Glenn: Marcel Gagne keeps coming to my mind. Whether he's still free or not, I don't know - I know he's moved outside of Toronto, so that might make a difference. He is mostly an open-source advocate, but he is entertaining, at least. Last I heard he can be reached at marcel@salmar.com. He's listed in LinkeIn. I'll ask around my ALS and see what comes up. Gordon On Mon, 2012-07-30 at 11:45 -0400, Glenn McKnight wrote:

Hi All I have a response from Michael Geist and his speaker fees are not realistic for our event.

We need someone to be inspirational and engaging and free. Did I say free!

I appeal to our community for your suggestions, especially someone local.

I am sure we can afford a modest gift out of our budget but not a speaker fee. Please provide your feedback before our Working Group call so I can provide some alternatives.

As it stands Google as a major sponsor will be speaking on the IMPORTANCE OF STAKEHOLDERS and CIRA and AFFILIAS as cosponsors would be interested as well as short speakers ( could be well wishes)

Glenn Working Group for ICANN TORONTO

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