Hi, appearantly this mail hasnt made it to -team. cheers, Holger On Dienstag, 4. Januar 2011, Gent Thaçi wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to let you know even if you invite him and he accepts it, he > will ask you a high charge for that with many conditions! > > Quoted you have the reply I got from his assistance after I asked him to > come to our annual floss conference in Kosovo: > > *Mitnick- Terms and Conditions **For Engagements Held in South America, > Australia, Asia and the Middle East* > > > > *Format and Appearance Fee:* > > Ninety (90) minutes total: Seventy-five (75) minute presentation followed > by fifteen (15) minutes of open Q&A. Fee is $25,000.00 USD, gross, plus > business/first class air travel and expenses for a total of five (5) days > and four (4) nights.* This trip length allows the Speaker to have a full > day of rest prior to the appearance date and one day to prepare for trip > back, due to his extreme phobia of air travel. > > *In the rare circumstance that the Speaker cannot get to the event location > within a single day of travel, the trip length would need to be adjusted. > > In addition, if an overnight layover is required in transit to/from the > event, the hosting organization would be required to arrange and prepay for > ground transportation in that layover city, as well as the night of > accommodations in a five (5) star venue (room rate and taxes only). > > > > *Payment Terms:* > > All fees are paid in US dollars, via wire transfer directly to Mitnick > Security Consulting. All payments must be received in full prior to the > Speaker's departure for the Event. > Two payments are required: > 1) 50% of the total quoted fee, plus the calculated travel expense stipend, > is due via wire transfer *at the time of your organization’s signature on > the agreement* > 2) The remaining 50% of the fee is due via wire transfer *thirty (30) days > before* the event > > *Speaker’s Out of Pocket Travel Expenses: > *A travel stipend is calculated to cover all out of pocket travel expenses > * except* those outlined as your group’s responsibilities, below. This > stipend amount is added to the first payment due. Full line item detail on > how the travel stipend was calculated will be provided for your > organization’s review as part of the agreement. In this manner, you will > know exactly how much to budget for the Speaker’s participation in your > program and there will be no ‘surprise’ costs after the event. If the > Speaker’s actual out of pocket expenses are higher than those calculated in > the stipend, the Speaker will fully cover the difference, no additional > travel expense funds will be due from your organization. Likewise, the > Speaker will allocate all travel stipend funds at his sole discretion and > no expense report will be provided after the event. > > > > *Your Organization’s Travel Arrangement Responsibilities: (not included as > part of the travel stipend)* > We ask your organization to directly arrange and pre-pay for: > > 1) the Speaker’s business class airfare, booked full fare, fully > changeable/refundable, and subject to the exact itinerary the Speaker > requests via email, (Speaker will provide needed itinerary no later than 21 > days in advance of the Event date)** > > 2) the Speaker's 5 star hotel room (hotel with 24 hour room service > and wireless high-speed internet in all guest rooms), taxes, international > phone calls and internet service. The latter two items are used to test > the demonstrations used in the presentation, > > 3) the Speaker's ground transportation via private car service > (including both fare and gratuity) in the event city to/from the airport, > his hotel and the event venue, > > 4) any visa application and processing fees (if required by the > hosting country) - with the speaker cooperating fully, and > > 5) taxes or fees levied by the hosting country or city of the event > (so the amount received by the Speaker equals the amounts outlined in the > agreement). > > ***The Speaker is a highly phobic flyer and must research his own > itinerary—using the safest airline and the aircraft with the best safety > record. Therefore, the itinerary provided by the Speaker must be booked > exactly as requested, to ensure the Speaker feels confident in making the > trip. We know this is an unusual situation and we thank you, very much, > for your kindness and consideration in this matter.* > > > > *Topics:* > Mr. Mitnick has three excellent presentations to choose from, including his > most widely requested presentation, The Art of Deception—which explores how > people are often the weakest link in the security chain. Full descriptions > are available for each presentation topic at > www.NewLeafSpeakers.com/mitnick<http://www.newleafspeakers.com/mitnick> > . The site offers a wide variety of information, such as high resolution > photos, bio information, session descriptions, book jacket jpg's and > footage clips. Customized presentations are available and pricing is > provided after a 15-20 minute conference call between the Speaker and your > group to determine the scope of customization needed and the time-frame > available to create the presentation. > > * * > *Please do not begin promotion of Mr. Mitnick’s appearance until a mutually > signed agreement is in place and your deposit has been confirmed. Thank > you very much for your consideration. * > > Try it yourself by mailing Jessica Riesenbeck > <jessica@newleafspeakers.com>. > > Regards, > Gent > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 21:40, Adnan Hodzic <adnan@foolcontrol.org> wrote: > > Hey, > > > > As we discussed on our last meeting, I mentioned inviting certain > > people to participate on DebConf11, have a lecture or whatever. All of > > this is to "exploit" whole event so we could get more interest and > > basically introduce ~60million users to this Debian. Also we discussed > > that this would be more of a mention/notification rather then > > invitation. My initial idea was to invite Stallman, after discussed > > this it turned out he's really not a person to invite. Mostly because > > it could stray attention from original idea, and would more harm whole > > event rather then help it. > > > > But another person I was thinking we could notify/invite/whatever > > would be Kevin Mitnick. Only thing we could debate over is would be > > probably "what does he have to do with Debian, or DebConf"? Right now > > I don't have a lot of clue, except the fact that government would > > probably like if we're bringing someone like him, regarding security > > of course. And because then this whole event could be exposed through > > media even more of course. > > > > Let me know what you think. > > > > > > Adnan > > _______________________________________________ > > Debconf11-localteam mailing list > > Debconf11-localteam@lists.debconf.org > > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf11-localteam
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