fyi... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sophia Manika <smanika [ at ] innovathens [ dot ] gr> Date: Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:19 PM Subject: Re: Athens "Innovating Privacy" event by the Greek Free and Open Source Society-a request To: Jo Porter <jo [ at ] ind [ dot ] ie> Cc: aral [ at ] ind [ dot ] ie, Panagiotis Stathopoulos <panagiotis [ dot ] stathopoulos [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>, "karounos [ at ] eellak [ dot ] gr" <karounos [ at ] eellak [ dot ] gr> Hi Jo, Thank you for your prompt answer! You are very correct! We do not have a definite date for the event; this is going to be settled mainly between you and the Greek Free/Open Source Software. In fact, Mr. Stathopoulos will inform you about the dates and the program as well. The event will be promoted through innovathens.gr and ellak.gr as well as through other online and paper press. No announcement has been made yet because we first need to scetch the program and the date. After (strong) negotiations and brainstorming we managed to secure a 1250€ funding for the visit. --and maybe 17 degrees :) As soon as we settle this we can start with the promo. Please, say yes! Have a nice day, Sophia On 23/1/2015 6:56 μμ, Jo Porter wrote: Hi Sophia, Thanks for getting back to me :) Let’s see if we can sort something out that we’re all happy with; first things first, I don’t think I’ve actually got a definite date for the event, has that been settled on yet? With regards to the other details, we’re happy to be flexible as much as we can be, since it sounds like a really awesome event. If you are able to find a way to justify Aral’s honorarium, that’d be really fantastic, as we do depend on honorariums to compensate for the time Aral takes out for events. Can you give me as much information about the event as possible, I had a look on the innovathens website, but I couldn’t seem to find any information about the conference. Does it/will it have its own website? Looking forward to hearing back from you. All the best, Jo Jo Porter jo [ at ] ind [ dot ] ie On Jan 23, 2015, at 2:59 PM, Sophia Manika <smanika [ at ] innovathens [ dot ] gr> wrote: Dear Alar, dear Jo, I am writing on behalf of INNOVATHENS, the hub of innovation & entrepreneurship of the city of Athens. We collaborate tightly with the Greek Free/Open Source Software community, admire your view on the issues tackled through this event and would like therefore to support the organization of the event. I am writing because I need you to collaborate. I need to ask you a favor. It would be a great delight for us, and an excellent opportunity for the people that follow the activities of INNOVATHENS, if you could manage to be the plenary speaker of the event. You inspiring art of talking will be so much appreciated by the public of our city; i can guarantee that! But we are an EU-funded project and we are restricted when it comes to the expenses. So, I need to ask you, to make an exception. And discuss a plan that we could realise. Because, I /(we) want you here! (For example, we are allowed to cover economy class travel and up to 3-star hotel. I would also need to find a way to justify this (to our standards) high fee.But we do offer 15 degrees in winter and an excited audience:)) Please, think about it and let me know about your thoughts. I am positive that we will find a both-sides satisfactory deal! Looking forward to your (positive) reply, have a nice weekend, Kind regards, Sophia Manika -- Site Manager INNOVATHENS Hub for Innovation and Enterpreneurship «TECHNIPOLIS» MUNICIPALITY OF ATHENS,AEROFYLAKIO 2, 100 Pireos str., Gazi, 11854 ATHENS Τel. 213 0109300-3 www.innovathens.gr -- Site Manager INNOVATHENS Hub for Innovation and Enterpreneurship «TECHNIPOLIS» MUNICIPALITY OF ATHENS,AEROFYLAKIO 2, 100 Pireos str., Gazi, 11854 ATHENS Τel. 213 0109300-3 www.innovathens.gr -- http://www.eellak.gr/, http://mycontent.ellak.gr/, http://www.creativecommons.gr, https://opengov.ellak.gr/, https://opendata.ellak.gr/, http://ma.ellak.gr/, http://mathe.ellak.gr/ -- Ομάδα Εργασίας: Ασφάλεια Πληροφοριακών Συστημάτων, https://lists.ellak.gr/privacy/listinfo.html