<div dir="ltr">I will come.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/2 Shachar Shemesh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shachar@shemesh.biz" target="_blank">shachar@shemesh.biz</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
I know this approach is extremely non standard, and that Haifux is a
club with "no registration required" attendance. I've been asked by
some of the Haifux admins to give the lecture I'm about to give this
Thursday at Herzelinux also at Haifux (August 10th is shaping out to be
the date). I will gladly do so, but......<br>
<br>
Giving a Haifux lecture requires some effort on my part. Aside from
everything else, this requires getting out of work at about 4 pm and
drive to Haifa, as well as drive back after a day in which I both
worked and drove and gave a lecture.<br>
<br>
All this I will gladly do, and enjoy it, except for one problem. More
often then not, there are only about five people present to actually
hear the lecture. It seems to be a lot of effort to achieve not much
effect.<br>
<br>
I, on my part, am more than willing to leave work early, drive both
direction and give the lecture, but you have to do one thing in return.
Show up.<br>
<br>
So I am asking this publicly. Assuming I do give a lecture on profile
guided optimization on August 10th, how many people intend to get out
of whatever important other stuff they usually do and show up? Quite
frankly, if it's about talking to an almost empty room, I don't think
I'll bother.<br>
<br>
Also, please note that if 20 people say "yes", and then I show up and
there are only five people present, I will have to seriously consider
whether I want to ever make the effort again, so please only say "yes"
if you truly think you will actually be there.<br>
<br>
Again, I know this is extremely unorthodox, but I have been extremely
busy of late, and while I love donating my time to pro-bono FOSS
activities, I would like to know that someone is actually enjoying the
fruits of my labor.<br>
<br>
If the show of hands is not significant, I would suggest that those
people who are interested in hearing the lecture try to arrive to
Herzelia this Thursday at 6:30pm. I know, it's a long drive, it
requires leaving work early, and it means there is a long drive home
afterwards. I know how it feels.<br>
<br>
Shachar<br>
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
<a href="http://www.lingnu.com" target="_blank">http://www.lingnu.com</a>
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