[ale] Linux topic meeting for Southeastern Software Assoc

[Patrick Ramsey]

Multiple speakers are a must for any lengthy meeting...  Even the most enthused get bored listening to the same person over and over.  I've spent the most of the past 2 months talking to vendors about reworking our WAN infrastructure.  And Network management/Utilization.  Some of the vendors 
won't even be brought in for a second run through simply because I fell asleep during the first presentation.  This can hurt a huge company just as bad as it can a small company.

Even if you have 4 guys/gals up there that are all equally intelligent in all areas. The fact that you get different tone and pitch and physical appearance between the four helps tremendously

Just to give an adda'boy out:  Tivoli by far has one of the best presentations 
on the face of the earth.. :)  They go out to the techie as well as all the execs...

Ok..I've said my shpeel... :)

-Patrick

>>> Chris Woodruff <cwoodruff at worldwindtech.com> 07/05/99 04:50PM >>>
My name is Chris Woodruff and I am the president of Worldwind
Technologies here in Atlanta.  Worldwind is a consulting and system
integration organization focusing on Linux and Open Source solutions for
small to medium sized companies (moving away from the Windows side of
consulting).  I have been to most of the ALE meetings in the past 2
years and have enjoyed meeting the Linux users here in the area.

I have a meeting with the president of the Southeastern Software
Association (SSA -- http://www.sesoft.org) at lunch tomorrow to discuss
setting up a Linux meeting for SSA in the early spring of 2000. SSA is a
member of Technology Association of Georgia (TAG --
http://www.tagonline.org) which is the largest hitech group in Georgia. 
This could be a chance to expand the Linux spotlight since most of the
SSA membership is from large companies here in the metro area.  Most of
these people are very interested in Linux and enjoy hearing about it but
are rather uninformed of Linux and the Open Source philosophy.

What I would like to do is seek some help and advice for this meeting. 
Should the meeting be a single speaker or a group of speakers in several
key areas.  I haven't started looking at speakers but suggestions are
welcomed.  If anyone would like to help with this I would appreciate
it.  Worldwind is small at the moment but I have plans to grow it steady
in the next year.   I understand of the busy times this summer for the
Showcase so I am looking to start the busy time for this after that
great event.


Thanks

Chris Woodruff
Worldwind Technologies, Inc.
www.worldwindtech.com 
cwoodruff at worldwindtech.com 
(770) 307-8590