[PLUG] 12 Tech conferences for 2012

[Michael Dexter]

On 1/5/13 11:53 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> I wonder if Mike Rogoway might make an interesting speaker for PLUG General.

Do you or anyone else know him well enough to ask?

I reached out to over a dozen people yesterday who have demonstrated 
interest in presenting and have quite a few responses.

For those who were not at the December General meeting, we had a 
post-presentation discussion about the coming year. One point that 
people made is that public policy talks along the lines of the Open 
Source at the Oregon Department of Revenue and Open Source in K-12 
Education ones. No other groups appear to be covering these high-level 
topics on a consistent basis and... have no fear, there is no way they 
can dominate the schedule given the completely-random availability of 
speakers.

Please do think about what talks YOU might want to give because I know 
everyone has awesome topic that is obvious to them and completely new 
and fascinating to the rest of us. Also, please reach out to anyone you 
think may be willing to talk. You'll be surprised by what pet projects 
smart people have that they have never mentioned.

Thanks!

Michael