<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ladypine@gmail.com">ladypine@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><div>Indeed, I intended to arrive, and I have even had a key during the last two semesters (but not before that - we managed without for years, as explained before). However, I was unable to come on the last minute.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I am sorry there was nobody there who knew Moti should be contacted. This indeed will be fixed in the future as a part of the regular lecturer-inviting protocol.</div><div><br></div><div>Orna.<div><div>
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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Eli Billauer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eli@billauer.co.il" target="_blank">eli@billauer.co.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello,<br>
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Since I've been seen presenting the speaker in some talks, and sometimes even made sure the projector is available (even though I don't have the key myself), and I sometimes announce lectures, I suppose some people will consider myself as an organizer. But the truth is, that Haifux has been running for quote a few years without appointing anyone to "organize" the event. Exactly as in the free software world, the slots have been filled by whoever was there to fill them.<br>
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I'm sorry to hear about today's mishap. It's a truly rare event, and it looks like the shortcircuit lies somewhere between myself and Orna. Personally, I had other things on my mind, and I actually wasn't aware that anything was planned for today. One lesson to learn is that a lecture announced on the same day is a bad omen.<br>
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A second bad omen is when you're going to give a lecture, and you have no phone number whatsoever to call in case something goes wrong (stuck on the road, for example). It's actually true for any kind of appointment one makes.<br>
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Please keep in mind that the only dedicated staff in any lecture, is the speaker himself (or herself). Arriving at a lecture expecting that everything has been fixed by just somebody is a bit of a gambling. It works almost always, but this time, it just didn't. And allow me to say, as someone who has delivered professional courses, that the same rule applies in the "real world".<br>
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Having said all this, I'd still like to apologize for the inconvenience. The few of us involved will make sure this will not happen again.<br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div>-- <br>Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda.<br><a href="http://ladypine.org" target="_blank">http://ladypine.org</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all">Thanks for the apologies, Eli and Orna.<div><br></div><div>Ram.</div></div>