[Linux-aus] LUG Videoing Grants Proposal

[Patrick Coleman]

On Feb 8, 2008 9:48 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar at dhanapalan.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Anthony Towns <aj at azure.humbug.org.au> wrote:
> > Okay, so collating the responses so far, it sounds like the following
> > might make sense:
> >
> >  - LUGs [0] apply to the LA council for a grant to make improve their
> >    ability to record/publish talks
> >
> >  - They include a list of at least one talk each month between March and
> >    June that they've already got scheduled, with a speaker and a venue,
> >    that they'll attempt to record and publish
>
> This might be a problem. I know that SLUG more often than not get their talks
> confirmed within weeks of the meeting. Hopefully other LUGs are able to
> reliably plan ahead.

Yes. In a few cases at PLUG we've had it organised only a week or so out.

That's not to say we couldn't try and line up tentative speakers for
the next few months, but it raises the barrier to applying.

-Patrick