Tom, You may have momentarily dropped the ball on this, but your recovery is beautiful.
I'm anxious to hear what Brooke has to say. This could be an excellent opportunity to get some exposure for LTSP, and help the Linux image overall. Thanks, Jim. On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Tom Brown wrote: > I apologize for dropping the ball on this project. Luckily Jim spoke to my > LUG over the weekend, and I'm on the case again. I contacted Don Marti at > Linux Journal. He gave me a contact at IDG, LinuxWorld's promoter. That > person referred me to Brooke Selby in the IDG PR department > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > I asked Brooke the following questions late last night, and I'm waiting for > her reply: > > 1. Do you have an estimate of how many media people will be using the > pressroom at any given time? > 2. What are the journalists needs? > 3. What kind of connection to the Internet is installed in the pressroom? > Cable, DSL, T1, ISDN, 56k dial-up? Local area network connection to > Internet through gateway? What speed is the local area network? > 4. How big is the pressroom? Can you send me digital pictures of the > pressroom? > 5. How many power outlets are there? What is the total capacity of the > electrical service? > 6. What computer equipment already exists in the pressroom? > > I informed Brooke that our idea is to provide a temporary LTSP based local > area network in the pressroom. The equipment will be loaned specifically > for that purpose and will be removed at the end of the show. I emphasized > this would be an all-volunteer effort of the LTSP community. There is no > funding, no corporate sponsorship, no giveaways to IDG. > > Tom > > At 07:42 PM 11/26/02 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Yes indeed, we will be there with a booth > >in the .org pavilion. > > > >In fact, anyone in the area that can spare a few hours to help > >out would be most welcome. > > > >Now, what about this press room thingie ? I wonder if we could > >pull that off too. Seems like a great idea. > > > >Jim McQuillan > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Peter Billson wrote: > > > >> Bruce, > >> Jim could answer this for you since he is usually at these things... > probably already has a booth reserved for '03. > >> > >> Pete > >> > > > >-- > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T > >handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > >http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en > >_____________________________________________________________________ > >Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > >For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
