Re: FOSDEM 2008 - Devroom and booth

I am also available from The Netherlands.
If there is anyway that I can be of help
please let me know.

Regards,
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Gevik Babakhani

PostgreSQL NL http://www.postgresql.nl
TrueSoftware BV http://www.truesoftware.nl
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-advocacy-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-advocacy-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of
> Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 6:56 PM
> To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [pgsql-advocacy] FOSDEM 2008 - Devroom and booth
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> if you don't know yet: our request for a devroom together
> with the BSD guys was accepted this week. Thanks to Daniel
> Seuffert for submitting the request. We also got a table for
> a stand, which we should fill with some flyers, info
> material, a bit merchandising stuff and some people behind
> the table for answering all the questions.
>
> We have to submit a program for the talks, we have so far:
> (i took the first/best fitting talk from everyone)
>
>
> Simon Riggs:
> - "PostgreSQL High Availability"
>
> Josh Berkus:
> - "A Few of My Favorite 8.3 Features"
>
> Gabriele Bartolini:
> - "ht://Miner and PostgreSQL"
>
> David Fetter:
> - "Postgres: A Babel of PLs"
>
> Oleg Bartunov:
> - Full text search
>
> Guido Barosio:
> - Comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL
> (is this still up to date?)
>
> Stefan Kaltenbrunner:
> - A talk about the PostgreSQL Infrastructure
>
> Magnus Hagander:
> - Something about the MSVC port ;-)
>
> Susanne Ebrecht:
> - Encoding issues
>
> Bruce Momjian:
> - ???
>
> Federico Campoli:
> - ???
>
>
> We have around 9 slots to fill, a bit more, if we have some
> 15 min talks. Update me please, if you want to give another talk.
>
>
> What else:
>
> - social event: the usual FOSDEM social event is overcrowd.
> We plan to search a bar for our own event on friday evening.
>
> - flyers: we need some (thousands).
>
> - booth: who can help answering questions on saturday and/or sunday?
>
> - merchandising stuff: i will bring along some elephants and mugs.
> I thought about 20-30 elephants plus one or two 60 cm
> elephants i might have until next year ;-) I also should have
> mugs, some stickers and i have some shirts from Italy. What
> else do we need and/or can bring to Brussels?
>
> - live CDs: based on experience from 2007, if we want to give
> away live CDs, we should come up with let's say 1500-2000 CDs.
>
> - Invitations for european PostgreSQL users and companies
> using PostgreSQL??
>
> - And last but not least: election of EU board!
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> --
> Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum
> German PostgreSQL User Group
>
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