[Linux-aus] Grant Application: OLS speaker travel

[Janet Hawtin]

Colin Charles wrote:
> James Purser wrote:
> 
>> Basically what I'm looking for is the benefit to the community. While
>> your attendance at OLS would of no doubt be enourmous benfit to
>> yourself, we need to show that the benefit could be spread to the wider
>> community of Linux Australia members.
> 
> If we equip Ben with a video camera (or he equips himself, which could 
> be better for the application to travel), he can record all the 
> interesting sessions he goes to
> 
> There are *a lot* of interesting sessions out there at OLS. After all, 
> they're a conference that still actually make you submit a paper (and 
> that gets printed in the proceedings), you give an interesting 
> presentation based on your paper, and the fact that its interesting and 
> missed on video, is kinda sad
> 
I think a LA journalist is a nice idea.
Is it possible to get shared support for something like that?
eg. OLS, LA and someone interested in Ben's technologies?

Janet