Re: [libreoffice-marketing] 21st Educational Technology Day at Ithaca College, USA Ithaca, NY, 2011-03-24

On 03/11/2011 07:04 PM, drew wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 18:45 -0500, webmaster for Kracked Press
> Productions wrote:
> > 21st Educational Technology Day at Ithaca College, USA Ithaca, NY,
> > 2011-03-24, one day
> >
> > Are any members of the Marketing teams planning to attend this
> > Educational Tech Day at Ithaca College?
> >
> > If I had transportation for this one, I might be able to go. I am about
> > 40 miles or so to the south from Ithaca NY.
> >
> > [actually the last time I was in Ithaca, I had a stroke just after I
> > came back from a train event that I was selling
> > stuff at]
> >
> > Actually get a few copies of the DVD[any version] to the teachers and
> > maybe they will make sure their IT people at their districts might like
> > it and save the taxpayers money over MSO.  I spend 3 years as a
> > Substitute Teacher and I know that 3 school districts in my area cannot
> > afford to pay for any more software fees, let alone for any new
> > equipment in today's market.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > http://www.ithaca.edu/edtechday/
> >
> > 21st Educational Technology Day at Ithaca College
> >       USA Ithaca, NY
> >       2011-03-24
> >       one day
> >
> > Educational Technology Day is a regional technology event that attracts
> > over 1,600 people annually from the upstate New York region. It features
> > local and national vendors such as Adobe, Apple, Dell, Epson, Hewlett
> > Packard, Microsoft and many others. -- Mostly tech vendors but
> > LibreOffice could perhaps make an appearance there. Targetted audience:
> > higher education and K-12 teachers.
> First I've heard of it - looking at the list of speakers, there is a
> talk from a Google emp, regarding google docs. Looking at the showcase
> (expo floor) google, orcle and Ithaca free Software.
I just saw it on the Events page on the TDF "wiki" pages.

> Ah, that last one looked good, so going to their website:
> http://ithacafreesoftware.org/
>
> I see they advocate OpenOffice.org.
Yes, since they started with OOo, maybe now they will go with the better 
package.
It would be nice to have this free software group a part of the N.A. 
Community team
or marketing group.  Since they have several college/universities in the 
Ithaca area.
Cornell is a major player in status for New York State Colleges.  A lot 
of major research
partners with industries at Cornell.  IBM is big in the eastern 
direction about the same
distance.  One of their biggest [or at least use to be] manufacturing 
facilities and headquarters
in the Binghamton New York area.  Was not IBM a major helper with OOo?

> Now perhaps, since they have a table there already, then perhaps someone
> should contact that group and see what if any interest there is in
> LibreOffice.
> Also: too many lists to keep track of
> This list, marketing @ libo is the international list, I doubt anyone in
> Poland is concerned with an edu tech day in upstate NY NY, so please in
> the future keep this to the US marketing list.
Yes the European groups might be a little too far away, but I thought 
the TDF groups might have an opinion on "supporting" local team[s] going 
to that event.

> Thanks
>
> Drew


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