Can we have a speaker?

[Duston, Hal]

FYI:

Julie Thornton wrote:
> As you know, I work for Linux International, and report directly to Jon 
> "maddog" Hall, the Executive Director.  Over the past 18 months or so, 
> several local folks have suggested that it would be nice to get maddog 
> here, but with his very busy schedule, that has been quite difficult. 
> However, today I did finally convince him to come on August 10th, so I 
> hope you will allow a more formal KULUA "meeting" where he can report to 
> us a bit of what he sees happening around the world with Linux adoption 
> and perhaps discuss some interesting ideas for the future.
> 
> If all of this is ok with you, I'd like to have the "meeting" on campus. 
>  I will get in touch with the EECS Department and ask them to host the 
> event, which will also be billed as KULUA-sponsored.  That could allow 
> for some membership opportunities.  For maximum impact, I'd like to run 
> an ad in the LJ World as well, but that would need to be funded.
> 
> The timeline for this is very short, particularly if we want to 
> advertise.  If it is OK with you, may I post this info to the list along 
> with some fundraising thoughts to pay for an ad?
>
> --
> Julie Thornton, Marketing Director
> Linux International

Hal