[AUUG-Talk]: AUUG2007 speakers

[Adrian Close]

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Greg Black wrote:

> Could we possibly have at least a sentence or two about that on the AUUG
> website?  I can't find anything with the search thing (which seems to be

Good idea.  Coming up.

> The big thing for me would be to see clear evidence on the website that
> AUUG is still alive and functioning and that a real conference is being
> planned.  If I could show people that we had a date and a venue and a
> call for papers, that would help a lot.

Yep, that's what I'm trying to get happening.  And while we can run a 
conference without international speakers, I think they're one of the 
cornerstones of a really good event, hence my solicitation.

If anyone has a burning desire to bring out someone in particular, I want 
to know about it.  I think it's important to give the members what they 
want, rather than just what I think is good.

We have solidifying ideas about venue and date but nothing I'd want to put 
on the web site right now.  Many of these details are inter-related, but I 
hope to have it sorted out this week.

> I'm not being negative here, but I do think we have a bit of ground to
> make up from the rather uncertain approach that was seen with the 2006

No negativity taken.  We have an opportunity to rectify that with a 
seriously good conference and I'm seizing it.

Thanks,

Adrian.