[GLLUG] Penguicon

[STeve Andre']

On 04/30/13 17:15, Clay Dowling wrote:
> On 04/30/2013 05:08 PM, frank.dolinar at comcast.net wrote:
>> Hi, everyone.
>>     I started sending notes to the Penguicon programming / 
>> presentation chairs about 10 weeks ago.  I never got a single 
>> response from anyone.
>>     Last Wednesday, one of my colleagues at IBM asked me why I hadn't 
>> told him I was speaking at Penguicon.   That was the first I had 
>> heard that I was scheduled.
>>     I sent off a relatively polite nastigram to the head of 
>> programming explaining that since I had no response (and therefore no 
>> confirmmation) prior to two days before I was supposed to be there, 
>> that it was, unfortunately, no longer an option.
>>
> The normal situation with those aliases is that the addresses are not 
> connected to people's mailboxes.  Chances are very good that nobody 
> ever received those messages.
>
> What I've had to do multiple times in the past is send follow-up 
> messages to the penguicon general list to rattle cages.  That will 
> either get a response from the responsible party, or more likely, 
> generate a shit storm.
>
> Clay
>

I've only once had a problem with getting a panel set up; they forgot
about the OpenBSD panel in 2008, missing the printed guide but we
were in the pocket guide.

Overall, I think Penguicon has done a better job of running things
than most professional events.  There are certainly glitches, but
I think they're getting better with time?

I had a great time and wish I could have forked myself.

--STeve Andre'

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