[OSList] OS hot skype - open for initiators

2013-07-09 Thread Tricia Chirumbole
I welcome any eager initiators to open the lines of communication for the OS skype hotline - I will not be able to initiate for the 12pm EDT time today. My apologies! So, feel free to invite your friends and colleagues for any time today or any day to join you on an OS hotline call! btw, thanks f

Re: [OSList] UK OSonOS meeting 20 May 2013 (confirmation)

2013-07-09 Thread paul levy
Dear all We agreed at our last UK OS gathering in London to meet again later in the year. A theme around "democracy" and "OS and participation" was mooted and Martin Grimshaw and myself are carrying the torch for that down here in Brighton, as agreed. So, an OS by the sea is in the pipeline! Mar

[OSList] 1,000 participants in 4 hours

2013-07-09 Thread Sharon Joy Chao
Need to figure a way of convening a thousand government people to go through an exploratory discussion on high performance system, all under 4 hours. This happens next week down south in the city of Cebu. The focus is on the Philippine government service, its performance management system and h

Re: [OSList] 1,000 participants in 4 hours

2013-07-09 Thread Lisa Heft
Hi, Ms. Sharon Joy - Sounds like you could do one hour open, 2 one-hour sessions, one hour close. Huge room. (double the size of the number of participants - like a huge conference / exhibit building). As for any OS meeting. The process does not change, just the logistics. You can put 'aren

Re: [OSList] 1,000 participants in 4 hours

2013-07-09 Thread Lisa Heft
Whoops - more like 75 pre-set circles of chairs. I entered '4000' in my calculator ... ! Lisa On Jul 9, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Lisa Heft wrote: Hi, Ms. Sharon Joy - Sounds like you could do one hour open, 2 one-hour sessions, one hour close. Huge room. (double the size of the number of particip