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Nu departe de Rasnov, orasul meu natal, se afla Statiunea Paraul Rece.

Acum cativa ani, intuind potentialul turistic deosebit al zonei, am cumparat domeniile paraul-rece.ro is paraul-rece.com in ideea ca, atunci cand timpul va veni, sa lansez un portal de informatii turistice.

Nu stiu daca a venit inca timpul (acum cateva zile am vizitat locurile si am fost din nou vrajit de linistea si farmecul zonei), statiunea este in crestere, se construieste mult, asa ca am inceput incet-incet sa pun cateva informatii si imagini pe sit.

Cred ca merita sa aruncati o privire. Inca o data, situl este “doar o schita in lucru” pentru moment incerc sa adun ceva continut si abia dupa aceea sa pun un CMS sau blog si sa-i dau un aspect.

Deci pentru cine e curios, linkul este: http://www.paraul-rece.ro/ .

You can check this link to see (almost real time images from eLiberatica 2008!

>>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=eliberatica+2008&z=t&s=rec

Dupa o calatorie lunga si obositoare, am ajuns cu bine in tara si ne revenim.
Intre timp, toate pregatirile pentru conferinta au continuat si continua. Toti oaspetii au confirmat venirea, totul este pregatit; avem pana si translatori pentru ei astfel incat vor putea intelege si prezentarile ce se tin in limba romana. Si astfel dialogul se va puea realiza usor. La fel si in privinta publicului, totul decurge conform planului.

Pentru ca ne-am gandit sa oferim o sansa de participarea si celor care s-au hotarat in ultima clipa, am pregatit urmatorul email pe care l-am lansat. M-am gandit ca este util sa il postez si aici; il gasiti mai jos.

Nu voi mai continua desi mi-ar place sa scriu mai mult. Pentru cei care vor veni la eLiberatica, ne intalnim acolo. Pentru cei care nu vor veni, vom tine legatura ca si pana acum prin mail.

A fost un an de pregatiri acerbe, efortul a fos mai mare decat anul trecut, dar toate acestea sunt sigur ca nu au fost in van. eLiberatica 2008 o va depasi pe cea din 2007. Printre altele - desi avem ghinionul din nou de a tine evenimentul exact cand sunt alegeri - avem pana acum 20 de ziaristi si reprezentanti media inscrisi. Deci se va auzi sper despre Open Source si Free Software la un nivel national de data asta.

Tin sa multumesc personal tuturor celor care au ajutat si celor care ne vor onora cu prezenta.

Va doresc toate cele bune si sper sa ne vedem cu bine la eLiberatica.
Lucian

 
—— blas email - eLiberatica 2008 —————–

Dragi prieteni,

Mai sunt doar 2 zile pana la startul celei de-a doua editii eLiberatica, cel mai important eveniment Open Source / Free Software din Romania.

Pregatirile se apropie de final si organizatorii prezic o editie ce va depasi succesul avut anul trecut.

Pentru cei care nu au avut sansa sa se inregistreze inca, se vor putea achizitiona bilete la desk-ul de inregistrare, vineri dimineata.
Preturile biletelor vor fi:

- 200 RON pentru DCT
- 400 RON pentru LMT (Last Minute Ticket - inlocuieste BCT, nu ofera mese)
- 130 RON pentru Freedom Party Ticket.

La cinele organizate in cinstea invitatilor de peste hotare nu se mai pot cumpara bilete, datorita locurilor limitate din incinta restaurantului (totul a fost deja ocupat).
 

Conferinta va incepe vineri dimineata cu procesul de inregistrare a participantilor intre orele 8 si 8:40.
Agenda completa a evenimentului o puteti consulta la http://eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-speakers-and-schedule#Schedule .
 

Speram sa ne vedem cu bine la eLiberatica si sa avem cu totii experienta unui eveniment cu adevarat special!
Echipa eLiberatica
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For information regarding registration you can contact us at:

- Andreea Maier, PR Manager, Agora Media
andreea.maier@agora.ro
Mobile: (+ 4)-0730-119.721
Telephone: (+ 4)-021-330.92.82
Fax: (+ 4)-021-330.92.85

- Mihai Bucuroiu, Sales Manager, Agora Media
mihai.bucuroiu@agora.ro
Mobile: (+ 4)-0723-408.990

- Daniel Dan, Sales Representative, Agora Media
daniel.dan@agora.ro
Mobile: (+ 4)-0722-589.735

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eLiberatica Conference is raised to its high standards with the support of these generous sponsors. The conference organizers would like to thank all of its sponsors for their support in organizing and promoting this unique IT event in Romania.

More details in the “Partners and Sponsors” section:
http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-partners-and-sponsors

The preparation of eLiberatica is heading to the final steps. It was a tremendous amount of work but we will have an outstanding event.

 There are many people who helped eLiberatica, and they deserve recognition. I have in plan after the conference to write a special report and thank you and list them all.

For now, I would like to present you a few people who helped with all their power this wonderful event, and not only this year and not only a few bits, but actually going outside and posting flyers, speaking with people and doing all their best to spread the word.

Below are some pictures sent by Dana Dorneanu, Tibi Turbureanu and Mihai Geza, plus their friends.

We published the latest news a few days ago: Last steps in the preparation of one of the biggest IT events in Romania.

This week we are finalizing the conference schedule and we hope to publish it at the beginning of next week.

Stay tuned

OK, so on 24th March the Document Freedom Day was celebrated.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that at least 3 Romanian groups promoted the event in the country.

My joy didn’t last too long. Today I learned that, again, Romania is voting for OOXML. I’ve been following very carefully all the debates related to ODF and OOXML on one of the most serious IT Romanian forums (TIC-Lobby), and was happy to see Romanians identifying the traps and misleading ‘promises’ OOXML brings. I was sure this time they were going to vote the right way. Wrong! It seems that ASRO (The Romanian Standardization Association) - which in this vote was comprised of 26 organizations representatives - decided that Romania is for OOXML. I have to stop and wonder: are these 26 organizations representing the variety and depth of public opinion? The whole economical and technical spectrum of an entire Country? How is that possible?

A good picture I found on the web. I would name it - “The size matters”

I found this article pretty interesting and pretty self explanatory. Although the author is playing with suppositions, I would suggest you read, think and decide for yourself. What is your common sense saying?
“Romania says yes to OOXML once again”

Also, I have found two excellent articles about open formats and Open Source in general. Even if you’re not in IT, it’s well worth your while to read it.
Mircea Sarbu is one of the most respected and trusted IT specialists I’ve met in Romania. Well done Mircea!

The articles are only in Romanian, unfortunately (or fortunately, so all the Romanians will understand it).

• “De facto si de jure“
• “Open Source ca afacere“

Last but not least, I’d like to pass on an important and timely note: Louis Suarez-Potts, the OpenOffice.org Community Manager and probably one of the most knowledgeable person in the ODF/OOXML dispute, is coming to speak at eLiberatica this spring.
Barbara Held from European Union will be there, too.

I hope the Romanians will take this chance and understand clearly what this ODF/OOXML war is about. And why it matters for everybody. And especially for them.