Sun is a Gold Sponsor for the
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing again this year.
The conference will be held October 4-7, 2006 in San Diego, California.
In addition to being on a panel myself (“Mentoring by the Numbers” on 5 October), I am coordinating Sun’s presenters and presence at GHC 2006.
So, today we went scrounging for chatchkes and keepsakes.
Recently, Sun announced it had sold its Newark, CA campus. Of course that
means we need to move out. A friend of mine has an office in Newark. In
preparing for her own move, she noticed that their local storeroom was full
of boxes from a group which had been disbanded. Someone many years ago
had ordered lots of hats, mugs, and other giveaways and Sun-marked
keepsakes. The shipping labels were dated 2003 or earlier. Who knows why it
was never used? Some of the boxes were partly empty but many were intact,
as shipped. She found out I was hunting for stuff to give away at Hopper,
so she asked me to come take a look.
The room was full of boxes and cabinets of files, packing materials, office
equipment and supplies, and Sun chatchkes. Some were spilled on the floor and
others were neatly packed in the cabinets. I felt a bit like Howard Carter
exploring Tutankhamen’s tomb. We sorted through everything and ended up
bringing back two full car loads of stuff across the Dumbarton Bridge to
Menlo Park. We can put it to good use and have fun giving it away!
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