[SFS] Fwd: My special invitation to SFS -- Fwd: "Intro to Ruby" webinar drawing

[David L. Willson]

I submitted my entry today.

Lorin: When will we know whether we've "won a seat"?

----- Original Message -----
From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson@thegeek.nu>
To: "sfs" <sfs@thegeek.nu>
Cc: "Lorin Ricker" <Lorin@rickernet.us>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 10:23:31 AM
Subject: [SFS] Fwd: My special invitation to SFS -- Fwd: "Intro to Ruby" webinar drawing

TL;DR? https://www.parsec.com/general/contest.php?r=58850

Dear Esteemed Fishes,

It's my pleasure to refer those of you who may be interested in Ruby to the Ruby webinar of Lorin Ricker, of PARSEC.

Lorin is my favorite Ruby teacher, my friend, and an inspired advocate for free software ideals.

--
David L. Willson
Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
http://sofree.us

This is a good time for a r3VOLution.

----- Forwarded Message -----
> Hi, Heather and David!  Hope the summer is treating you guys well!...
> As
> you can see from the attached message to CLUE, I've been busy -- I've
> managed to get our buddies at PARSEC to open up and experiment with
> some
> truly FOSS-like approaches to doing business.
> 
> The current announcement for the "15 free seats" drawing for this
> month's MEP is a only a first step, but it's an essential one,
> hopefully
> giving them a good taste of what can be!... Actually, Amy has been an
> early and strong convert and ally; she's even attended a couple of
> Denver.rb Ruby Community meetings with me, and is working diligently
> to
> understand and appreciate the "new business model."
> 
> Anyway, I hope you approve of this first attempt to make a beneficial
> contribution to the FOSS Community, and I hope you'll share this
> invite
> with your own SFS friends...  I'm truly hoping to fill *all* of the
> 15
> free seats, and I'm working hard to make sure that this particular
> MEP
> is a really worthwhile session for those who do attend.
> 
> Likely time for us to get together again soon!
> 
> warmest regards,
>    -- Lorin
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: "Intro to Ruby" webinar drawing
> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 19:08:10 -0600
> From: Lorin Ricker <Lorin@RickerNet.us>
> To: CLUE's mailing list <clue@cluedenver.org>
> 
> I'm pleased to let you all know that my new employer, long a supplier
> of
> "traditional" technology services to a legacy marketplace, has
> decided
> to offer free attendance to our next Masters Education Program
> webinar
> session, an "Introduction to the Ruby Programming Language," to be
> held
> on May 29th (Tuesday) at 11:00am MT.
> 
> Fifteen "seats" to this webinar will be given free of charge via a
> drawing.  This "Intro to Ruby" webinar is aimed at programmers,
> technical managers, beginners and anyone else who is interested in
> the
> Ruby programming language -- what's it all about, how does it compare
> with other more familiar languages, what is it used/good for, and
> what
> do typical code look like?
> 
> And although this is but a first step for this company to directly
> benefit the Free and Open Source Software community, the intention is
> that this will set a trend of support, participation and
> contribution...
> 
> With this message and announcement, I'm respectfully asking your
> help:
> If you know somebody who might benefit by participation in this
> "Intro
> to Ruby" webinar, would you kindly share the attached flyer with
> them,
> and encourage them to enter the drawing.  If this includes you,
> please
> consider entering the drawing.
> 
> And, although I'll personally be a bit surprised if we actually fill
> all
> the free seats, should that happen and demand exceeds this first
> offer,
> I'll do what I can to open up more opportunity, including a repeat
> performance either online or in other venues.  And yes, we are
> working
> diligently on new coursework to teach and support Ruby.
> 
> Thank you so much for your consideration and help!
> warm regards,
>     -- Lorin Ricker
>        Technical Instructor
>        The PARSEC Group
>