Informal announcement, not yet at the "please forward around" stage, just FYI.
On the morning of Friday November 18th, 10am to 1pm, MEP Proinsias De Rossa will be hosting an anti-swpat event, organised by IFSO, in Dublin city centre.
That much is sure, the following is fairly-sure but can be changed:
De Rossa will open with a quick presentation of how the Directive looked inside the parliament. Someone from the IFSO committee will give an intro to IFSO and FS. I'll give a talk about the wins and failings of our work which culminated in the rejection of the Directive. We're planning to fly in another speaker to give a swpat-related talk. And it will all end with a panel-style Q&A session.
At some point in the middle there may be a coffee break.
The venue will hold around 60, so we won't need a big crowd-building drive.
More details during the week.
Hi,
Dé Céadaoin, 2005-10-12 ag 02:31 +0100, scríobh Ciaran O'Riordan:
The venue will hold around 60, so we won't need a big crowd-building drive.
Sorry if I've missed this in a previous discussion, but what sort of people do we want to come to this event? Presumably there's no point having a room stuffed with the anti-swpat crowd. Do you plan to make invitations to particular groups like the Irish Software Association, ISME, SFA?
David
David O'Callaghan david.ocallaghan@cs.tcd.ie writes:
Dé Céadaoin, 2005-10-12 ag 02:31 +0100, scríobh Ciaran O'Riordan:
The venue will hold around 60, so we won't need a big crowd-building drive.
what sort of people do we want to come to this event? Presumably there's no point having a room stuffed with the anti-swpat crowd.
Yes, we will be inviting certain journalists, politicians, and representatives of organisations/businesses and reserving seats for them.
Something we have to keep in mind is that since it's a morning-time event, so attendees will have to get time off work to come.
It would be good to get the talk video'd so that it's available to the masses, but fitting the masses into a 60-man room is not the plan :)