[kNews] News: Talking Kendra...

[Daniel Harris <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,

I've got a sneaking suspicion that planet Kendra isn't a planet after all 
but some kind of asteroid hurtling through space on a bizarre elliptical 
orbit. That's the only explanation I can come up with for these seemingly 
random news letters. Anyway, putting celestial bodies aside, here's some 
news... 

- Talking Kendra
- Tour Asia
- Tour America
- Influencing Kendra's direction - joining the mailing lists
- Richard M Stallman hits Cambridge CODE conference
- DDMI offer 30% discount to Kendra Participants
- Thanks to IIR for hosting meeting


Talking Kendra
--------------

As you may have guessed we're going through a "tell everyone about 
Kendra" phase. This can take many forms: 

- Speaking at conferences - We can't be all places at once so if you want 
to say a few words about Kendra at an event then please do so. Also, if you 
want to do a whole talk then get in touch. We're getting lots of requests 
for speakers from conference organisers. For example, Andi Freeman will be 
representing Kendra Initiative at Broadband Network Services in May. If you 
want a guide on what to say have a look at this presentation: 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/documents/200102ContentDeliverySummit.ppt

- Getting Kendra to endorse/publicise relevant events - Even if we can't 
physically be at an event a good way to get Kendra publicity is to endorse 
an event. We're getting lots of offers for this too. For example, Kendra 
endorsed Content Delivery Networks in New York with a logo on their 
website. We got several hundred people referred though their site and this 
continues. Many thanks to Stardust for this! 

- Exchanging links with events/organisations - Need I say more. If you hear 
of an event that you think other Kendra Participants would be interested in 
then let us know. Also, if you want to put a link on your website you can 
use the following logo: 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/participate.php#ParticipantLogo

- Registering colleagues on the website - If you think that colleagues 
should get more involved in Kendra then why not invite them to register on 
the website or offer to do it for them. 


Tour Asia
---------

The next few months will find me in Asia. I'll be attending 2 conferences 
in Hong Kong: Carriers World Asia Pacific 2001 and Streaming Media Asia 
2001. Might try to get some sun in too! For more details on conferences 
see: 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/news.php#FutureEvents 


Tour America
------------

Forming a rough plan to have a spell in America towards the end of the 
year. A few conferences look interesting: Streaming Media East 2001 in New 
York and Content Delivery Networks in San Jose. But nothing confirmed yet. 
About time I made a nuisance of myself over in the US, me thinks! 


Influencing Kendra's direction - joining the mailing lists
----------------------------------------------------------

If you want to play a part in influencing where Kendra is going then the 
best way to do this is by subscribing to the mailing lists. Yes, the lists 
are still there, waiting for you... 

To clear up any confusion you are currently getting this email on an 
announce list - one way traffic only - from me to you. Now you have the 
option to join discussion lists - two way - from any list member to any 
other list member. This means people can now talk to each other about 
everything they'd rather be doing instead (as long as it's relevant to 
Kendra, that is! ;-) 

To get on or off the lists please go to:
http://www.kendra.org.uk/network-details.php#MailingLists

If you have forgotten your username or password then go to:
http://www.kendra.org.uk/forgot.php

Please see links to the archives here:
http://www.kendra.org.uk/lists.php#Lists

And who's on the lists here:
http://www.kendra.org.uk/lists.php#ParticipantsByList

And the list guidelines here:
http://www.kendra.org.uk/lists.php#Guidelines


Richard M Stallman hits Cambridge CODE conference
-------------------------------------------------

This looks interesting and I'll be there heckling. In their own words:

HACKERS HIT CAMBRIDGE...
CODE: COLLABORATION AND OWNERSHIP IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY is an 
international conference between 4th and 6th April 2001. Venue is Queens' 
College, Cambridge University. The line up of speakers includes Richard M 
Stallman, Bruce Perens, James Boyle, Bob Young, Anne Nigten, Robin Msnsell, 
Geert Lovink & John Naughton.  Plus Drazen Pantic of B92 (Serbia) and 
OpenNet (New York). 

Topics to be addressed include copyright-v-community; reward and 
responsibility in distributed networks; private interests, freedom and 
control and the 'future of knowledge'.  Costs for full accommodation 
including conference in the college - £300 (Commercial - includes 25% 
discount for Kendra Participants) £180 (non-profit).  Contact:  
bronac.ferran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or Academia Europaea at +44 00 207 734 
5402 for more informaton; see http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/CODE for full 
programme and registration details.   


DDMI offer 30% discount to Kendra Participants
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There's going to be quite a few Kendra Participants at this event. I'm 
looking forward to it! For more details see: 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/news.php#FutureEvents


Thanks to IIR for hosting meeting
---------------------------------

Thanks to IIR for hosting the most recent Kendra meeting. It was more of a 
discussion and no minutes were taken. The P2P/CDN conferences were very 
interesting. Shows how both P2P and CDN worlds are converging (albeit with 
a sense of reluctance on both sides ;-). Many new possibilities are going 
to be opened up in terms of working practices. I don't think we've even 
seen the tip of the iceberg yet...  

...fun times ahead! ;-)

Cheers Daniel


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