On Apr 8, 2005 8:53 PM, Miguel A Paraz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 9, 2005 2:11 AM, Jerome Gotangco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You mean like possible career opportunities in an open source > > environment? That would be great and truly inspiring for students. I > > believe the conference must give emphasis to students because they are > > the future of open source (successful or not) in this country. The > > speakers must be able to give enlightening talks and inspire the > > students to take open source not as an alternative but as a career > > choice/path as they shape their own future. > > > > This can be done in a panel discussion to make it more credible. > > > > Jerome > > > > On Apr 9, 2005 12:38 AM, Shae Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You should also put up something for students. Who knows one of them > > > might make big choices someday? > > I'll try to have a session that's accessible for students. However, I > can't guarantee this is possible since the conference is really a > commercial event - funded by sponsors (who want decision makers to see > their wares, not students) and attendance fees. > > I think the ongoing PLUG series are a better fit for student-oriented talks.
Which means we really have to advertise among students the existence of these talks. Who can help? I'm currently studying at *cough**cough*AMA and could probably help disseminate the schedules there. -- JM Ibanez -- A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men. -- Bertrand Russell ----- http://www.livejournal.com/~jmibanez/ http://www.mycgiserver.com/~butiki/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
