[Planning] Re: I would like to give a talk to the Los Angeles Linux User

[Ron Golan]

On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 12:00:18PM -0800, SML wrote:
> > No, he hasn't written back.  Maybe you should start
> > planning a talk for that day.  If he gets back
> > to us in the next week or so, we can still give
> > him the slot, otherwise I'm tempted to say it's yours,
> > or at least that you get the first half-hour.
> > - Dan
>  
> 
> OK ... so no news means Brantley is not confirmed?  Thus the talk on
> "Lobbying 101" is confirmed? Topic description below. When could the
> LULA website be updated?

I've put the information below on the LULA site. Do we have any other
bio stuff for Chelsea?

> 
> /Sharon
> 
> 
> -- The City of Los Angeles comtemplates OpenOffice.org : How the FOSS
> community can help
> 
> Los Angeles City Councilmembers Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, and Jack
> Weiss have introduced a motion to divert scarce dollars away from a
> propriatary office productivity software to OpenOffice.org. They
> anticipate the savings to the City of Los Angeles to be in the 5 million
> dollar range. The money saved will instead be diverted into a fund for
> LAPD expansion.
> 
> How can the Los Angeles FOSS community help? Want to know some
> specifics? Chelsea Shure from MWW Group, a political affairs firm
> downtown, will take you through the ins and outs of communicating with
> political creatures in the most effective way.
> Chelsea will cover
>  * how to present your case
>  * introducing yourself to your elected officials
>  * possible pitfalls for open source advocates
>  * How to lobby City Hall.
>  * where to go for more information
> 
> http://www.lacity.org/council/cd13/cd13press/cd13cd13press13227121_02022005.pdf
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