[lug] next talks
Kevin Kempter
kevin at kevinkempterllc.com
Fri Mar 13 15:03:37 MDT 2009
Sounds good.
I wish I could have made last nite's talk - especially since I'm such a Fedora
Bigot. Was it recorded?
/Kevin
On Friday 13 March 2009 13:55:09 Jeffrey Haemer wrote:
> Kevin,
>
> Wonderful. Thanks.
>
> I have August-December open, and have one guy who's already deciding which
> one he wants. Is it okay if I wait until he tells me to ask you which one
> you want?
>
> You would have *loved* the talk last night. Really.
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Kevin Kempter
<kevin at kevinkempterllc.com>wrote:
> > Hi Jeff;
> >
> >
> > I'd be up for doing another PostgreSQL related talk, maybe a more
> > specific area like one of the following:
> >
> >
> > - Setting up a PostgreSQL Warm Standby Server
> > - SLONY
> > - PostgreSQL PITR (Point in Time Recovery)
> > - Setting up a PostgreSQL Backup/Recovery Strategy
> >
> >
> > Or some other PostgreSQL area...
> >
> >
> > /Kevin
> >
> > On Friday 13 March 2009 12:35:09 Jeffrey Haemer wrote:
> > > Davide,
> > >
> > > Fine suggestions!
> > >
> > > I'll send you separate email about the two topics you've suggested you
> > > might be able to talk about.
> > >
> > > In case it's useful, I do like getting topics in ways other than asking
> >
> > for
> >
> > > volunteers.
> > >
> > > (1) Sometimes, lots of folks ask for a particular topic, like Asterisk,
> >
> > and
> >
> > > we have a local expert who says, "Sure. I can do that!"
> > >
> > > (2) Sometimes, a speaker who's already volunteered to talk about a
> >
> > popular,
> >
> > > general area, like Linux databases, asks the mailing list what, in
> > > particular, he should talk about.
> > >
> > > (3) Sometimes someone who wants to hear about a topic, like IP law,
> >
> > *finds*
> >
> > > a speaker.
> > >
> > > (4) Sometimes, folks will give me the name of a speaker that they want
> > > to hear, and they don't even care what the topic is. As Mick Jagger and
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > > Richards have pointed out, "It's the singer, / Not the song."
> > >
> > > (5) Sometimes, I just twist arms and call in favors.
> > >
> > > Each of these helps fill our schedule.
> > >
> > > BLUG isn't an organization with an independent life of its own, or an
> > > outside source of funding, or people selected to work for it, or
> > > committees, or even members.
> > >
> > > It's just us. Getting stuff done.
> > >
> > > And when something does get done, it's because some, single person, on
> >
> > his
> >
> > > own initiative, steps up to the plate to do it.
> >
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