[ale] [ANNC] ALE Pecha Kucha Contest & Solstice Celebration - DECEMBER 17th

[Charles Shapiro]

OOoh, ooh, I have a GP32x Wiz!  Maybe that's a pecha-kucha topic..

I have MAME running on it .. childhood video parlor games running in my
pocket! What could be Khouler??

-- CHS

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Aaron Ruscetta <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is an advance invitation for all interested parties to
> prepare an impressive entry for our December 17th, 2009
> ALE Central Meeting, where we will be holding our 2nd
> Annual (informal) Pecha Kucha Contest and Solstice
> Celebration!
>
> Pecha Kucha, for the uninitiated Linux presentation Ninja,
> is a Japanese term for "chit chat" that was adopted in 2003
> to refer to short presentations designed under the constraints
> of using just 20 slides that are shown for just 20 seconds
> each, thus producing a concise presentation that is only 6
> minutes and 40 seconds in length.
> (ref:  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha> or
> <http://www.pecha-kucha.org/> )
>
> The rules for our informal ALE version of Pecha Kucha are
> a little less stringent, but still very demanding.  Quoting from
> last years announcement post to the ALE.org site:
> <http://mail.ale.org/index.php?s=pecha+kucha>
> =====
> The OSS Pecha Kucha Contest:
> -- As topical entertainment for the evening everyone is invited
> participate in our Geek version of a Karaoke contest and provide
> a (modified) Pecha Kucha style presentation on a Linux or Open
> Source related topic. Presenters will be allotted 10 minutes at
> the microphone and [up to] 20 computer slides [and/or video
> media clips]  to fully enlighten the audience with every single
> item of information there is to know about their Open Source
> related topic. After all the Pecha Kucha performers are done,
> the audience will select their favorite...
> =====
>
> Nominations for, and contributions of, appropriate prize(s) for
> the winner(s) are welcome -- last year I donated a copy of the
> Linux Command Line and Bash Shell Programming Bible to
> the cause.
>
> The more presenters and participants the merrier!  So pull
> that Open Office program out of its sheath and show us
> your most IMPRESSive Ninja presentation skills!
>
> Please RSVP to arxAaron at gmail.com if you are interested
> in offering an OSS Pecha Kucha entry at our December 17th
> ALE meeting and I will keep the list appraised of the various
> topics to avoid duplications.
>
>
> peace
> Aaron Ruscetta
> ALE Event Coordinator (etc.)
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