[Planning] Possible speaker?

[Dan Kegel]

Christopher Smith wrote:
> Dan Kegel wrote:
> 
>> The company web site listed a USC prof as an advisor, so I emailed
>> the prof to ask if the company was reputable.  If the prof says
>> yes, then I guess I'll contact the speaker in spite of my misgivings.
> 
> 
> I'm not sure how much stock I'd put in a prof referenced by their own 
> website.

Oh, it won't hurt.  If she doesn't answer in a day, I'll write him
anyway.

> The company itself seems quite reputable. Maybe it's 'cause I 
> used a different search engine ;-), but they seem to be pretty well 
> established, multinational, with partnerships a number of key names in 
> the security space as well as being tied into HP's sales channel.

They seem to have written most of those press releases themselves.

> Kevin and I had talked about next meeting being a "straight to dinner" 
> meeting where we talked about restructuring the group (as per his 
> e-mail). Thoughts?

Hadn't heard about the plan, maybe I missed the mail.

The key is to have regular, well-publicized meetings with good speakers.
If we can't manage that monthly, maybe we should make them bimonthly.
Somebody *has* to line the speakers up in advance, I think.

But I suspect we can come up with a real meeting and presenter
in time to announce it for this month and reserve the space.
I could think of something to talk about; maybe I'll ask
Liz if she can spare me that night.
- Dan

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