[Leaplist] Out of Country Visitor.

[Phil Barnett]

On Sunday 09 December 2007 06:21:30 pm Kevin Anderson wrote:
> If Jan 17th is open, I'd be happy to do a presentation then.  Again, I'll
> cover the mail server Scalix.

Great, Thanks.

> I'm not a lurker here, let's call me a recently arrived snowbird.  So if
> there's interest, I'll need some details about where you present, how long
> I should plan for.  How many people, etc.  In our LUG, that would come from
> the Executive, is that how you also work down here?

We're incorporated non-profit and have an elected board and officers. Since 
I'm currently the Chief Cook and Bottlewasher this year, I can say it's a go.

We usually have between 20 to 30 people at the meetings and the topics can run 
anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours, with 1 hour being average. If it is 
short, we just break into little topical groups and converse. We generally 
play even the formal meetings loose enough that if you hit a technical snag, 
we just talk about stuff until we continue.

> Scalix is targeted as an alternative to Exchange.  That means that it
> supports Linux and Mac clients, but it also supports MS Outlook.  In my
> experience, most people need to that support, as this is really meant (at
> least on the higher end), as a corporate product (Though it's free for <10
> Premium users and/or unlimited Standard users).  So one other thing I'd
> benefit from (assuming the presentation is of interest at all) is to know
> which clients people care about.  I have Ubuntu on my desktop and my
> daughters have WinXP (as mandated by their school).

Information gathering seems like a fair exchange for a presentation.

> Also, Full Disclosure, I am a Scalix reseller/partner.  I'm not looking to
> make this a presentation about myself or our company, I'm in town for a
> while, and thought it would be nice to connect with some likeminded people.
>   But in case anyone checks on the domain my email address is attached to
> (digital-adrenaline dot com) we do resell Scalix.  I present on it simply
> because I work with it every day, and I know it well.

We've had corporate product presentations before and they went fine. The only 
thing we ask is that is remain technical and not turn into a sales call. If 
someone there likes it, then they'll know how to find you if you post your 
presentation on our web site.