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[Stian Rødven Eide <stian AT fripost.org>]

>From what I recall and noted down, we did not decide that. It was one of
several solutions.

Sumana Hariharesware would also be my first priority among the suggestions.

2013-10-06 18:55, Oliver Propst skrev:
> That was unfortunate to hear, but it is great that she are positive to
> keynote next year!
> The question is if we have time to invite another keynotespeaker? If I
> remember
> correctly we come to the conclusion at last meeting that if Mel Chu was
> unable to attend we would only have Karen Sandler, do we still agree to
> that? Otherwise I suggest that we ask  Sumana Harihareswara.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Stian Rødven Eide 
> <stian AT fripost.org
> <mailto:stian AT fripost.org>>
>  wrote:
> 
>     As discussed I contacted Mel Chua to do our second keynote. She was very
>     positive and almost confirmed her participation, but had to change her
>     mind as she has an examination on the Monday after FSCONS.
> 
>     She did, however suggest a few alternative speakers that could hold a
>     good keynote on the same topic. Since we don't really have time to hold
>     another proper vote, I hereby suggest that I try to get one of these as
>     a replacement for Mel. The suggestions are in her mail forwarded below.
>     Any objections?
> 
> 
>     -------- Ursprungligt meddelande --------
>     Ämne: Re: Invitation to deliver keynote at FSCONS 2013
>     Datum: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 11:29:45 -0400
> 
>     Hi, Stian --
> 
>     Unfortunately, I had to set a date for my preliminary doctoral
>     examinations between our last round of emails, and the only available
>     date range for my committee makes it impossible to keynote in Sweden on
>     Sunday afternoon and still be back in time for Monday examination
>     events.
> 
>     However, I'd like to suggest several other people who might give great
>     talks on "The Semantics of Freedom." All are heavily involved with Free
>     Culture work.
> 
>     * Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia engineering community manager
>     * Sky Croeser, Curtin University lecturer
>     * Andrea Horbinski, UC Berkeley PhD student
>     * Joseph Reagle, Northeastern University professor
> 
>     I'd suggest reaching out to them and seeing if they can make the trip.
> 
>     I'd love to be kept in mind for next year's FSCONS, especially now that
>     I know that speaker travel funding is available (and can think about
>     scheduling somewhat farther in advance). Next year also has the
>     advantage that I won't have my doctoral examinations scheduled in the
>     fall. :)
> 
>     --Mel
> 
>     PS: For the record, I was thinking about a talk about how we've
>     constructed the boundaries of Free Culture through the words and
>     semantics we use in our dialogues -- and how those boundaries both
>     attract and repel people from various aspects of the movement.
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