Re: Austin PGDay Speaker(s)

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Jon Erdman <jerdman(at)enova(dot)com>
Cc: austinpug(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jonathan(dot)katz(at)excoventures(dot)com>, Steven Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(dot)berkus(at)pgexperts(dot)com>, Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, Rob Brucks <rob(dot)brucks(at)rackspace(dot)com>, Corey_Horton(at)Dell(dot)com, Will Leinweber <will(at)heroku(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Carol Hearn <chearn(at)enova(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Austin PGDay Speaker(s)
Date: 2012-02-16 23:13:29
Message-ID: 20120216231329.GA26437@momjian.us
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 03:18:24PM -0600, Jon Erdman wrote: .>
> Sorry, got caught up in stuff. We have the venue locked in for 3/28
> so go ahead and book. People who are clear to make travel arrangements
> (i.e. these people are accepted as speakers already):
>
> Bruce Magnus Greg Merlin (but he's local)
>
> Josh B., Andrew, Wheeler - You guys are basically good too, but I'm
> waiting to hear from Josh about what PGX can afford...please let
> me know as soon as you figure it out so we know how many of you are
> coming, as with only one track I'm not sure we can squeeze all three
> of you in (see below).
>
> Everyone else: We've checked and they do have a second smaller (30
> people) room available that same day (which we have not received
> pricing on as yet), so we do have the option to run two tracks and
> accommodate more speakers. Without the second room there are basically
> only 8 slots, which depending on what PGX does, are pretty close to
> full now. We are holding one slot for the local VMWare rep to come
> and speak since they want to sponsor, so that consumes another one.
>
> At this point I'm relatively certain that we'll pull the trigger
> and go for the second track, but I need to reach out to our potential
> sponsors first to make sure we have the funds to cover it, particularly
> the additional speaker costs to fill said track.
>
> I will update you all ASAP. Thank you for you patience!

OK, I have blogged about the three events:

http://momjian.us/main/blogs/pgblog/2012.html#February_16_2012_2

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