[advocacy-discuss] Community conferences and advocacy community

[Jim Grisanzio]

Damian Wojslaw wrote:
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> 	Since I have already tackled the problem, I'm not in hurry. But I think 
> of another one conference soon and the more help, the better. I thank 
> you all for your advices and other help so far.
> 	Do we have a list of people that are available as speakers on 
> conferences? It would help if we had a repo of names along a rough 
> outline of when they would be available and if they can cross borders.
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I'm not aware of any lists of people in the community who are available 
for conferences. Sounds like an excellent database for someone to create 
and maintain -- especially for user groups to share contacts and 
experiences around the world, but also for general advocacy issues. When 
people ask how to find speakers, I think it's best to ping the 
appropriate technology lists and see who's interested. Or put out a call 
for papers, etc. That's time consuming, but that's how to start. But 
building a database that people can volunteer for would be cool. I'm 
sure many people would like to be a part of that. I'm not aware of any 
speaker databases internally at Sun, either ....

Jim
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