I strongly support VPM Thane to hold Kohacon 2011. <br><br><font style="font-family: times new roman,serif;" size="4">Y.Yatheesh babu<br>Librarian<br> Shri Shakti College of Hotel Management<br>Venus Plaza Begumpet<br>Hyderabad-500 016<br>
09966178388</font><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Koustubha Kale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kmkale@anantcorp.com">kmkale@anantcorp.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi All,<br>
Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane ( <a href="http://www.vpmthane.org" target="_blank">www.vpmthane.org</a> ) would like an<br>
opportunity to host KohaCon 2011.<br>
VPM, Thane is an educational institute located in Thane which is right<br>
on the outskirts of Mumbai, the commercial capital of India. VPM,<br>
Thane is the founder of the Granthalaya.org ( <a href="http://www.granthalaya.org" target="_blank">www.granthalaya.org</a> )<br>
project which is doing a lot to promote Koha in public libraries in<br>
this region.<br>
VPM, Thane is on a large campus which houses various colleges like<br>
Arts, Commerce, Science, Management, Advanced Study center,<br>
Polytechnic providing education from 11th standard upto PHD. The<br>
campus has five libraries which are in the process of migrating to<br>
Koha. VPM also has BLIB and MLIB courses on the same campus so has a<br>
number of library science teachers and students.<br>
The campus has several seminar halls well equipped with Internet<br>
connectivity, Audio and Video equipment as well as web casting<br>
capabilities. The campus also has excellent canteen facilities and in<br>
Thane city we have Domino's and Pizza Huts too..<br>
Thane city has several nice hotels & is very close to Mumbai so air<br>
connectivity is not an issue.<br>
The ideal time would be first week of November as it is Diwali<br>
holiday's so wont conflict with academic schedules. November is also a<br>
very pleasant season in this region.<br>
<br>
India is a beautiful country and you wont have a better excuse than<br>
KohaCon to visit us. So what say ya all?<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Koustubha Kale<br>
Anant Corporation<br>
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Contact Details :<br>
Address : 103, Armaan Residency, R. W Sawant Road, Nr. Golden Dyes<br>
Naka, Thane (w),<br>
Maharashtra, India, Pin : 400601.<br>
TeleFax : +91-22-21720108, +91-22-21720109<br>
Mobile : +919820715876<br>
Website : <a href="http://www.anantcorp.com" target="_blank">http://www.anantcorp.com</a><br>
Blog : <a href="http://www.anantcorp.com/blog/?author=2" target="_blank">http://www.anantcorp.com/blog/?author=2</a><br>
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From: Lori Bowen Ayre <<a href="mailto:lori.ayre@galecia.com">lori.ayre@galecia.com</a>><br>
Date: 2011/1/19<br>
Subject: Re: [Koha] Conference bids?<br>
To: Chris Cormack <<a href="mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz">chrisc@catalyst.net.nz</a>><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</a>, MJ Ray <<a href="mailto:mjr@phonecoop.coop">mjr@phonecoop.coop</a>><br>
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Hi All,<br>
I live in a cute small town that is in the wine country of California,<br>
Petaluma. Also, the town is scenic with lots of good restaurants and<br>
shopping. We're 30 miles from the ocean, 45 minutes from San<br>
Francisco, and we have three international airports all within 1 to<br>
1.5 hours from here. Now that we have Koha libraries (and more on the<br>
way) here in California, it would be great to have a conference here<br>
so they could attend.<br>
We have a Sheraton in town plus some other economy hotels so we could<br>
hold the meeting at the Sheraton (depending on cost) or possibly at<br>
our community college or junior college or possibly one of several<br>
other venues here. I haven't checked into anything but the Sheraton.<br>
Any interest?<br>
Lori<br>
<br>
2011/1/13 Chris Cormack <<a href="mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz">chrisc@catalyst.net.nz</a>><br>
><br>
> * MJ Ray (<a href="mailto:mjr@phonecoop.coop">mjr@phonecoop.coop</a>) wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi MJ<br>
><br>
> > M. Brooke Helman wrote:<br>
> > > Surely, surely there are folks out there that these magic pixels will<br>
> > > reach that harbour a burning passion to host a Koha Conference. Step up and<br>
> > > declare your intent, please. The clock is ticking if we really do want an annual<br>
> > > Conference. Toss your hat in the ring. After all<br>
> > ><br>
> > > "How hard could it be?"<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://software.coop" target="_blank">software.coop</a> has agreed to evaluate the idea of hosting #kohacon11<br>
> > but we've been a bit busy (as ever). What do they need to know?<br>
> ><br>
> > We're still a fairly small company (not being able to pawn the company<br>
> > makes growth slower but stabler) so how many people would we need?<br>
> ><br>
> > Any notes the people at Catalyst can share? HLT? Plano? France?<br>
> ><br>
> > Is <a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_Conference_Bidding" target="_blank">http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_Conference_Bidding</a><br>
> > current?<br>
> ><br>
> Sorta<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Talk:Koha_Conference_Bidding" target="_blank">http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Talk:Koha_Conference_Bidding</a> is<br>
> worth readint too, as well as<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon2011_Proposals" target="_blank">http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon2011_Proposals</a><br>
><br>
> My suggestions learnt from hosting Kohacon10 .. get a venue and dates as<br>
> early as possible, to give people plenty of times to organise travel.<br>
> Then get speakers lined up, once you have those 3 things, everything<br>
> else starts clicking into place.<br>
><br>
> Chris<br>
><br>
><br>
> > Hope that helps,<br>
> > --<br>
> > MJ Ray (slef), member of <a href="http://www.software.coop" target="_blank">www.software.coop</a>, a for-more-than-profit co-op.<br>
> > Past Koha Release Manager (2.0), LMS programmer, statistician, webmaster.<br>
> > In My Opinion Only: see <a href="http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html" target="_blank">http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html</a><br>
> > Available for hire for Koha work <a href="http://www.software.coop/products/koha" target="_blank">http://www.software.coop/products/koha</a><br>
> > _______________________________________________<br>
> > Koha mailing list <a href="http://koha-community.org" target="_blank">http://koha-community.org</a><br>
> > <a href="mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</a><br>
> > <a href="http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha" target="_blank">http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha</a><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Chris Cormack<br>
> Catalyst IT Ltd.<br>
> +64 4 803 2238<br>
> PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand<br>
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