This is great! Can you UStream.tv the meeting? That way, we can participate via the chat room.
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Gabriel H. Mercado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Friends, > > I would like to update everyone on the meeting at Starbucks Araneta Center > last week. > > > - I had the pleasure of finally meeting Prof. Pablo Manalastas last > Saturday, along with Marvin Pascual, Dudds Ruiz of Pitchmo Technologies > Inc. > and Maenard Martinez. > - As most meetings go between fellow geeks, talk frequently turns to > discussions of the tech in what we do. Particularly relevant is Prof. > Manalastas' involvement in the *Transparent Elections Project*. From a > tech point of view the project is a very interesting puzzle per se, so that > by itself makes it worth hours of discussion. From a how - it - can - > affect > - our - country point of view it obviously transcends the geekery and is > quite relevant. It is my opinion that this project's efforts is worthy of > study as to how we can contribute to it somehow. I am already planning to > interview the Prof. via email soon, which I shall post on Linux.org.ph. > This should help enlighten us all on how they plan to go about it (im a > little confused honestly). Readers will definitely get their geek on and > the > resulting discussions, I'm sure, would probably merit its own mailing list. > - Marvin also explained what he's doing these days (telephony) and of > course that was very interesting as well. The low cost of his solution > looks > like it can blow the competition away. > - Maenard has also indicated that his company (which I won't mention > yet) shall be sponsoring us at the Expo. He is waiting for me to make a > list > of things I would want for it. > - Marvin told me that the old website has a number of items that would > be useful to us. The only reason I never got the backup files before was > because I wasn't sure what it was for, and it required a trip to Makati, so > I put that in the backburner. Will see if I can Air21 it to me instead. > - And finally, Prof. Manalastas has indicated that he will take steps > to form the convenors of PLUG in order to provide me the mandate to act in > its behalf. He requested we could do it online via linux.org.ph, but as > I am the admin of that website it does not seem proper for me to hold my > own > election, so he'll do it old school instead (a meeting). > > As usual whenever I meet fellow PLUGgers it was a very interesting way to > spend an afternoon. We were all from very different backgrounds but had much > in common at the same time. > > I am calling for another meeting on *July 31, Thursday, next week, at Bo's > Coffee, Robinson's Galleria 630pm* onwards. > > At this meeting I hope to finally meet some of the other guys who have > committed sponsorship, and this gives a chance for those who were unable to > come as well. > > And finally two things, *first*, my ym address is "exchangeph", and I'm on > Google Talk all the time, so anyone who wants to privately speak to me is > free to do so especially those 'shy' ones. Let me know what's on your mind. > > And *two*, the event date is *Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2008*, so please put that > on your calendars. Matagal pa, I know, which is why let's keep meeting and > talking para maganda ang kalabasan ng efforts natin. > > Thanks to all! > Gary > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Prof. Rommel P. Feria Apple Distinguished Educator / Sun Java Champion Department of Computer Science University of the Philippines - Diliman Quezon City 1101 Philippines Tel/Fax: +63 2 434 3877
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