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Re: Fwd: Fwd: Re: Canonical sponsorship for UbuConLA 2012

 

Ok, no problem at all.

I think we must ask sponsorship for the Montevideo edition of UbuConLA
right now !

On 05/29/2012 11:20 AM, Martin Albisetti wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michelle Surtees-Myers <michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:42 AM
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Canonical sponsorship for UbuConLA 2012
> To: Martin Albisetti <beuno@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> Apologies for the delay in getting back to you on this.
>
> As I suspected, our sponsorship budget for 2012 has already been
> allocated, and we are not going to be able to sponsor UbuConLa this
> year.
>
> We assess our budget during the last quarter of the year for the
> following year, so if you would like sponsorship for 2013, please let
> us know as soon as you can.
>
> Best of luck for the event.
>
> Cheers
> Michelle
>
>
>  >
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> From: Guillermo Lisi
> <guillermolisi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: 13 May 2012 04:18:45 GMT+01:00
>> To: Cezzaine Haigh <cezzaine.haigh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Martin Albisetti <beuno@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Canonical sponsorship for UbuConLA 2012
>> Reply-To: guillermolisi@xxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Dear Cezzaine,
>>
>> We are writing in order to inform you that Argentina and Uruguay LoCo Teams
>> have organized the first regional LatinAmerican event called UbuConLa.
>>
>> This event requires investment and expenses which have to be covered by all
>> of us. Therefore we would be pleased to be able to count on your
>> sponsorship, in the same way we did when organising UbuCon in Buenos Aires
>> in 2010.
>>
>> Hereinafter we are giving you some details about the event to be held on
>> June 1st and 2nd.
>>
>> UbuConLA 2012 is an annual international event, that will take place in a
>> different city of Latin America each year. This event is an idea of the
>> members of Argentina and Uruguay LoCo Teams, with the following objectives:
>>
>> Sharing the experiencies and skills acquired in corporate environments by
>> specialists from Latin America in several projects and contexts.
>>
>> Showing the level reached by Ubuntu GNU / Linux and professionals working in
>> business environments, as well as consultants, users or systems managers.
>>
>> Technically and socially integrate users and specialists from Latin America,
>> both for acquisition of new knowledge and skills and taking advantage of the
>> creation business opportunities in the region.
>>
>> Spreading the Ubuntu spirit throughout Latin America.
>>
>> Institutionalizing UbuConLA as "The Annual Ubuntu Event "for Latin America.
>>
>>
>> The 2012 edition will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the Universidad
>> Austral on the 1st and 2nd of June 2012.
>>
>> For the 1st of June we have prepared lectures for enterprises and
>> businessmen. These lectures will be about different topics as real cases
>> experiences, how to get support or Ubuntu at Education as we are inviting
>> the government authorities.
>>
>> On the 2nd of June these lectures will be much more Community oriented
>> schedule with lectures for new and power users in different threads.
>>
>> This edition of the UbuConLA will be having people from, Argentina, Uruguay,
>> Venezuela and Colombia. We have already arranged the next two host cities to
>> celebrate UbuConlA 2013 - Montevideo, Uruguay and UbuConLA 2014 – Colombia.
>>
>> Looking forward to your answer about the possibility of the above mentioned
>> sponsorship,
>> Yours faithfully,
>>
>> --
>> Guillermo Lisi
>> http://ubuntu.org.ar
>> http://ubuntu.org.uy
>> http://www.guillermolisi.com.ar
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Michelle Surtees-Myers
>> Canonical Group Ltd
>>
>> Ubuntu - Linux for human beings
>
>


-- 
Guillermo Lisi
http://ubuntu.org.ar
http://ubuntu.org.uy
http://www.guillermolisi.com.ar



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