[luau] October Linux Conference at Computer Expo 2002

[Warren Togami]

I sent the following information to Red Hat yesterday asking for their
participation in October's Linux Conference at Computer Expo 2002.  I
speak with the head of their educational program sometime Friday.


Hi Chad,

I finally got the following information about the Hawaii Computer Expo
from the conference organizer Dave Kobashigawa.  I will follow up this
e-mail with a phone call real soon.

[My comments are inline within brackets.]

From: Dave Kobashigawa <dkobash at computer-expo.com>

The Pacific Hawaii Business Computer Expo is Wednesday & Thursday,
October 23 & 24, 2002. Exhibit times are 9am to 5pm.
The New Wave Business Initiative Conference will be held on Thursday,
October 24, 2002. Tentatively 8:30am to 4pm.

The Hi-Five Computer Expo consumer technology show will be held Friday
to Sunday, October 25 - 27, 2002. Exhibit times are Friday 11am to 9pm,
Saturday 10am to 9pm, and Sunday 10am to 6pm.
The New Wave Education Initiative Conference will be held on Friday,
October 25, 2002. Tentatively 8:30am to 4pm.

[We plan on making sure that 200-300 Educators will be at the Linux
Education keynote.  If we are successful in our publicity before
October, I hope that we can get even more.]

The plan is to have Linux keynotes on Thursday for business and Friday
for education. Seminars on Thursday and Friday will be 9:30am to 11:30am
and 1:30pm to 3pm.

Additional seminars on Linux installation, Linux Compatibility And
Installation, Thin-Client Computing Environments, Software Licensing,
and other topics that we decide are marketable will be scheduled for
Wednesday and Saturday. These sessions will be part of the Plain Talk
About Technology sessions and priced at $179 each. Minimum class size is
5 paid attendees. Classes with less than five attendees will be
canceled. Presenters are paid $300 for each session presented. Corporate
sponsorship is available.

Computer Expo will provide MPLUG with two 10' x 10' booths and 20-amps
of 120v electricity in each show. One to solicit membership to MPLUG and
the other to show Linux as a working alternative to the usual computing
environments. Red Hat should purchase it's own corporate booth for each
show. A Red Hat corporate booth can be physically located either next to
or across from the MPLUG booths so that manpower can be shared.

[If Red Hat chooses to have their own corporate booth in addition to our
LUG booths, our MPLUG will provide volunteer manpower shifts for your
booth.  There may be value in Red Hat having an official booth presence
if Red Hat will be doing keynotes, especially on the business conference
side.]

In consideration for Red Hat providing a keynote speaker for both the
education and business conferences, Computer Expo will designate Red Hat
a Gold Sponsor of each conference. This is a $1,500 value for each
conference. This will entitle them to prominent placement on conference
advertising and prominent banner placement during the conferences.

[Please also ask Red Hat if they see value in sponsoring the trip of a
guest speaker from a successful LTSP school district from the mainland. 
It may help to inspire confidence in Hawaii Educators if someone from
perhaps Riverdale California were to be there to speak briefly at the
keynote or seminar and answer questions later.]

[Regarding recommended accommodations,]
Either the Ala Moana Hotel, Ilikai or Hawaii Prince would probable be
the best choices with the Hawaii Prince being more expensive. All three
are on the edge of Waikiki and relatively near the Blaisdell Center. The
Hilton Hawaiian village is also a good choice.  We are working on a
hotel deal but not having a great deal of success.

Let me know if you have any more questions or concerns.

Thanks,

David

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Warren Togami
warren at togami.com
Mid-Pacific Linux Users Group
http://www.mplug.org