Roy, completely aside from the "nothing new" aspect (apparently he's
been giving EXACTLY the same speech for going on two decades now),
there's the whole "driving women out of the community" aspect, that we
certainly have enough problem with already.
http://opensourcetogo.blogspot.com/2009/07/emailing-richard-stallman.html
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Roy Tennant<tennantr_at_oclc.org> wrote:
> I hadn't wanted to rain on the parade, but David's comment inspires me to do
> so. Does anyone really think we will hear anything new from Richard
> Stallman? I mean, seriously?
> Roy
>
>
> On 7/23/09 7/23/09 € 9:20 AM, "David Fiander" <david_at_FIANDER.INFO> wrote:
>
>> If you were to invite Stallman as your keynote, that would certainly
>> make me feel better about the fact that I have to miss Code4Lib again
>> this year.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Andrew Nagy<asnagy_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'd also be happy to nominate my old boss Joe Lucia at Villanova. He is a
>>> Library Director who fully supports Open Source software and speaks on it
>>> from time to time. He was the keynote speaker at the recent Evergreen
>>> conference.
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Andreas Orphanides <
>>> andreas_orphanides_at_ncsu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> The time has come once again to commence discussion of possible keynote
>>>> speakers for the upcoming Code4Lib 2010 conference in Asheville!
>>>>
>>>> If you've got any suggestions for a speaker who'd be engaging,
>>>> knowledgeable, and foolhardy enough to accept this high honor, throw their
>>>> names to the list for discussion.
>>>>
>>>> We here at Code4Lib 2010 World Headquarters, deep under the sea, will
>>>> accept nominations until *September 16, 2009*. Shortly thereafter we will
>>>> open the polls for online voting.
>>>>
>>>> All suggestions and comments are welcome! Discuss away!
>>>>
>>>> Andreas Orphanides
>>>> Code4Lib 2010 Keynote Speakers Committee
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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>
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