Trac needed?
by Paul W. Frields
Steven caught me on IRC and asked about how we want to handle FUDCon
subsidies:
= = =
<SMParrish> stickster: Ping how do you want to handle funding requests this year, email and if so who to, trac or the wiki?
<stickster> SMParrish: We don't have a FUDCon specific trac. We could request one, though
Might make it easier to track our TODOs there
We could have a specific request type for subsidies.
= = =
This way, we could enter all our TODOs in one place for the meetings
that we will undoubtedly be starting up shortly for FUDCon in North
America. We could also implement a specific template in the Trac for
things like subsidy requests. That way, people applying could simply
put in a ticket, and the entry would format itself to help them give
us the requisite details.
Any suggestions or +/-1?
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13 years, 9 months
Announcement imminent
by Paul W. Frields
Robyn has forwarded a contract with the hotel for rooms. We are
trying to work out some details on that contract so that we're not
stuck with a bill we can't pay, but (ironically?) one of the things we
could use is a growing list of out of staters that tells us we can
make a specific minimum (like 35, 40, or 50 rooms).
So I spent part of today working on the FUDCon namespace page for the
event, and will continue to work on it tomorrow so we can announce the
event quickly.
If we have to, we'll scale back the guaranteed rooms so that we can be
certain to fill the minimum block. Then we'll encourage people to
pre-register on the wiki and register at the hotel, *as early as
possible*.
What do you guys think?
By the way, if anyone wants to help fill in the wiki, the page is
here. I made a heading outline, to make filling in the page easier.
Please feel free to expand but try and keep the ordering logical in
terms of what people want to know early, and keep the pre-registration
as close to the top as possible. If anyone knows a cool trick with
the "quick links" box to keep it onscreen, you're welcome to play with
the CSS. :-)
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Tempe_2011
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13 years, 9 months
Lanyards?
by Paul W. Frields
>From IRC #fudcon-planning:
* * *
<inode0> I've been thinking about things brought up by dmalcolm and
others recently, none of which is really new but revisiting old not
done things is good from time to time and
I think it might be a worthwhile thing for FAmNA this year to
produce some high quality Fedora lanyards to distribute to FUDCon
attendees with the expectation that lots of these folks attend other
conferences and will proudly wear it at those as well
<inode0> If FUDCon planners would like us to do this and care about
the design at all feel free to ping me
* * *
I think this is a fine idea. Maybe this is obvious, but in terms of
design, I would opt for something non-event specific, i.e. just the
complete Fedora logo (wordmark + infinity bubble), with or without
some extra "four foundations" marks.
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13 years, 9 months
BarCamp planning software
by Steven M. Parrish
Was listening to Linux Outlaws podcast where they were talking about the
recent OggCamp. They mentioned they had used scheduling software to
help organize and administer the Barcamp portion of the event.
The software used was Campfire Manager which is an open source project.
Take a look at http://code.google.com/p/campfiremanager and see if this
is something we might want to use in Tempe.
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13 years, 9 months
FUDCON idea
by Bert Desmet
Hi!
I just got this idea, a lot of people are working on different open source
projects, and want to host a hack session during fudcon about that.
Maybe it would be a good idea to let those people present their (new?)
project in 10 or 15 minutes (lightning talks) before the actual hack
sessions start. that way the attendees will learn about new project, and it
will be probably easier to get new people involved with smaller or new
projects.
What do you think about it?
regards,
Bert Desmet
13 years, 9 months
Tempe FUDCon update: Booked Monday rooms at ASU Memorial Union
by Robyn Bergeron
I am pleased to report in that after much running around by Adam
McCullough of ASU - he had to obtain signatures and so forth to
reregister ASULUG as a university organization ahead of fall starting
to be able to book rooms in the spring - we have some rooms -more or
less- booked at ASU's Memorial Union.
Here's the more or less detail: The room requests have been submitted,
and will be processed by either the end of this week or very very
early next week. The only detail excluding us from the rooms is if
they are already booked; I, however, using the power of the internets,
looked at what rooms were already on the MU calendar for booking, and
the rooms requested are NOT BOOKED.
Here are the rooms I have requested. Since we are a
university-sponsored event with no admission costs, we qualify for
"Category I" pricing, meaning, the rooms are very cheap, and we don't
have to pay random "set-up" fees, or pay for things like microphones,
etc. Listed below is the room name, capacity (in parentheses), and
the cost to rent it for the day (next to the dollar sign). Also, we
can drop the rooms if we decide we don't need this many; some rooms
can be configured differently. (Also, in the event that the details
about the Brickyard don't pan out, we can drop them altogether if
necessary.)
We will get more details soon, but at this moment I know that we do
not have a deposit due till either 60 or 30 days prior to the event.
(The university page with this detail seems to be MIA at the moment,
sadly.)
Navajo (30) $70
Apache (30) $70
Mohave (66) $90
La Paz (east and west, 48 - or can be split into two rooms of 24) $90
total ($45 each)
Gila (30) $70
Graham (30) $70
More details on the rooms themselves, including capacity,
configuration, as well as the map of where they are located is on page
2 of this document:
http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/mu/events/docs/secondFloor_emsFeatures.pdf
13 years, 9 months
FUDCon NA wifi update
by Paul W. Frields
Hi folks,
Read to the bottom for my comments. IRC snippet follows from #fedora-mktg:
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[14:48] <rbergeron> stickster: WIRELESS IS A GO AT ASU, whee, and free
[14:48] <stickster> \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/
[14:48] <rbergeron> and full access
[14:48] <rbergeron> now we just need rooms
[14:48] <rbergeron> lol
[14:48] <stickster> \o> <o/ \o> <o/ \o> <o/ \o> <o/ \o> <o/
[14:49] <stickster> I have less of a bad feeling about rooms than I did about wifi.
[14:49] <stickster> rbergeron: How did you fare with Adam and reserving MemU space?
[14:49] <stickster> That's something we definitely need for Monday, IIRC
[14:49] <stickster> er, Monday 1/31
[14:49] * rbergeron is still working with adam - he is in paperwork hell, and found out he has to take a class (!!) to be able to sign up for a room in the MU, and the next class isn't until AUGUST, so he's trying to find a way to skirt that. I checked online, though, and there are still rooms available.
[14:50] <rbergeron> and i'm almost wondering if we're getting close to the date where we could actually reserve the room ourselves
[14:50] <rbergeron> and then just default back to him reserving it
[14:50] <stickster> rbergeron: Is there a time before which we *can't* do that?
[14:50] * rbergeron wonders if delany would be able to book it... hrmmmm
[14:50] <rbergeron> stickster: by "we" i mean - just Fedora, not being sponsored.
[14:50] <stickster> rbergeron: I think requiring delany to do it may be too nerve-racking.
[14:50] <stickster> (for us.)
[14:50] <rbergeron> There is a date for non-university sponsored groups
[14:50] <stickster> (for me, at least.) :-D
[14:50] <rbergeron> ie - they can only reserve X months in advance.
[14:51] <stickster> rbergeron: Could you check on that date?
[14:51] <rbergeron> In the event that Adam can't skirt the rules
[14:51] <rbergeron> but he seems pretty confident that he could get some signatures to that effect - theyhave 3 requirements to be resigned up (this is his 2nd year, so this is likely why he didn't know)
[14:51] <rbergeron> and he's met the first one - waiting on a faculty signature today or tomorrow for the second requirement
[14:52] <rbergeron> and the third is a class - and the people seemed like they would be willing to waive that
[14:52] <rbergeron> assuming he comes backand takes it
[14:52] <rbergeron> and i have mail in my inbox from hotel lady which i need to tend to
[14:52] <rbergeron> after I go get a sammich
[14:52] * rbergeron is STARVING
[14:52] <stickster> rbergeron: fair enough
[14:53] <rbergeron> stickster: but hotel is still open and she's holding it to be nice (aka, nobody wants to come to arizona so she might as well)
[14:53] <rbergeron> and she and i just need to talk details
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So it looks like wifi is in good shape now, and it won't cost us. Yay!
The remaining critical path items, which we need ASAP so we can
announce and people can start making travel plans:
* Building/space reservations. We're fairly confident that the
Brickyard Artisan Ct. building is going to be well in hand for
Saturday and Sunday. Waiting on Jon Delany to give us the scoop; he
reported in today but is still "working on options." He's aware of
our tight timeline.
We also need a completely clear status on Memorial Union for Monday
Jan. 31 to proceed. We are waiting to find out if Adam (our ASU LUG
contact) can make that reservation at this time, which is looking
favorable. Robyn will stay on this and give us an update Monday.
* Hotel contract. Rooms are being held at the hotel, but we should
ask for a real, paper (or PDF) contract from the hotel now, which
would undoubtedly help their confidence level too. ;-) Robyn has
email from the hotel contact now, and will be addressing it soonest.
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13 years, 9 months
FUDcon NA Bid Process? Dates?
by Chris Tyler
We're 6-7 months out from FUDCon NA. That seems like a lot of time, and
I hate to bring this up, but we're actually several months behind the
schedule laid out at the Events FAD[0]. I have two questions:
- What is the revised timeframe for bid closure/decision? and
- What are the planned dates for FUDCon NA?
I'm asking because I'm starting to plan travel for the fall/winter, and
know that others are doing the same. (Actually, for travel planning
purposes, dates are more important than location at this point in time).
Many thanks--
-Chris
[0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_organization_process
13 years, 10 months
