[Speakers] Re: Invitation to speak: Silicon Valley Linux Users Group

[Steve Traugott]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 08:57:15PM -0800, Steve Traugott wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 05:04:00PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
> > Steve Traugott writes:
> > : Hi Larry!  Didn't get a reply to this so I figure by now it's buried
> > : too deep for you to get to it any more, so I'm resending -- nutshell is:
> > : 
> > :   March SVLUG meeting was already booked by someone else -- are you
> > :   available to speak Wed April 3rd?
> > 
> > That's fine, I think.
> 
> Great!  For now, I'll go ahead and put together an announcement/bio
> and send it to you for approval.

Okay, here's what I've cobbled together -- trying to give you as much
leeway and as little work as possible, but let me know if you want to
replace the topic/description with something more specific.  On the
other hand, my wife Joyce and I kinda like it like it is.  ;-)

Joyce is also the SVLUG web coordinator these days; as soon as you
give us the go-ahead she'll post it on the site.

Steve



We're pleased to announce the next meeting of the Silicon Valley Linux
Users Group!

WHAT: 

  An Evening with Larry Wall

WHEN: 

  Wednesday, 3 April, 7pm-9pm or so.

WHO: 

  Larry Wall

BACKGROUND: 

"There's more than one way to do it"; rather than lock in a topic for
this evening, we're expecting evolution.  Possible discussion includes
but is not limited to Perl 6 and Parrot, X10 home automation,
community collaboration in software development, and the physics of
language itself.   Expect an open, relaxing, and intriguing evening 
with a broad-minded and wonderful guy.  (No, Larry didn't write this.)  ;-)

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Larry Wall is the creator of Perl, patch, and the rn newsreader.  He
is a linguist in human as well as machine languages, reads classical
Greek, and studied these as well as Chemistry and Music at Seattle
Pacific University, U.C. Berkeley, and U.C.L.A.  He has worked with
Unisys, JPL, Netlabs, and Seagate, as well as O'Reilly, working with a
wide range of technologies from discrete event simulators to
spacecraft.

WHERE:

Cisco Building 9.  The land of NUMBERS. The VINEYARDS conference
center.  The side we are on is the Silver Oak/Jordan conference rooms,
where a large Cisco fountain is usually not turned on.  Directions on
how to get there are listed at:

        http://www.svlug.org/directions/cisco-9.shtml 

We've tried our very best for these directions to be accurate.  If you
have any improvements to make, please let our Web Team know!
web-team at svlug.org

NOTES:

It's best if you arrive close to on time, as otherwise there may not
be someone posted at the door to let you in.  After the speakers end
their presentation there is usually a Q&A session, time for job
seekers and employers to meet, and often a few door prizes.  When the
meeting is over people are encouraged to chat a bit, but also to exit
the building so Cisco can lock up. Don't worry, a lot of us go to
dinner afterward so there's plenty of time to chat outdoors or
offsite.

We look forward to seeing you there!