[GNUz] [Fwd: Re: RMS to visit NZ]

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Rik Tindall <ask at infohelp.co.nz> wrote:
> Thanks Adam,
>
>
> Ok folks, please circulate amongst friends & contacts, in all South
> Island parts, that RMS will be flown direct to Christchurch on Saturday
> or Sunday, 16 or 17 August; and he'll probably fly out of NZ, from
> Christchurch, on Wednesday 20 August. We'll organise an evening meal out
> and a public talk or two - hopefully including UniCanty - at the least.
> Expressions of interest, for more events / locales, most welcome.
>

Who is paying the airfares?
Have you read his Info pack? (short extract below).


> Dinners:
>
> If you are thinking of setting up a lunch or dinner for me with more
> than 4 people total, please consider that as a meeting, and discuss it
> with me in advance.  Such meals draw on my strength, just like
> speeches and interviews.  They are not relaxation, they are work.
>
> I expect to do work during my visit, but there is a limit on the
> amount of work I can handle each day.  So please ask me in advance
> about any large planned meal, and expect me to say no if I have a lot
> of other work already.  If we are having a meal that I did not agree
> to as a large meal, and other people ask if they can join, please tell
> them no.  In both cases, please tell them that I need a chance to
> relax after the other work I will have done.