I'm still mulling over the national summit idea. > While having strong regional networks of open source supporters is > vital, I think a few nationally barnstorming evangelists would make > a big difference, too. How does one become a "barnstorming evangelist"? I'm already an evangelist, but I know my barnstorming needs work... Seriously, I'd love to see something like this happening but I don't know how to manufacture it. [Inter]National speaker-types seem mostly to spring up on their own, by writing and speaking well, getting invited to more and more engagements, etc. I've copied maddog since I'm guessing he's not on this list, so maybe he can chime in with ideas about building such a team of evangelists. Perhaps a yearly summit is just the sort of thing to form and perpetuate such a phenomenon. And for what it's worth, the goals of Software Freedom International are perfectly aligned with this sort of public education (as we say) about FOSS, so we'll be happy to do what we can. I've been looking for ways that SFD can be involved and I haven't identified any clear ones yet, other than posting relevant news stories and links our our website, etc. --matt -- Open Source Software Engineering Consultant http://majen.net/ 718 Fox Hollow Drive Hudson, NH 03051 U.S.A. +1 603.236.1054 (cell)
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