Would you like an Education miniconference at LCA2003?

The LCA2003 people (http://linux.conf.au/) are currently assembling a
flock of miniconferences to be bolted on to the front of the main
Australian conference, the idea being that conference attendees can
roll up early and get something extra for free. The first cab off the
rank is Debian (http://lca.apt-cacher.org/), to enable the release of
Woody (http://lwn.net/Articles/4232/). I've been offered the task of
investigating and assembling a Linux in Education miniconf.
 
I plan to present at the Educational Computing Association of WA's
2002 conf (http://www.ecawa.asn.au/conferences/conf2002/conf2002.htm)
about LTSP and Mosix, which I can easily adapt to an LCA miniconf
presentation, but one solitary talk is going to be kind of
unfulfilling; I'm hoping that more people are going to be interested
in either or both of learning and teaching about Linux in Education.
I'm particularly interested in social and implementation reports from
the trenches.
 
If you'd attend an Education miniconf held in sunny Perth during what
is teeth-chattering winter in the USA and Europe, please say so by
sending email here: attend-lca@cyberknights.com.au - if you have
something you'd like to say in 45 minutes at the conference, please
send mail to present-lca@cyberknights.com.au as well. If I see
sufficient interest, you will be contacted and a web-page and
announcement will presently appear.
 
Regardless of your education interests, LCA2003 is going to be great,
so visit their website and think about booking. It's midwinter here,
and we've finally started getting cold days (16C/60F), but at the end
of January you can expect at least 30C/85F, a good fact-absorbing
temperature. It's important to book now, rather than when the first
snow falls, as the LCA committee have nailed down all the available
resources, and sooner or later will run out of seats.
 
Cheers; Leon