Central america and the caribbean is a "gray area" in OOoES which means that we dont get much participation form there. However this event could bring central america on board. ECSL is the first central american free software event that is done at a region wide area, not just 1 country but all 6 principal central american countries.
So far I will have a skype interview with the organizers to get a better sense of the event. Luis is a long time contributor of OOoES for almost 8 years now, he has migrate more than 150 businesses to OpenOffice.org in Colombia, Venezuela and other south american countries. He is very knowledgable of OOo implementations in the enterprise and has a very well recognized profiles in the hispanic community. Has given multiple talks to businesses in Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico and Colombia. On a Skype conference he showed the availability of the event and is willing to travel to Nicaragua on his own dime. So I am asking on his behalf to get a subsidy of 300 dls to help him on his trip. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Cor Nouws <oo...@nouenoff.nl> wrote: > Sounds OK, and not only to me ;-) > Forgive me my ignorance, but can someone give some short description about > the OpenOffice.org / open source groups in Nicaragua, Colombia, ..., what > activities they have, the role of Luis E. Vasquez and so on. > This helps me to place the activity better in perspective. > > Thanks a lot, > Cor > > > Alexandro Colorado wrote (1-6-2009 11:45) >> >> Hi I want to reuqest a $300 dls fund for Luis E Vasquez on his trip to >> Nicaragua to attend the ECSL (Encuentro Centroamericano de Software >> Libre). The event would take place in June and would be a week long >> however he will just be able to attend 2 days. He will be taking off >> from Medellin Colombia and would be giving a talk on Migrations to >> OpenOffice.org. The event is the first in central america and has the >> participation of crew from Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama and >> Costa Rica (not sure if Honduras and Belize as well). >> >> The event seems to have no presence from OpenOffice.org, having Luis >> will bring more visibility to the project and also participation from >> a "Gray Area (no volunteers)" in the collaboration within LatinAmerica. >> >> The event site is: http://encuentro.sl-centroamerica.org/ >> >> They have a wiki, identi.ca group and blog about the event and seems >> the organization and attendance expectation is worthwile of our >> presence. >> >> Regards. >> >> -- >> Alexandro Colorado >> OpenOffice.org Español >> IM: j...@jabber.org > > > -- > Cor Nouws - nl.OpenOffice.org marketing contact > = "2009 - Develop OOo" = www.nieuwsteoffice.nl = > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: j...@jabber.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
