From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: Netconf at conf.au 2008? Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:57:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20080114.035739.46340340.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1200236025.6171.79.camel@andromache> <20080113.180802.243708508.davem@davemloft.net> <1200308480.5882.39.camel@andromache> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: gdt@gdt.id.au Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:42217 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754596AbYANL5o (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:57:44 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1200308480.5882.39.camel@andromache> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Glen Turner Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:31:20 +1030 > If you have trouble hosting netconf next year please get in > touch. Although AARNet could not sponsor the flights or > accommodation we could provide everything else you require. I appreciate the offer, but the funding is the one and only issue. I have more ways to get conference facilities and network connectivity for them than I need. > so if you and the netdev people were willing to hold a one-day > training/workshop of interest to academic and research network > users (say network host tuning) before/after your meeting then > we'd have no trouble getting sponsorship via the training > event that would be sufficient to cover the airfares and > accommodation for the larger event. We're really not interested in things like this, but thanks for mentioning. At best what we do is allow one or two representatives from a major sponsoring party to attend and give a presentation (netconf is invite only, so this is a big deal). And that presentation must be on practical work the presenter has done or is doing with the Linux networking upstream (ie. it can't be a "our company needs the Linux networking to do X", some sales/marketing pitch, or "here's cool proprietary Y we're doing with Linux")