I will come. 2009/6/2 Shachar Shemesh <shac...@shemesh.biz>
> Hi all, > > I know this approach is extremely non standard, and that Haifux is a club > with "no registration required" attendance. I've been asked by some of the > Haifux admins to give the lecture I'm about to give this Thursday at > Herzelinux also at Haifux (August 10th is shaping out to be the date). I > will gladly do so, but...... > > Giving a Haifux lecture requires some effort on my part. Aside from > everything else, this requires getting out of work at about 4 pm and drive > to Haifa, as well as drive back after a day in which I both worked and drove > and gave a lecture. > > All this I will gladly do, and enjoy it, except for one problem. More often > then not, there are only about five people present to actually hear the > lecture. It seems to be a lot of effort to achieve not much effect. > > I, on my part, am more than willing to leave work early, drive both > direction and give the lecture, but you have to do one thing in return. Show > up. > > So I am asking this publicly. Assuming I do give a lecture on profile > guided optimization on August 10th, how many people intend to get out of > whatever important other stuff they usually do and show up? Quite frankly, > if it's about talking to an almost empty room, I don't think I'll bother. > > Also, please note that if 20 people say "yes", and then I show up and there > are only five people present, I will have to seriously consider whether I > want to ever make the effort again, so please only say "yes" if you truly > think you will actually be there. > > Again, I know this is extremely unorthodox, but I have been extremely busy > of late, and while I love donating my time to pro-bono FOSS activities, I > would like to know that someone is actually enjoying the fruits of my labor. > > If the show of hands is not significant, I would suggest that those people > who are interested in hearing the lecture try to arrive to Herzelia this > Thursday at 6:30pm. I know, it's a long drive, it requires leaving work > early, and it means there is a long drive home afterwards. I know how it > feels. > > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.http://www.lingnu.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Haifux mailing list > Haifux@haifux.org > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux > >
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