Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:26:52 -0500 From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDday-AR Message-ID: <499ED9CC.4060300@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <200902201405.03311.gnemmi@gmail.com> References: <c37d69f60902120213i302b265fp4f741bdb825af990@mail.gmail.com> <200902191520.27257.gnemmi@gmail.com> <499ED0B7.5010201@langille.org> <200902201405.03311.gnemmi@gmail.com>
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Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: > On Friday 20 February 2009 1:48:07 pm Dan Langille wrote: >> Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: >>> On Friday 13 February 2009 10:59:25 am Sdävtaker wrote: >>>> I checked your site, i like it, easy to read, easy to navigate. >>>> I forwaded it to the other guys in organization here so they can see it. >>>> >>>> :-) Damian >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 04:30, TooMany Secrets <toomany@toomany.net> > wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Sdävtaker <sdavtaker@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Until now, only Brazil had BSDDay before, Argentina is second country >>>>>> doing it and someone got the .com domain to try centralize the event >>>>>> and set more places for the coming years. >>>>> It isn't exactly a "BSDDay", but the last year (2008) I hold the first >>>>> BSDConf'08 in Barcelona, Spain. >>>>> As I am just riding the event, I do not think I can do this year. But >>>>> I'm starting to move and try to celebrate it again next year. >>>>> >>>>> Here you are the site of the event: http://bcn.bsdcon.net/ >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Have a nice day ;-) ASCII Ribbon /"''\ >>>>> TooManySecrets Campaign \ / >>>>> Against HTML / \ >>>>> Mail + News / \ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ============================ >>>>> Dijo Confucio: >>>>> "Exígete mucho a ti mismo y espera poco de los demás. Así te ahorrarás >>>>> disgustos." >>>>> ============================ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>> "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> Hi there Damian. >>> >>> May I ask what guys in organization are you talking about? >>> Who's behind it? >>> Who's doing the "talks and presentations"? >>> Who'll be reviewing the papers sent in? >>> Are you a just a group of people? >>> Do you guys have a legal status in Argentina (association/foundation)? >>> Are you related to some institution (University perhaps?)? >>> Do you guys, as a group/association/foundation have an official web page >>> or something to get a reference from you? >>> Are you guys, in any way, related to Bizarre Design >>> (http://www.bizarredesign.com.ar, who claims to have "Designed & >>> Developed" on the page but failed to mention who are the copyright >>> holders of every single logo on the page they "Designed & Developed" >>> (excep for the BSDday logo) ... unless they are the copyright holders of >>> puffy, bestie, the FreeBSD horny ball, fred and the netbsd flag logo and >>> everything I know is just wrong :s )? >>> Are you guys, related to OpenBSDeros.org ? >>> >>> I'm asking because it's already been a week and a half and the site still >>> remains operational, and in the same situation ... that is, with no info >>> at all ... :s >> Wow, give the guys a break. And give them credit too: they've taken the >> first step. >> >> The event is two months away. Sometimes, things take time. Patience pays. > > Maybe you took it as it was something personal or bad, but the thing is that I > happen to Live in Argentina, Buenos Aires, Cap. Fed. ... the very same place > the BSDday is supposed to take place .. and maybe .. if they have the right > answers to those questions, I could pitch in ... a lot btw ... and get others > to pitch in too ... > > Now, I know that they still have two months to the event, but I also know that > my job doesn't allow me to have real spare time (let alone the wife and the > kids...). I may be of help, today, tomorrow, the next week, who knows? .. But > I _do_ know, that I can't compromise my word without at least a 3 weeks in > advanced window .. Well, then contact them off list and volunteer to help. > So ... the fact that the event is still two months away is a plus for me .. > that was why I went in "hard" on them ... > > Sorry if I was misunderstood. Don't go hard. Go easy. Go help. :) -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/
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