[Planning] LULA March Meeting

[SML]

> > Met a professional lobbyist at SCALE who took me through a very
> > imformative mini-lesson on how to lobby your elected officials, with
> > specific reference to the Los Angeles Open Source Motion sponsored
> > by Councilmembers Garcetti, Greuss, and Weiss. 
> > 
> > (link to pdf of press 2/2/2005 press release)
> > http://www.lacity.org/council/cd13/cd13press/cd13cd13press13227121_02022005.pdf
> > 
> > She covered specific bullet points on what, and what not, to do when
> > contacting a political creature. It would be a very, very topical
> > talk for LULA. 
> > 
> > Chris mentioned that there was a vendor coming in for the March
> > meeting, has this been confirmed? If so, would it be possible to
> > squeeze in a short segment for this issue? 
> 
> The vendor in question was from coraid. His name was Brantley Coile,
> and we set things up back just before Xmas on the planning list, so
> I'd hate to cancel on him at this point. Maybe Dan (or me if he is
> busy) can follow up with him and see how much time he needs for his
> presentation. I'd like to squeeze her in at the end, as I suspect
> she'll generate a lot of post-meeting discussion.


A time slot squeezed in either in the front or back should be fine.
Knowing if this would be possible sooner rather than later would be
good, because if not possible I'd like to see what time other LUGS might
have available during their March meetings.

Thanks!

/SML
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