New subject: [Fedora-ambassadors-list] FOSDEM -Brussel-

29 Nov 2005

      Dear Alex,
Following our previous mail - see below (ref : #2) -, I have contacted the FOSDEM Team - see below (ref : #1) - in order to get more information about this event.
So now, I am going to represent definitvely Fedora at the FOSDEM in Brussel.
I am not going to be the only one.
>Just to give you an idea of the event, here are the other folks having stands at FOSDEM 2006 (at
    >least, up to now): O'Reilly, FSF, Gnomemeeting, Debian, OpenGroupware, GNUstep, Mozilla Foundation,
    >openWengo, Jabber and openSUSE
    >(as you can see, you'll be in nice company)
As soon as possible I am going to update the http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents web page
So as you have already organized such events, maybe you could give me one or two advices. 
For instance, do I have to only install Fedora on PC ? Or maybe specific implementations like Xen...
In addition, I will have need to get some advertising boards, banners, Fedora CDs/Live CDs, some swags, Buisiness cards and so on...
BTW I think I will be one day at the "solution Linux" in Paris, but it is not sure yet.
BR
Fred
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Hornain Frederic wrote:
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Dear Arnaud, Dear Pascal,
Thanks a lot !
One or two things again,
Could you tell how the event takes place ? Or where can I retreive this information ?
Do you have any procedures for stand installation ?
When can I come to install it.
Do you need somethings ?  
And so on so for.
Weel, all information related to stands which can help me.
Sure.
The event takes place on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 February, at the Solbosch campus (ULB) in
Brussels. We use the buildings H and A for the event.
Stands are located in the building H, down the long hall that goes from the main entrance and our
information desk to the end of the building, serving access to the various rooms (where we have the
so-called "devrooms", where projects make talks, conferences, ...). Note that we also have a lot of
devrooms in the A-building but no stands over there.
The main talks are held in much larger rooms, in other buildings. Nevertheless, there's a big crowd
going up & down the hall all the time (Saturday is particularely busy).
We actually kick off the event at 10:30 on Saturday, with our 2 introductory talks in the largest
room (Janson, 1400 seats) and there are no other activities taking place during that time (until 12:30).
So for the devrooms and the stands, the effective kick-off is at around 12:30.
You can come to the H building from 09:00 on (on Saturday), at the information desk at the main
entrace, and we'll point you to the table that has been assigned to your stand.
You'll have plenty of time to build up your stand then.
Note that we provide you with the following:

wireless internet connectivity

power (but make sure to bring along your plugs)

a table (width between 1m60 and 1m80)

2 or 3 chairs, depending on what you need

We'll do our best to give network connectivity (only wireless for the stands) as early as possible,
we but only "guarantee" it from 12:00 on. Nevertheless, it will most probably be available from,
say, 10:00 on (our network staff works hard but it's a large area to service).
We close doors on 18:00 (both days). Sunday starts at 09:00.
We provide a hardware insurance to cover the stuff you'll bring along (notebook, etc...).
But you have to send us the following information for every piece of hardware:

hardware type (notebook, switch, ...)

vendor and model (e.g. Dell Latitude D800)

an approximation of its _current_ value

a unique identifier or serial number that's visible on it

Note that the insurance is free of charge. Entrance, participation, devrooms and stands are free as
well. We welcome donations though ;)
Just to give you an idea of the event, here are the other folks having stands at FOSDEM 2006 (at
least, up to now): O'Reilly, FSF, Gnomemeeting, Debian, OpenGroupware, GNUstep, Mozilla Foundation,
openWengo, Jabber and openSUSE
(as you can see, you'll be in nice company)
Devrooms: KDE, Embedded development, Mozilla, OpenGroupware/GNUstep, openSUSE, Tcl/tk, Jabber, GNU
Classpath, X.org, Calibre, Ada, Debian, GNOME.

the main tracks and the many speakers

Hope this helps ;)
If you have any more questions, feel free to contact us => stands@fosdem.org
cheers

-o) Pascal Bleser loki@fosdem.org    http://www.fosdem.org
 /\      FOSDEM 2006 :: 25+26 February 2006 in Brussels
__v Free and Opensource Software Developers European Meeting
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-----Original Message-----
<From: Alex Maier [mailto:lxmaier@gmail.com]
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Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 12:43 PM
To: Hornain Frederic
Subject: Re: [Fedora-ambassadors-list] FOSDEM -Brussel-
Frederic,
I think you definitely will need a network connection. Please do not
forget to bring a computer or two to demo Fedora.
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The number of tables you need depends on how many people will be there
with you representing Fedora. If you have three or less, one table is
enough, because otherwise it will look empty.
Please let me know what else I can help you with,
a
On 11/25/05, Hornain Frederic Frederic.Hornain@gb.be wrote:
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Dear Alex,
I intend to represent the Fedora Project at the FOSDEM http://www.fosdem.org/ in Brussel -Belgium -.
Could you help me to prepare that ? it will be nice.
For the moment I have already contated the persons who are in charge of this event
They just ask me if I need to get network and if I need one or two tables.
I have to confirm it.
Waiting after you reply.
If you have any remarks, do not hesitate to contact me.
BR
Fred

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