[Discussion] Fwd: Invitation to Partimus for SCALE 10x

[Elizabeth Krumbach]

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:27 AM, James Howard <james at partimus.org> wrote:
> Sounds exciting. I would love to *go* to scale, and to exhibit there -- be
> it at a dedicated Partimus table or the Ubuntu table -- would be
> fantastic. That said, until things stabilize at home (little one just
> turned 4), I cant make a firm commitment right now, but keep me in the
> loop. I'll let you know as soon as possible.

I'll follow-up with Gareth to find out how much time we have and we
can make a formal decision about a table as the time draws near.

> As for the paper, you've got my vote. By all means, though, pick the
> brains of everyone else who's been involved. First and foremost,
> Christian, as he has by far the most experience along these lines. Robert
> Litt at Ascend, who has been using Linux in public schools even longer
> than Partimus,  is actually writing his master's thesis on this and he is
> presenting a similar paper at another conference later this year -- he'd
> be a great person to talk to. If I had the time, I'd offer to co-author
> with you, but my plate is spilling over and onto the floor at the
> moment..... but if specific questions arise, or if you want me to review a
> draft and are interested in comments, go ahead and send it my way.

Great, thank you so much for these pointers! I submitted the proposal
this evening so I'll immediately start following up with Robert and
find time to sit down with Christian. Even if the talk isn't accepted
for SCaLE I think it's a worthwhile exercise for me and I could easily
give it at BALUG or other conferences in the future and publish it on
our site.

If anyone else is interested in seeing my draft please let me know and
I'll forward it along once I have it written (I'll be working on it
these next few weeks).

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Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2
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