[seul-edu] LinuxCanada 2000

[Doug Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

I just finished an hour's conversation with Reuben Lando of Newmedia 2000.  
They are putting on a Linux expo in Toronto from May 15-18.  They have to firm up
their seminar schedule by the end of the week, and he asked if we'd be interested
in doing a seminar on Linux and education.  The seminar would run approximately
90 minutes and be held in a room with seating for 50-100.

I'd really like to do this.  I'm inclined to say yes, but I want to get some
discussion from you all on what we should be presenting and who else might be able
to make it.  Jose Lacal, would it be possible for OpenClassroom to make this? 
Incidentally, Mr. Lando seems to think that Corel might be interested in looking
into OpenClassroom; that's just his impression, and may be wrong, but it's
probably worth following up on.  Arturo Espinosa Aldama, could Red Escolar take
part?  Vincent and Odile, what about GUILDE?

He also mentioned that if we can give him a list of at least 20 people they can
set aside space for us to hold our "annual meeting."  If we can get that many
people from SEUL/edu to Toronto, it would be nice to have a face-to-face
get-together.

Last but not least, he said that as a non-profit we could get booth space on
the floor (free, I think, but I'll have to verify that).  Roger, do we qualify as
a non-profit in these terms (tax qualifications, probably)?  I'm not sure what
we would present at such a booth other than our scintillating personalities
(remember, scintillation is an aspect of radioactivity), but it would be a way to get
our work more publicity and possibly make some useful connections with other
projects.

Mr. Lando will need an answer about the seminar very quickly; the rest can be
discussed at a bit more leisure (although we should decide about them fairly
quickly so we can plan for them).

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