Fair point, Simon. That said, since I live in Manchester, it won't cost me anything to attend except time, and since they're likely to have free wifi I can always just sit on my laptop and do my work there. ;-)
You never know with this kind of thing. There's a drinks reception afterwards, and my "Wikimedia Foundation" name badge might serve as a decent enough icebreaker.
Dan
On 18 November 2013 21:10, Simon Knight sjgknight@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Dan
I’m inclined to agree with Mike, in this instance it looks like it’ll just be an advertising pitch for their cloud solutions, no indication of networking or promotion opportunity from the blurb. Of course it’s your choice to go(!) and it is free, but if you’re going as a Wikimedian I can’t imagine it being terribly a) interesting to us, and b) providing opportunity to promote, so possibly not worth it, e.g:
At this exclusive event you will have the opportunity to learn about Google’s enterprise business strategy, including hearing customer stories from those who have achieved success with Google Enterprise
Best
Simon
*From:* wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Deskana *Sent:* 18 November 2013 21:03 *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Going Google Roadshow Manchester - 4th December
Given that it's in Manchester, I might as well go along. If anyone else plans to go, let me know and we can meet up beforehand.
Dan
On 18 November 2013 20:29, Jon Davies jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Anyone interested?
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