Glynn Foster wrote:
Is this free to attend? I'd be personally interested in hearing from the
speakers, or any discussion that breaks out.
Cheers. 'Me too'.
Unfortunately, I don't have the backing of my company right now to actually
speak at the event and sponsor it.
Sole-proprietor decisions may flow easier, and I can at least stimulate
more discussion..
Glynn
Adrian.Mageanu wrote:
Some developments on this subject.
I managed to change the date for this event to 13th of September. This
way those who want to participate in it (me included) will not have to
sacrifice neither TPN nor CLUG events.
Thanks Adrian.
On the other hand I am a bit pressed by time and I will have to close
this offer by Sunday night.
Fair enough. Good on you for exploring this area.
If there are business owners in this list who would like to sponsor this
event and to impress the FOSS benefits into some young brains please put
your hand up.
With the risk of repeating myself, the ideal formula would be a team of
three businesses to contribute with $200 each.
I'm readily contradictable, but shouldn't this be "We'll pay you $200 to
explain your FOSS business model"? That way, we've already proven that
it works :)
It sounds like you're wanting a (FOSS) mindshare pitch to programmer
graduates, with job offers. That makes sense, assuming there's enough $
floating round our side of the industry to do it. I guess you've got a
partial answer already.
And you correctly, I believe, indicate that FOSS sector growth is
largely a matter of investment and promotions.
a) where will the $ come from? - it's a risk of faith that OS-types
aren't mustering on the ground, evidentially.
b) can you find a cheaper venue?
c) taking up yachting has been likened to 'standing in a cold shower,
tearing up money'. Is FOSS another such parallel - community rich &
money poor? We must be getting _something_ back on our enormous time inputs.
d) clearly, sysad gurus with real skills are not free to give away - or
pay _you_ for - their time. This might explain the proposal's apparent
sinking. Creating a market for said speakers' expertise is what you
probably need to do; tapping the IBM, HP & Novell et al veins is the
logical start. Better still, get Microsoft to sponsor the whole thing -
they have some "Open Source" policy now, and promotional budgets to boot.
e) room for more comment..
If you want to know more details let me know please.
Adrian
On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 20:44 +1200, Adrian.Mageanu wrote:
Hi *,
This is a message addressed to those of you who are business owners and
use FOSS to make a living.
There is an opportunity to sponsor an event organised by NZCS for the
students of the University of Canterbury.
The event is called "Making Money in the Open Source World" and will
take place at 5:30pm Tuesday 12th September, 2006 at the University of
Canterbury. The date and precise venue is yet to be confirmed. The event
is part of the continuing series called "NZ Computer Society
Student-Industry Meeting".
Fair enough. "Money talks. Bullsh*t walks."
The sponsors have the opportunity to present themselves, their companies
and talk for about 20min about how they make money using FOSS. Then
they'll take questions from the audience followed by a time for students
to network with the industry people over light refreshments, concluding
at approximately 7pm
The amount required for sponsorship is around $600. I believe the best
way would be for three, maximum four, sponsors to team up together for
this to show the audience more than one way of making money.
There is no need to create a presentation, just a slide maybe with your
logo so people will remember your company.
Let me know who puts his/her hand up for this.
Cheers,
Adrian
P.S. I just noticed that this will clash with Volker's second
presentation on photo processing. I'll ask them to change the date.
.02c
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Rik
