Hello All,<br>We last met at the Deeproot office and took several decisions. Before tomorrow's meeting I hope that we can prepare to review the status of our various efforts.<br>1. With regard to conference bank account-funds are required for day-to-day conference preparation.
<br>2. Travel and boarding/logding arrangements.<br>3. Open session with RMS on the 22nd of August. Venue, cost, etc...<br>4. Media coverage- very important!!! But no sign of it in any form of media except online.<br>5. Volunteers.
<br>6. Event publicity.<br>7. Call for paper presentations.<br>8. Sending out invitations. Are the finalised invitations/press notes ready on the Conference letterhead?<br>9. We need a contact person for international registrations for visa, etc...
<br>10. Technical aspects-Audio/video streaming, dedicated IRC channel, etc...<br>11. campaign material-posters, handbills, merchandise for sale, etc...<br>12. Sponsors.<br>13. Delegate pack with relevant materials such as transcripts of speakers' presentations, 
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; promotional CD/s, notepads, pen,etc...<br>14. Others/etc...<br>Hope that we can discuss/review these points.<br>-- <br>Regards<br>Vikram Vincent