Re: Invite to present at Aug 7-9 Federal Webmasters Workshop (fwd)

[Brian Behlendorf <br...@organic.com>]

I was going to try and make it out to this but it looks like we won't be 
able to (burned all that travel money on Paris - ugh!).  Sounds like 
Chuck is going to go - if anyone else wants to, you should all 
coordinate.

	Brian

On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Mark J Cox wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 17:20:41 -0400
> From: John Wells <jo...@bea.doc.gov>
> To: mjc@apache.org
> Subject: Invite to present at Aug 7-9 Federal Webmasters Workshop
> 
> I am organizing the presentations for the HTTP Server topic at the
> Federal Webmaster's Workshop August 7-9 in the D.C. area. Last year we
> had about 1000 people for 3 days.
> 
> The workshop is sponsored by the NCSA/NSF Federal Consortium, a group of
> 16+ Federal agencies working to support and promote Web technology.
> 
> Conference URL:
> http://skydive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/train/webmaster/wm96
> Consortium Home:
> http://skydive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
> 
> We are looking for two different kinds of presentations on HTTP servers.
> 
> First, an overview of the server's features, why you would want to use
> it, etc.  Marketing and comparison is fine here, but we would prefer low
> key of course.  The audience can be assumed to be mostly technical types
> who want to cut through hype and get to real performance and maintenance
> issues. These presentations will probably be about 15-20 minutes with 10
> minutes for Q/A.
> 
> Second we want to offer "The Doctor is In" sessions that would be
> informal periods in which people can come and just ask detailed
> technical questions, or bring problems that they have encountered.
> A strong technical person who doesn't necessarily have marketing skills
> or  great presentation skills would be fine for those. Length of these
> is probably one hour, but that can be worked out.
> 
> Server developers would also be invited to sit in on a panel on the
> direction of HTTP, and especially the problems associated with
> implementing 1.1 if we can get sufficient interest in the panel.
> 
> The pay is zip, but it should be a good time and excellent exposure for
> your product, since many of the attendees will be webmasters and
> technical types from the Federal agencies.
> 
> Please call let me know if you want to speak or have any suggestions.
> 
> Thanks!
> John Wells john.wells@bea.doc.gov 202 606-9294
> 
> 
> 

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