User group meeting, Saturday July 8th, Moat House Hotel, Oxford

[Paul Richards]

Roger Hardiman wrote:
> 
> Mark Ovens wrote:
> 
> > So, flying back to the colonies is going to "promote and grow" FreeBSD in
> > Europe? Thanks for your conscientious approach to the job you've been
> > employed to do Stefan.
> 
> Let me give you the full story before you think Stefan is
> not interested in the UK User Group.
> 
> Why he cannot come
> ------------------
> The Oxford meeting _was_ going to be on 1st July.
> AND Stefan was coming to give a presentation.
> 
> But we had to postpone the meeting to 8th July.
> Stefan had to return to the USA on 4th July
> for 2 weeks.
> Remember, that he is employed by a company in the USA
> and does have to go back to the main Office from time to time.

I just want to re-iterate this point, Stefan is eager to come and speak
to the UKUG and was committed to attending on the 1st. We knew he had a
prior commitment to fly out to the US sometime after that and it is our
fault that we didn't check exactly when he was flying before booking the
meeting for the 8th. The fact that we hadn't checked the new date with
him was why his session was marked as provisional.

As Roger has already said, he is now preparing a statement that Nik will
present in his absence. Please don't draw any conclusions about his
commitment to FreeBSD from the fact that he is unable to attend since it
is entirely our fault and not in any part his.

We already have ideas for future events and I'm certain that Stefan will
want to speak at them.

Paul.