[Steering Committee] Potential speaker for OKCJUG

[Alex Miller]

Thanks Mitch and hi all.  I think Mitch has it just right.  

My interests are:
- promoting the Strange Loop conference (tentatively Oct. 14-15, 2010)
- speaking - I enjoy doing this and I'm always looking for someplace new to talk
- finding possible speakers for the conference.  CFP will probably open in May and close end of July.

If you are interested, then sometime in May-July timeframe would probably be good.  I'd be happy to brainstorm possible topics - either from stuff I've already done that Mitch linked to or on other topics of interest (Terracotta, Ehcache, concurrency, languages, semantic web, etc).

Additionally, I also run the St. Louis Lambda Lounge group for functional and dynamic languages (http://lambdalounge.org) and we are always looking for good speakers if someone was willing to make the trek to St. Louis.  We do have some sponsorship such that we could reimburse some or all travel for the right talk.  You can check out the archive and schedule there if you happen to know anyone that might be interested.

Thanks,
Alex
http://tech.puredanger.com
http://twitter.com/puredanger


----- Original Message ----
> From: Mitch Blevins <mitchblevins at gmail.com>
> To: OKC JUG Steering Committee Mailing List <sc at lists.okcjug.org>
> Cc: alexdmiller at yahoo.com
> Sent: Sat, January 9, 2010 11:17:34 PM
> Subject: Potential speaker for OKCJUG
> 
> OKCJUG Steeringers,
> 
> Alex Miller contacted me about the possibility of cross-fertilization
> of OKCJUG and some conferences he is involved in, most notably the
> Strange Loop conference in St. Louis (http://thestrangeloop.com/).
> His interest is in promoting his conference and possibly recruiting
> speakers and providing a speaker for the JUG.  He specifically
> expressed an interest in something for the JUG this summer.  See
> examples of his presentations here:
> http://tech.puredanger.com/presentations
> 
> We are a ways away from our next steering meeting, so I thought I'd
> send this email to let you review the material and ask him any
> followup questions (alexdmiller at yahoo.com).  I'm also copying him in
> this email so he can correct any misinterpretations I might have made
> here.
> 
> -Mitch