Jeff Waugh in Toronto

[Colin McGregor]

--- Behdad Esfahbod <behdad-26n5VD7DAF2Tm46uYYfjYg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi Colin,
> 
> Thanks for the note.  My comments below:
> 
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Colin McGregor wrote:
> 
> > >From the above I would assume the hotel and
> lecture
> > hall are effectively dealt with.
> 
> I'm arranging for the lecture hall, that should be
> fine.  As for hotel, he's got my couch, which is
> admittedly short shorter than he is. :-D
> 
> > Have you got a tour
> > guide/minder who will show him a bit of the city
> and
> > make sure he gets to the lecture hall on time?
> Other
> > stuff, PR will be needed, have the following been
> > looked at (and would you like me to look into)?:
> 
> Basically he's arriving on 7th around 4PM to
> downtown, we probably chat and have a walk in
> downtown, then lecture, then head out with
interested
> parties for dinner, and he leaves the day after.
> 
> I was thinking about PR, would be awesome if you
> could help please.  Since I'll be in Montreal the
> entire next week myself. I will send the
announcement
> when the time/location are finalized, and please go
> ahead and contact any of these.
> 
> As for fliers, I will ask a friend to take care of
> UofT, and possibly the College & Spadina area, but
> not Seneca, etc.
>
> > - the upcoming events section of the free
> newspapers
> >   (Eye, Now, etc.).

Last I checked the deadline for an announcements (and
it has been a while since I last checked) in the
Thursday editions of Now/Eye (and they only appear
once a week) is the proceeding Monday. Since the talk
will be Nov. 7th, I expect the last day an
announcement of this sort could be inserted is October
31st.

> > - the business calendar sections of the non-free
> >   newspapers (Globe and Mail, Toronto Star,
> Toronto
> >   Sun, etc.)

Not sure what lead times we are looking at here, but
again the sooner details can be firmed up the better.

> > - Passing out fliers at the local PC clone shops.
> > - email to the other computer (but not necessarily
> >   Linux) related mailing lists.

Any time next week should be fine.

> > - Fliers posted in educational institutions (i.e.
> >   University of Toronto, Seneca College,
> Centennial
> >   College, etc.).

An annoying truth with these places is that in order
to get this stuff up on the notice board you normally
need an approval sticker from a student association or
other like body. In the case of Centennial College
(the last such body I dealt with) the approval group
and the place where we would most want signs are at
different campuses, both out of the way...

> > What else am I am missing here?
> 
> Nothing, that's all I was expecting.
> 
> > In other words ask specific help and while I will
> not
> > not promise results I will be happy to see what I
> can
> > do.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --behdad
> http://behdad.org/
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