From: "Mike Schwartz" <mike.l.schwartz@gmail.com>
Subject: Idea: FSF speaker? (was: Re: New Eben Moglen speech [...])
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 13:47:21 -0700

> On 5/16/07, Dennis Kibbe <dennisk@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >
> > From: "Ben Francom" <bfrancom@gmail.com >
> > Subject: Re: New Eben Moglen speech available
> > Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 06:44:49 -0700
> >
> > > On 5/16/07, Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Given at the Red Hat Summit.  I downloaded it last night but have not
> > > > watched yet.  I have every confidence that it is worth listening to.
> > >
> > > Just finished watching it.  He is the man! [...]
> >
> > Would you like to meet Eben Moglen?  Maybe talk patents with him over
> > dinner?  Or discuss Free software with RMS?  Maybe talk to Bruce Perens or
> > the OLPC people?  How about programming with Gene Sussman?  All on the
> > campus of MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
> >
> > You can if you make plans to attent the next membership meeting of the
> > Free Software Foundation in Boston (approx. March 2008).
> >
> > It's free and held on the weekend. [...]
> >
> > Dennisk
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...]
>
> I am not trying to discourage anyone from attending
> the FSF meeting;  this is just a different idea, [...]
>     If PLUG (or some other non-profit .org) wants to bring
> any of those folks to AZ, to speak,
> then [...]
> [...] now might be the right time...
> perhaps before or (probably) after that FSF meeting?
> Just an idea,
> from
> --
> Mike Schwartz
> [...]

Hi Mike,

I'll ask about a speaker when I'm back at the FSF office next week.  This would be a good event for AZOTA to sponsor since it's more about Freedom than Linux.

I've already been touch with Joshua Gay, FSF's new Campaigns Manager.

Dennisk