Re: Argentina and advocacy (re: regional contacts)

On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 02:52:08PM -0300, Guido Barosio wrote:
> David,
> > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 11:12:56PM -0300, Guido Barosio wrote:
> > > Guys,
> > >
> > > I haven't seen any activity in Argentina, and I haven't seen the
> > > regional contact in open source events also.
> >
> > I tried to get in touch with you for the Postgres presence at
> > 7JRSL <http://jornadas.grulic.org.ar/7/> but didn't get a
> > response.
> >
> > > I would love to take the flag, I've already made this public a
> > > year ago, and nothing has changed.  Even more, there has been
> > > none at all activity in our country.
> >
> > I had about a dozen people ask me why there wasn't a Postgres
> > booth and telling me they'd volunteer for one over the course of
> > the four hours I was at the conference including the talk I gave.
> > I just wish you'd been able to attend :)
>
> I have not been able to attend Grulic, those days were anoying at
> work. I did present a talk but it was refused because I've lost the
> calendar for proposals.

It happens :)

> > > Sad :(
> > >
> > > My last advocacy act was at our CafeConf, the major open source
> > > event in Argentina, working on a SWOT analisys, comparing both
> > > PostgreSQL and MySQL.
> >
> > Great to hear :)
> >
> > > I will be presenting the engine at our national technical
> > > university facilities in La Plata city during the next days, and
> > > probably also in a southern city (Bariloche) during november.
> >
> > Any chance you can get to pgcon.br <http://www.postgresql.org.br>
> > in São Paulo in December?
>
> Sir yes sir; unclear yet if I will be there on friday or just the
> saturday.  But definetely yes.

Awesome :)

> So, is this a +1 also?

Sure, for what it's worth.  I don't think I'll be in South America any
time before pgcon.br, though.

Cheers,
David.
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