[asterisk-dev] Astricon: Throw the dice, give a talk

[John Todd]

>On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 12:49 AM, John Todd <jtodd at digium.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Only two days until the Astricon pre-conference activities start on
>>  Tuesday, and three days until the main conference opens up in
>>  Phoenix!  Many of the Digium staff are on-site already, preparing the
>>  dCAP testing facilities, getting the network ready, and sorting
>>  through the arrangements to make the conference go smoothly.
>>
>>  For those of you who thought you couldn't make it, maybe it's time to
>>  check for those last-minute airfare deals - perhaps fate is working
>>  in your favor this week!  Maybe a friend or fellow Asterisk traveller
>>  can share a room with you - ask around on IRC.
>>
>>
>>  With 60 (!!) talks, there is almost certainly going to be a travel
>>  problem of some type with one or two of our presenters which will
>>  lead to a speaking slot being open.  With this understanding of the
>>  random nature of things, there may be some of you who will attend who
>>  have a pet project or talk you've got already written and have been
>>  really interested in presenting to an audience of Asterisk-savvy
>>  administrators, users, and business people.  Here's your chance!
>>  Send along your talk idea to me via email, and I'll put it on the "on
>>  deck" list of emergency fill-ins for the conference.  Please have a
>>  fully-fleshed out talk, including slides - while I'd like to
>>  encourage all to submit their ideas, I need a bit more detail on your
>>  preliminary proposal due to time constraints.  So give it a try!
>>  Maybe fate will find fortune with you.  If you're chosen as a speaker
>>  at the last minute, dinner is on me.  :-)
>>
>>  I'm looking forward to seeing everyone this year - old friends and
>>  new faces as well.  Talk with you in Phoenix!
>>
>>  JT
>>
>>  --
>>  John Todd
>>  jtodd at digium.com        +1-256-428-6083
>>  Asterisk Open Source Community Director
>>
>
>John,
>
>If going as a standby speaker, are the entire show fees waived?
>
>I spoke last year on large scale call center implementations and have
>some new tricks up my sleeve this year.
>
>Thanks,
>Steve Totaro
>1.888.777.1888

Steve -
   If you end up giving your talk as a replacement speaker, then we'd 
waive the conference fees, and throw in a nice dinner as well.  :-)

JT


-- 
John Todd
jtodd at digium.com        +1-256-428-6083
Asterisk Open Source Community Director