[kNews] Celebrity liaisons, Tonight's Kendra meeting, Finances...

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Dear All,

We have a bit of a star spangled newsletter for you today...

1. Celebrity liaison needed - can you catch a star?
2. Tonight's central London meeting - a slice of hot futurama
3. Finances are up - a question of funding
4. The Broadband Future Workshop - MILIA audio is up
5. Event Summary

1. CELEBRITY LIAISON NEEDED - CAN YOU CATCH A STAR?

More and more celebrities are talking about different ways of driving the 
content market and getting consumers what they want. People like: David 
Bowie, Sting, Bono, Peter Gabriel, Bob Geldof, Prince and George Michael to 
name but a few.
 

The common thread is that they just want the content distribution system to 
work seamlessly. So, how powerful would it be if they championed Kendra 
Initiative as the vehicle to do this? Pretty powerful!
 

So, we are looking for someone to liaise with celebrities. Fearless in the 
face of closed doors and "I'll just put you on hold" phone calls. Are you 
that person? Can you catch a star? Get in touch by reply!
 

2. TONIGHT'S CENTRAL LONDON MEETING - A SLICE OF HOT FUTURAMA

If you find yourself, after a hard day's work, walking London's cold, 
lonely streets then why not brighten up your evening with a slice of hot 
futurama? Pop in to your local Kendra meeting at Olswang, 90 High Holborn, 
WC1V 6XX.
 

Network with musicians, filmmakers, mobile operators and many more. 
Converse on topics wide and various - as long as it's about an open and 
level marketplace for content, of course! You'll see our distributed 
semantic catalogue publishing and querying prototype. You'll find out how 
to get your content advertised on our catalogue trial.
 

Please do take the time to register as those nice people at Olswang are 
printing cute little badges for everyone. And, yes, you get to keep the 
badge! For tonight's meeting please arrive at 17:30 for a 18:00 start.
 

You can read all about this and other meetings and how to register here:
http://www.kendra.org.uk/meetings.php#future-meetings

3. FINANCES ARE UP - A QUESTION OF FUNDING

Kendra Foundation finances are, and will always be, open and public. You 
can see them here:
 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/foundation-finances.php

As you can see I've put in 14458.75 quid so far and another 6580.00 is 
earmarked for further development. A question for would-be 
sponsors/donators: should my 21038.75 be a loan or a donation? Which is 
more attractive for you to donate funds? For more discussion please see 
kFW:
 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/lists/archive/k-framework/msg00113.html

If you want to fund Kendra Foundation or you know of rich deposits buried 
not too deep underground then do get in touch do by reply. It would be of 
great help it would. Also see:
 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/wiki/wiki.pl?KendraFunding

4. THE BROADBAND FUTURE WORKSHOP - MILIA AUDIO IS UP

We now have audio of our runaway success The Broadband Future Workshop 
session at MILIA earlier this month. So you can get even closer to actually 
being there. Something to warm your cockles on a cold night when there's 
not a Kendra meeting in sight. See:
 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/wiki/wiki.pl?KendraMeeting20040402Minutes

5. EVENT SUMMARY

- Wednesday 28th April - Olswang, London, WC1V 6XX
- Wednesday 5th May - City University, London, EC1V 0HB
  in collaboration with BCS Internet Specialist Group,
  ACM British Chapter and Dept of Computing, City University
- Wednesday 19th May - Charles Russell, London, EC4A 1RS

For more information and registration see:
http://www.kendra.org.uk/meetings.php#future-meetings

So, that just about wraps it up for another few weeks. Stay well and of 
good spirit! ;-)
 

Cheers Daniel

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