Re: [OSCOM] Is there going to be a U.S. Oscom?

Gregor J. Rothfuss wrote:

> Brad Kain wrote:
>
>> I would be iinterested in helping to organize this, I have a good 
>> friend at the MIT Sloan who might be able to arrange some meeting 
>> rooms. What level of support is required from the university?
>
>
> count me in too, assuming that i will be in the boston area for a while..
>
> the level of support needed for a 200 person conference is nothing to 
> sneeze at, so some care will have to be taken when talking with 
> potential hosts. harvard was very generous last time around (and we 
> frankly didnt know what we were getting ourselves into), so it all 
> comes down to a strong local comittee that can make sure things are 
> being taken care of.
>
> -gregor
>

You mean "nothing to sneeze" as in lots of work. We would need half 
dozen people willing to put in several days of volunteer work during the 
event. At Harvard, OSCOM ran like colloquial talks.

If OSCOM were to be held at other than school, it would be lot more 
work. We have had it good so far.




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