Re: BAD NEWS - Mark Shuttleworth is not coming to COSCUP / GNOME.Asia 2010

[Emily Chen <emilychen522 gmail com>]

Hi Rex, 

No problem. Then we will change the content about Mark in our CFS and website. 

Thanks for inform us, 
Emily

2010/6/17 Rex Tsai <rex cc tsai gmail com>

Hi, Emily and Pockey

We received the notification from Canonical, that due to Mark's travel
plan have changed, he will no longer to give a talk for the jointly
conference. That's a very bad news for us,  since they confirmed the
sponsorship and Mark's schedule just a couple weeks ago.

We are working on changing all the marketing materials. :-/ We will
ask  Canonical to send another speaker for the related talks. I will
see what's best we can do. I am really sorry!

Best Regards
-Rex

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Claire Newman <claire newman caninformonical com>
Date: 2010/6/16
Subject: Re: Mark Shuttleworth/COSCUP 2010
To: Rex Tsai <rex cc tsai gmail com>
副本： Hugh Blemings <hugh canonical com>, AceLan Kao
<acelan kao canonical com>, "kevin.huang" <kevin huang canonical com>,
COSCUP 2010 Program <program coscup org>, Bob Chao <bobchao gmail com>


Dear Rex,

It is with much regret that I write to inform you that Mark will no
longer be able to speak at COSCUP in August.  Unfortunately his travel
plans have changed and he will no longer be able to be in Taipei.

He thanks you for the kind invitation and sends his sincere apologies
for any inconvenience this may cause.

I hope the event is a huge success.

Kind regards,
Claire
PA to Mark Shuttleworth


Rex Tsai wrote:
>
> Dear Claire,
>   Thanks for the confirming the topic and photo file. :-)
>
> Regards
> -Rex
>
> 2010/6/8 Claire Newman<claire newman canonical com>:
>
>>
>> Hi Rex,
>>
>> The title of the keynote is:
>>
>> Unity: A new experience for all kinds of computing
>>
>> I will get the abstract to you the beginning of next week.  I have attached
>> a high res photo for you.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Claire
>>
>>
>>
>> Rex Tsai wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dear Claire,
>>>
>>>   Thanks, the keynote is allocated 45 minutes length.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> -Rex
>>>
>>> 2010/6/3 Claire Newman<claire newman canonical com>:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Rex,
>>>>
>>>> I will get this to you next week.  How long is allocated to the keynote?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Claire
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rex Tsai wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Claire
>>>>>
>>>>>   Thanks for promptly reply.
>>>>>   No worry, we still keep the talk slot for Mark. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>   I like to remind you that we will need your help for promoting the
>>>>> talk in Taiwan.We will use these materials for web and conference
>>>>> booklet.
>>>>>
>>>>>   I would appreciate if you can send us these information by early June.
>>>>>
>>>>> - the topic and abstract of Mark's keynote
>>>>> - high resolution photo of him.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Thank you very much!
>>>>>
>>>>> -Rex
>>>>>
>>>>> 2010/6/1 Claire Newman<claire newman canonical com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Rex,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apologies for not replying earlier, I am trying to confirm travel
>>>>>> around
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> event.  If still available the better day for Mark would be Saturday
>>>>>> 14th
>>>>>> August.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>> Claire
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rex Tsai wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Claire,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   It has been 2 weeks, I have not receive any reply yet. Kind of
>>>>>>> worry, that emails was ate by our spam filters. :-/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Would you please kindly confirm that you have received the email ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Also, I like to remind you that please let me know Mark's schedule
>>>>>>> to Taiwan by early June, so we can arrange the conference program for
>>>>>>> his keynote.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> -Rex
>>>>>>> 2010/5/19 Rex Tsai<chihchun kalug linux org tw>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear Hugh, Claire and Kevin,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you very much for helping us on inviting Mark to come to
>>>>>>>> Taiwan.
>>>>>>>> Members of the COSCUP / GNOME.Asia 2010 organizing team are all very
>>>>>>>> excited to hear this great news, the event will be very successful
>>>>>>>> with your participation. Thank you very much, we all look forward to
>>>>>>>> meeting you this August.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We are honoured to note Mark as *the* honorary keynote speaker this
>>>>>>>> year. Can Claire please let me know by early June which day between
>>>>>>>> August 14 and 15 Mark will be available? We'd like to have enough
>>>>>>>> lead
>>>>>>>> time to settle the conference program accordingly in June.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The main theme of COSCUP / GNOME.Asia 2010 is `Open web and mobile
>>>>>>>> technologies.' Mark's UDS keynote on Unity and Ubuntu Light is an
>>>>>>>> excellent topic for the conference because vendors in Taiwan will
>>>>>>>> love
>>>>>>>> it. But other topics on up-coming Ubuntu 10.10 or Gnome related
>>>>>>>> technologies are cool, too. By the way, 10.10.10 will be the National
>>>>>>>> Holiday of Taiwan, the nation will celebrate it with fireworks!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please send us the topic and abstract of Mark's keynote, as well as a
>>>>>>>> high resolution photo of him for web and conference booklet, also by
>>>>>>>> early June. Thank you very much!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To thank you and Kevin for your long time support to the communities
>>>>>>>> in Taiwan and COSCUP, we'd like to offer a special upgrade of your
>>>>>>>> sponsorship level, if you also like to sponsor this joint conference.
>>>>>>>> Among the 4 levels of sponsorships this year: Bronze, Silver, Gold,
>>>>>>>> and Diamond, your Bronze level sponsorship will be upgraded to Gold
>>>>>>>> level, and your Gold level sponsorship will be upgraded to Diamond
>>>>>>>> level.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Higher levels of sponsorship get more conference resources like
>>>>>>>> better
>>>>>>>> positioned Canonical logo, larger booth space, and additional
>>>>>>>> technical talk slots. It is also a good opportunity to promote
>>>>>>>> Canonical to local vendors and recruit more people from the local
>>>>>>>> communities.  :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot in advance. Please feel free to let me know if you need
>>>>>>>> anything.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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