able to make the time.
>
> Anyhow, put me down as 'tentative'.
>
> Zenja Solaja
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sikosis
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 May 2008 8:53 AM
> To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [openbeos] Calling all Australian Haiku Users/Developers
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently became aware of a conference held in Australia called the
> Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC).
>
> http://www.osdc.com.au/
>
> This event would seem to be well suited for Haiku. So, the reason for
> my email is to generate some interest and see if any Aussie Haiku
> Users and Developers would be interested in attending this event to
> either:-
>
> + Show off Haiku OR
> + Meet and Greet other Haiku users/devs OR
> + Both
>
> Currently, the venue has not been announced, other than it will be in
> Sydney during the first week of December (1st - 5th). I wrote to the
> organizers and got the following price list:-
>
> Costs are not expected to differ greatly from last year. Last years
> prices were.
>
> $295    Earlybird Conference Ticket (includes Wednesday Conference
> Dinner + conference shirt)
> $325    (Full price) Conference Ticket (for registrations after October
> 31st - no shirt)
> $600    Enterprise Conference Ticket
> $175    Student price Conference Ticket (does not include Conference
> Dinner)
> $0              Presenter Conference Ticket (includes Conference Dinner)
>
> So, if anyone is interested, please respond to this email or contact
> me off list - sikosis@xxxxxxxxxxxx or join me in the #haiku-australia
> IRC channel on freenode.
>

-- 
Cheers
David

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