LINUX EXPO MICHIGAN (fwd)
Marcel Kunath
kunathma@pilot.msu.edu
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 14:56:21 -0500 (EST)
I think he was just being non-pc. But I surely have to use a spell checker
from now on before I write to the list. Or even better I may need to have an
American friend sign off on my language before approaching the list. =)
mk
>
> Are you going out of your way to demonstrate you don't have to be wise or
> ethical to be president? *ducks*
>
> On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Edward Glowacki wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Sean wrote:
> > > I get this Linux stuff everyonce in a while. I am not exactly sure where
> > > it comes from. I seriously doubt the club is interested in this..
> > > But I will defer to your more wise, presidential, and ethical treatment to
> > > such occurances. =)
> >
> > My wise, presidential, and ethical response is mixed in below with
> > the message... ;)
> >
> > To bring the rest of you up to speed, the above quote was from
> > Sean, who received an email from skyevents.com. That email is
> > quoted below in the "Ed's reply" section, along with my response.
> > Keep in mind that my reply is directed back to the original sender
> > as if I had received the message from them personally, and that I
> > would never actually send this reply back to the person. It's a
> > joke, parody, farce, whatever you want to call it. I think you
> > all know me well enough to realize that it's not serious. =) That
> > being said, read on, and please, no comments on my grammar or
> > spelling. ;)
> >
> > --- Begin Ed's reply ---
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 17:57:02 -0500
> > > From: Andrea Roy <andrea.roy@skyevents.com>
> > > To: picasso@madflower.com
> > > Subject: LINUX EXPO MICHIGAN
> > >
> > > Dear Linux Fans,
> > >
> > > My name is Andrea and for those who haven’t heard from me I am responsible
> > > of LINUX EXPO tradeshows in the Americas.
> >
> > Hmm... the non-printable apostrophe (in "haven~Rt") is a relatively
> > sure sign that your email originated on a non-Linux box. Why a
> > company who is so involved in Linux wouldn't be using Linux, or at
> > least make sure their emails are readable on a Linux box is beyond
> > me...
> >
> > > SkyEvents : a team with worldwide presence at your service and organizers
of
> > > 10 LINUX EXPO tradeshows. Based in Paris, Montreal and Brazil, the Sky
> > > Events teams have demonstrated their expertise in organizing many
> > > international seminars and exhibitions. For more information on us, pleas
e
> > > visit www.linux-expo.com
> >
> > Maybe I'll visit, maybe I won't, but you don't have to tell me "for
> > more information visit..." because I expect that if I see a URL
> > and decide to visit it, there will be more information. If not,
> > then WTF do you have a website for?
> >
> > > Presently, we are analysing the possibility of doing two days conference i
n
> > > California. We don't know yet wich city would be more approriate. We woul
d
> > > do a road show of two days conference per city and would do 10 cities in a
> > > year. The conference would be very technicals and non marketing. Compani
es
> > > would sponsor the event for the 2 days (about 5000$ to sponsor) and would
> > > have the posssibility to talk about 40 minutes per day. The entrance for
> > > this two days would be about 175 US.
> >
> > OK, a couple of comments here. First of all, if you are trying to
> > organize support for a professional conference, make sure your
> > information is presented professionally. Check your spelling and
> > grammar. "wich" should be "which", 5000$ should be $5000, 175 US
> > should be $175 US, "posssibility" (misspelled) would probably be
> > better worded as "opportunity", "this two days" might be better as
> > "this two day event" or something else, just to name a few of the
> > problems found in this paragraph alone.
> >
> > Like *all* my email messages (even including "Yo, whassup?" messages
> > to friends), this one has relatively good grammer, spelling, and
> > punctuation. I generally expect professional announcements like
> > yours to be *at least* as proper as my own casual email.
> >
> > Now, on to the content of the paragraph... As far as I can tell
> > from the presentation of the information, every 36.5 days you start
> > a new conference. In addition, while you are in the city doing
> > the conference, you also do a "road show" of two day conferences,
> > presumably at different hotels around town. This might explain
> > the 36.5 day cycle. Also, "The entrance for this two days would
> > be about 175 US" makes no sense, and as best I can decipher translates
> > to "In order to participate in the existance of the two days the
> > conference is held, you must pass through about 175 United States."
> > Given that there are currently only 50 states united here, we have
> > some growing and/or splitting to do in order to gain "entrance for
> > this two days".
> >
> >
> > > For this matter, we really need to have your LUG support. What we would
> > > ask you is first: your opinion on this project and second: if you agree to
> > > have your LUG sponsor the event. (By sponsor we mean link, web support, no
> > > money involved...)
> >
> > first: I have already shared my opinion of this project. Need I add more?
> > second: If you would ask us, we would probably not agree, but since
> > you only forshadowed the fact that you *might* ask us this question
> > in the future, I will say that "We might probably not agree"
> >
> > > I really hope that you can come back to me this week.
> >
> > I wasn't aware that I left you. In fact, I wasn't aware that we
> > were ever together in the first place. Come to think of it, do I
> > know you? Unless I suddenly wake up from my amnesia and find out
> > that we were past lovers, I highly doubt that I will ever "come
> > back" to you.
> >
> > > Thanks for your cooperation
> >
> > Hey, no problem. It was fun. We'll have to do this again sometime.
> >
> > > Andrea
> > >
> > > Director, Sky Events Amériques.
> > > Andrea.roy@skyevents.com
> > > and
> > > Annie Savaria
> > > Project Manager
> > > Annie.savaria@skyevents.com
> > >
> > > Tel: 514 842 2221
> > > Cel: 514 999 9792
> > > www.linux-expo.com
> > >
> > > Madrid April, 4-5, 2001- Espana
> > > Road Show East Country April 23-27, 2001
> > > Sao Paulo May 9-10, 2001- Brazil
> > > www.linuxexpobrasil.com
> > > Shanghai May 15-18, 2001- China
> > > Milan June 6-7, 2001- Italy
> > >
> > > 2002
> > > Paris January 30-31-1, 2002- France
> > > Amsterdam February 19,20, 2002- Netherlands
> > >
> > > Very Soon Linux Expo
> > > Mexico, Germany, U.K, Singapore
> >
> > Wow, a 26 line signature. That's one line for every letter of the
> > English alphabet! I'm confused though, the message is from "Andrea
> > Roy" and is signed "Andrea", but according to the rest of your
> > signature, you are known as both "Andrea" and "Annie Savaria".
> > You are also promoting 3 different domains, skyevents.com,
> > linux-expo.com, and linuxexpobrasil.com. Hmm... must be a multiple
> > personality thing, eh?
> >
> > So like, wow, I don't need to visit your website anymore, you've
> > provided all the "more info" info right here in your signature!
> > Some advice though: you might want to put the name of the country
> > (yeah, the last word on the line) over next to the name of the city
> > (yeah, the first word on the line). You see, those two pieces of
> > information are generally linked together to define the exact
> > location of a populace of people.
> >
> > Also, I'm very interested in the "Very Soon Linux Expo". It would
> > be great to know about all the vaporware, I mean "Very Soon" Linux
> > products and technologies.
> >
> > While I'm here, I might as well inform you that we too are holding
> > two days conferences. That's right, two days a month we meet and
> > talk about Linux and stuff. Just like your conference, our meetings
> > are "very technicals and non marketing". We do road shows too,
> > since all of our members travel throughout the area, carrying Linux
> > knowledge wherever they go. Would you events help sponsor our LUG?
> > (by sponsor equipment donations, bandwidth, definately money
> > involved.)
> >
> > Thank you for making me aware of your conferences. I'll be sure
> > to avoid them in the future.
> >
> > --
> > Edward Glowacki glowack2@msu.edu
> > GLLUG President http://www.gllug.org
> > Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
> > -- Jules de Gaultier
> >
> > --- End Ed's reply ---
> >
> >
> >
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Marcel Kunath
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