[Koha] Fwd: Conference bids?

Tue Jan 25 19:27:29 NZDT 2011

I strongly support VPM Thane to hold Kohacon 2011.

Y.Yatheesh babu
Librarian
 Shri Shakti College of Hotel  Management
Venus Plaza Begumpet
Hyderabad-500 016
09966178388

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Koustubha Kale <kmkale at anantcorp.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
> Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane ( www.vpmthane.org ) would like an
> opportunity to host KohaCon 2011.
> VPM, Thane is an educational institute located in Thane which is right
> on the outskirts of Mumbai, the commercial capital of India. VPM,
> Thane is the founder of the Granthalaya.org ( www.granthalaya.org )
> project which is doing a lot to promote Koha in public libraries in
> this region.
> VPM, Thane is on a large campus which houses various colleges like
> Arts, Commerce, Science, Management, Advanced Study center,
> Polytechnic providing education from 11th standard upto PHD. The
> campus has five libraries which are in the process of migrating to
> Koha. VPM also has BLIB and MLIB courses on the same campus so has a
> number of library science teachers and students.
> The campus has several seminar halls well equipped with Internet
> connectivity, Audio and Video equipment as well as web casting
> capabilities. The campus also has excellent canteen facilities and in
> Thane city we have Domino's and Pizza Huts too..
> Thane city has several nice hotels & is very close to Mumbai so air
> connectivity is not an issue.
> The ideal time would be first week of November as it is Diwali
> holiday's so wont conflict with academic schedules. November is also a
> very pleasant season in this region.
>
> India is a beautiful country and you wont have a better excuse than
> KohaCon to visit us. So what say ya all?
>
> Regards,
> Koustubha Kale
> Anant Corporation
>
> Contact Details :
> Address  : 103, Armaan Residency, R. W Sawant Road, Nr. Golden Dyes
> Naka, Thane (w),
>                 Maharashtra, India, Pin : 400601.
> TeleFax  : +91-22-21720108, +91-22-21720109
> Mobile     : +919820715876
> Website  : http://www.anantcorp.com
> Blog : http://www.anantcorp.com/blog/?author=2
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>
> Date: 2011/1/19
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Conference bids?
> To: Chris Cormack <chrisc at catalyst.net.nz>
> Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop>
>
>
> Hi All,
> I live in a cute small town that is in the wine country of California,
> Petaluma.  Also, the town is scenic with lots of good restaurants and
> shopping.  We're 30 miles from the ocean, 45 minutes from San
> Francisco, and we have three international airports all within 1 to
> 1.5 hours from here.  Now that we have Koha libraries (and more on the
> way) here in California, it would be great to have a conference here
> so they could attend.
> We have a Sheraton in town plus some other economy hotels so we could
> hold the meeting at the Sheraton (depending on cost) or possibly at
> our community college or junior college or possibly one of several
> other venues here.  I haven't checked into anything but the Sheraton.
> Any interest?
> Lori
>
> 2011/1/13 Chris Cormack <chrisc at catalyst.net.nz>
> >
> > * MJ Ray (mjr at phonecoop.coop) wrote:
> >
> > Hi MJ
> >
> > > M. Brooke Helman wrote:
> > > >        Surely, surely there are folks out there that these magic
> pixels will
> > > > reach that harbour a burning passion to host a Koha Conference. Step
> up and
> > > > declare your intent, please. The clock is ticking if we really do
> want an annual
> > > > Conference. Toss your hat in the ring. After all
> > > >
> > > > "How hard could it be?"
> > >
> > > software.coop has agreed to evaluate the idea of hosting #kohacon11
> > > but we've been a bit busy (as ever).  What do they need to know?
> > >
> > > We're still a fairly small company (not being able to pawn the company
> > > makes growth slower but stabler) so how many people would we need?
> > >
> > > Any notes the people at Catalyst can share?  HLT?  Plano?  France?
> > >
> > > Is http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_Conference_Bidding
> > > current?
> > >
> > Sorta
> >
> > http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Talk:Koha_Conference_Bidding is
> > worth readint too, as well as
> > http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon2011_Proposals
> >
> > My suggestions learnt from hosting Kohacon10 .. get a venue and dates as
> > early as possible, to give people plenty of times to organise travel.
> > Then get speakers lined up, once you have those 3 things, everything
> > else starts clicking into place.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > > Hope that helps,
> > > --
> > > MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit
> co-op.
> > > Past Koha Release Manager (2.0), LMS programmer, statistician,
> webmaster.
> > > In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html
> > > Available for hire for Koha work
> http://www.software.coop/products/koha
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Koha mailing list  http://koha-community.org
> > > Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> > > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
> >
> > --
> > Chris Cormack
> > Catalyst IT Ltd.
> > +64 4 803 2238
> > PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand
> >
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)
> >
> > iEYEARECAAYFAk0vYUgACgkQZgbcHEvgMLNs8QCgrToqwUQSQbj5jj7/RU3BTQWN
> > h0IAn0KE/2EzlohpPvM/ODNplqJuelHm
> > =LpN1
> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Koha mailing list  http://koha-community.org
> > Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant
> The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com
> (707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
> Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering,
> workflow optimization, and materials handling
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
> _______________________________________________
> Koha mailing list  http://koha-community.org
> Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
> _______________________________________________
> Koha mailing list  http://koha-community.org
> Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
>

-- 
----------------------------
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/attachments/20110125/3c7eaa43/attachment-0001.htm 