RE: [OSCOM] for those interested in organizing a US OSCOM

It seems like the really big "cost" seems to be facilities.  Yet OSCOM
in Zurich seemd to me to have had a very "we're not in it for money"
feel, and therefore seems like we should be able to avoid the cost of
facilities somehow.  The requirements for facilities are fairly minor,
basically 3 auditoriums for 3 days with projectors and space for 200
people.

Does anyone have contacts with universities or large business that could
sponsor OSCOM by "lending" their facilities.  After that, the rest seems
relatively reasonable.  Especially if you can keep speaker costs and
food costs down.

Eric Pugh

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Gregor,

Thanks for the info.  There is a major missing piece, though: sponsors.
Who were the sponsors for OSCOMs 3 & 4 and how much did they give?  I
understand it may not be possible to disclose this information, but it
would really help us judge whether another US OSCOM would be feasible.
And who to beg for money first. :)

shimon.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 05:53:24PM -0500, Gregor J. Rothfuss wrote:
> we promised a while ago that we would make the financials from OSCOM.3
> and related planning materials available to help interested parties 
> evaluate what it means to organize an OSCOM conference.
> 
> these materials are now available at http://oscom.org/extranet
> 
> with this additional information, it should be possible to formulate
> realistic proposals for the fall timeframe. ideally, there would only
be 
> one proposal left standing, but if not then the board will make a
decision.
> 
> looking forward to renewed discussion (and OSCOM.5),
> 
> -gregor
> 
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