fudcon-planning April 2011

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[fudcon-planning] #151: Description for Fedora LATAM Resources
by fudcon-planning 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

#151: Description for Fedora LATAM Resources --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: dmaggot | Owner: yn1v Type: Task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: FUDCon Panama 2011 | Keywords: talk description --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Hi, In order to get descriptions for some of the key talks listed for FUDCon Panama 2011 that we can use for press and promotion, the Local Team is collecting these descriptions through tickets. Would you be so kind to update the description of this ticket with more information about your talk? An example of useful information is an outline and what things should the audience be familiar with before the talk. Thanks! David E. Narváez Local Team FUDCon 2011 -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/ticket/151> fudcon-planning <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon> FUDCon event planning

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[fudcon-planning] #150: Description for Future of FUDCons
by fudcon-planning 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

#150: Description for Future of FUDCons --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: dmaggot | Owner: igor Type: Task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: FUDCon Panama 2011 | Keywords: talk description --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Hi, In order to get descriptions for some of the key talks listed for FUDCon Panama 2011 that we can use for press and promotion, the Local Team is collecting these descriptions through tickets. Would you be so kind to update the description of this ticket with more information about your talk? An example of useful information is an outline and what things should the audience be familiar with before the talk. Thanks! David E. Narváez Local Team FUDCon 2011 -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/ticket/150> fudcon-planning <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon> FUDCon event planning

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[fudcon-planning] #78: Funding request for Guillermo Gómez S.
by fudcon-planning 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

#78: Funding request for Guillermo Gómez S. -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: gomix | Owner: Type: Funding request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: FUDCon LATAM 2011 | Keywords: -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- * Airfare, Caracas/Panama ~ 620 US$ * Hotel/food, can share a room, ~ 80 US/day *4 = 320 US$ * No Visa required My mission at FUDCon: * Promote and support Panama/LATAM Packaging activities (packaging sessions/rpmdev initiative). * Promote and support Ruby Lang activities (Ruby Coding Dojo/Fedora Ruby SIG). * Promote and support Panama/LATAM Fedora Documentation Project activities (Spanish original documentation process). * Participate in hackfests/packaging fests to solve any particular needs. * Meet other Fedora LATAM Ambassadors and propose some actions and directions (include remote Ambassadors for deliberations). Airfare details for estimated cost provided above: * May25th CCS (Venezuela) > PTY (Panama) Santa Barbara, Flight number 1340, Time 10:00 - 11:30 * May29th PTY (Panama) > CCS (Venezuela) Santa Barbara, Flight number 1341, Time 12:45 - 15:15 -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/ticket/78> fudcon-planning <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon> FUDCon event planning

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[fudcon-planning] #134: Funding request for Antonio Salles
by fudcon-planning 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

#134: Funding request for Antonio Salles --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: antoniosalles | Owner: aeperezt Type: Funding request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Panama 2011:Travel subsidiees complete Component: FUDCon Panama 2011 | Keywords: subsidy meeting --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Tell us the following: * What do you need covered? (Please estimate the costs in USD: hotel $X, travel $Y) - Flight is most important. I can share room with another person, no problem. * If we cannot provide a full subsidy, will a partial subsidy be helpful? (Yes/No) - All is welcome. * If Yes can you specify the minimum amount you would need covered to facilitate your attendance - USD$850 over TACA, SCL/PAN/SCL * What will you accomplish by being at FUDCon? (Please be as specific as possible, since this is the most important factor in granting requests.) - Expositor. - Make contact with all people of rpmdev-latam. - Support new participants of rpmdev-latam. - Remove any doubts about the package review process. - Meet other people who make up the magazine and discuss the future of the project. - Provide t-shirts of rpmdev-latam (now in confection). * If you are requesting airfare, include complete flight information such as flight numbers, desired departure and arrival airports, and times. Also let us know if you have specific time restrictions. - Don't worry, I can buy the ticket and then request reimbursement. * Do you need a visa or other official processing before you can attend FUDCon? If so, approximately how long does that processing take? - Nop. * Wiki page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Antoniosalles -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/ticket/134> fudcon-planning <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon> FUDCon event planning

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[fudcon-planning] #92: Funding request for Larry Letelier Navarrete
by fudcon-planning 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

#92: Funding request for Larry Letelier Navarrete -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: lletelier | Owner: Type: Funding request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: FUDCon LATAM 2011 | Keywords: -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Description Airfare, Santiago/Panama ~850 US$ from TACA Hotel/food, can share a room No Visa required What will you accomplish by being at FUDCon? Support the LATAM packaging group with a lecture and/or hackfest. Promote and support LATAM infrastructure and projects. Meet other Fedora LATAM Ambassadors to discuss and exchange experiences and plan how best support the community. Exchange ideas from-to Fedora Magazine with others Fedora LATAM Ambassadors. Airfare details for estimated cost provided above: Santiago to Panama City Flight 1 Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Departure: 07:25 Santiago, Chile - Arturo Merino Benitez, terminal I Arrival: 12:25 Bogota, Colombia - Eldorado, terminal 1 Airline: Avianca AV98 Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A319 Fare type: PROMO/Economy Restricted Change of plane required. Time between flights = 3:04. Flight 2 Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Departure: 15:29 Bogota, Colombia - Eldorado, terminal 1 Arrival: 16:44 San Jose, Costa Rica - Juan Santamaria Airline: Lacsa LR690 Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A319 Fare type: PROMO/Economy Restricted Change of plane required. Time between flights = 2:01. Flight 3 Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Departure: 18:45 San Jose, Costa Rica - Juan Santamaria Arrival: 21:00 Panama City, Panama - Tocumen International Airline: Lacsa LR673 Aircraft: Embraer 190 Fare type: PROMO/Economy Restricted Panama City to Santiago Flight 1 Monday, May 30, 2011 Departure: 06:47 Panama City, Panama - Tocumen International Arrival: 07:47 San Salvador, El Salvador - Comalapa International Airline: Taca Intl Airlines TA316 Aircraft: Embraer 190 Fare type: PROMO/Economy Restricted Change of plane required. Time between flights = 7:18. Flight 2 Monday, May 30, 2011 Departure: 15:05 San Salvador, El Salvador - Comalapa International Arrival: 20:25 Lima, Peru - J Chavez International Airline: Taca Intl Airlines TA41 Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A321 Fare type: PROMO/Economy Restricted Change of plane required. Time between flights = 1:35. Flight 3 Monday, May 30, 2011 Departure: 22:00 Lima, Peru - J Chavez International Arrival: 02:35 +1 day(s) Santiago, Chile - Arturo Merino Benitez Airline: Taca Intl Airlines TA21 Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A321 Fare type: PROMO/Economy Restricted Legend: USD = U.S. Dollar Price Travelers Flights Taxes 1 adult(s) x (850.00 + 72.74) = 922.74 USD Total for all travellers 922.74 USD -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/ticket/92> fudcon-planning <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon> FUDCon event planning

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Invitación a conectarnos en LinkedIn
by Abdel Gadiel Martínez Lassonde 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

LinkedIn ------------ Fedora, Me gustaría añadirte a mi red profesional en LinkedIn. -Abdel Gadiel Abdel Gadiel Martínez Lassonde Estudiante en Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá Panamá Confirma que conoces a Abdel Gadiel Martínez Lassonde https://www.linkedin.com/e/uvm0m2-gn13cwcq-36/isd/2776314232/NS4xIGva/ -- (c) 2011, LinkedIn Corporation

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Blacksburg FUDCon bid commentary
by Mel Chua 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

Robyn mentioned to me this morning on IRC that she's trying to get FUDCon discussion going so Jared can make a call soon, and I said I'd try to help kick-start some discussion around the bids - here goes. Since I'm pretty biased on the other bid (I'm an Olin alum and helped write the bid), and want to learn more about Blacksburg as a potential FUDCon location, I'm going to sit down here and write about how Blacksburg could be a great host, from what the bid page (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Blacksburg_2012) says. I hope someone will return the favor and do a writeup of the Olin bid - it would be great to get some feedback on it, particularly with concerns people have. So, Blacksburg! The biggest plus of this location, imo, is that it would continue the trend of having FUDCon hosted by new people at new locations (as in Toronto and Tempe) - which is great, because a different local audience gets exposed to Fedora goodness each time. Ben Williams (who submitted the bid) works for the university and therefore has a ton of easy access to room scheduling and A/V resources, which is *incredibly* valuable for the FUDCon organizing team to directly have. Ben also has a lot of event experience as a veteran Ambassador and mentor so he knows how to quickly set up a good Fedora presence, and exactly who within the NA and international Fedora community to tap for what, especially things like shipping logistics and coordinating travel/funding information, which, again, are vital for FUDCon planning. Since Ben has contacts both locally and within the distributed Fedora community, it seems likely that the planning load could be spread to involve a good number of people, instead of having it all land on one person's shoulders - and in the last-minute throes of a large production like FUDCon, that's a *very* good thing. I'm curious who else from the Fedora world is in the area - basically, who else might we have on the local planning team? One thing that was great about Tempe is that both Robyn and Ryan were on board and very close to campus - for Toronto, even if Chris Tyler had a lot of FOSS-friendlies at his school, I feel like he got saddled with all the in-person stuff and that was a heavy load. So if there are other local Fedorans who can help with things like being a second eye on hotel visits, etc. I think that would be a big plus as well. Iirc, both Jared and Paul live in VA and there may be other Fedora folks within "can make it out for one or two trips" driving distance of the area, so if that's the case it's a plus point for this location imo. VT has a big campus, so we're certain to have enough space - specific locations for the hackfests, barcamp, and fudpub have been identified, which is nice. If Ben's on staff, we're certain to have enough bandwidth (possibly even more vital than space ;-). The bid mentions has a Fedora mirror, so - yep, definitely enough bandwidth. Both these things are minimum requirements I'd expect any FUDCon location to meet (rather than "the presence of space and internet make this location special beyond other locations!") but it is reassuring to know they would be well taken care of. The university itself has a top-notch tech program, and I also hear it has a LUG group that's interested in helping out with the event (would love more details on this - what are they offering exactly?) It's a big school, so on-campus advertising is likely to draw some folks who may not have done much with Fedora before - always nice to have the fresh perspective of newcomers. One caveat - iirc the proposed scheduling is right before VT's winter break ends so I'm not sure how many students would come by - will they be on campus yet? Are there any other schools around that might be interested? Any local companies? Location-wise, it's in the South, and warm(er) weather is always nice. :) I hear that there are direct transit options from the airport to the university (otherwise a ~1hour drive), so that's a nice side touch to have, making it just that much easier for people to plan their travel (as opposed to "it's a 3-hour drive to the nearest airport, which is only open the 2nd Friday of each month from 2:14-3:56am"). We usually have a lot of people coming from: * Raleigh - a 4 hour drive * Boston - a 12 hour drive, or 5 hour flight + 1 hour drive from airport I'm not sure how the plane flight looks from people coming from the Midwest or the West Coast, or internationally, but it's doable. It's come up in discussions before that one plus of a slightly more secluded location is that there will be fewer distractions so it'll be easier for people to focus on their Fedora work instead of traipsing in and out to see monuments, go shopping, etc - I agree with this and would personally rather go somewhere smaller like Blacksburg than to host in a giant city like LA or a tourist-attraction-stuffed one like DC for exactly that reason. I think a Blacksburg FUDCon would be a good, solid event - all the bases would be covered nicely (which is important - all the extra shiny stuff in the world does nothing if we can't figure out how to get people hotel rooms, bandwidth, etc!) - and I'd love to hear more about the possibility for unique local interactions that could really jazz festivities at this location up, because then I can get really excited about it. :) Also, I'm glad to see how the FUDCon planning process we started communitizing with the Toronto FUDCon has been picking up in the past few years! This is *way* more sustainable (and fun) than the old way of "the FPL gets to plan all the FUDCons" - and it's let us scale out FUDCons quite a bit from what I've seen (my first FUDCon was Boston 2009, which was the last FPL-planned NA FUDCon). So thanks, Ben, for stepping forward with the bid and a very generous offer to host!

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FUDCon NA Decisions: Recap of meeting, next steps
by Robyn Bergeron 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Hi folks, Apologies for lack of timeliness. Life popped up and reared its head. Also, apologies for cross-posting, but wanted to catch folks on both lists here. This mail is a recap of the FUDCon NA location discussion we had at last week's NA ambassadors' meeting; I volunteered to recap and re-schedule a continuation/conclusion of the discussion. Please note: If you have any comments, questions, objections, etc. to anything I've laid out below, by all means, please respond. This mail, in case you're not wanting to look above, is sent to fudcon-planning, and cc'd to Ambassadors-list, since the ambassadors' meeting is where the original discussion took place - and I'd like to try and corral the mail to fudcon-planning, if at all possible. Status: At the 2011-04-19 NA Ambassadors' meeting, we discussed, as requested, the two candidates for the upcoming NA FUDCon, to be held in late 2011/early 2012. * Logs: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-04-20/famna.2011-04-20… * Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-04-20/famna.2011-04-20… We attempted to utilize the spreadsheet that was used for LATAM FUDCon decision-making, but didn't quite understand the context of some of the questions. (IE: "Located in NA." Yes, the NA FUDCon *should* be located in NA - should this be a rank of how good the location is? Not sure. Etc.) After some confusion, we came to the consensus that perhaps we should just discuss the merits of both proposals. Which we did, and then ran out of time after an hour of discussion, with no decision as to a recommendation. I'd like to propose that we have a special meeting to wrap up this discussion. Based on availability of the folks making proposals, I'd like to set a time of THIS Wednesday, April 27, at 9PM Eastern, 6PM Pacific, in #fudcon-planning. Before we get to the meeting-time, however, I'd like to cover a few bases (aka, next steps): 1.) Do we want to reassess the idea of using the spreadsheet, or work without it? I think it may be more handy when we have more than 2 bids. Are there any ways to measure where a FUDCon should be that we should be taking into consideration? 2.) Come up with a brief agenda for the meeting so that we can use everyone's time as wisely as possible, and come to a decision on recommendation by the end of that hour. THE AGENDA NEEDS TO BE CREATED AS FAR IN ADVANCE AS POSSIBLE, preferably over the course of today, so that people can prep as needed. If there are any discussion topics you'd like to see, please pop into #fudcon-planning at any time today and make it known, or alternately, send an email to the fudcon planning list. 3.) Ensure that we have a timeline for follow-up and final decision - Jared, can you please make sure this is on FAMSCo's agenda for this weekend, and that you can attend or send an alternate, and arrange a date for next week to do any final decision-making / announcing? (Red Hat Summit is next week, so I'd like to make sure we can get a decision out prior to departure for that event, which may mean Monday - but I don't want to leave people hanging for another week.) -Robyn

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Reminder: FUDCon Panama meeting - 2011-04-22 - 18:00 UTC
by Igor Pires Soares 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

Hello all! I kindly remind you that today we will have our FUDCon Panama meeting at 18:00 UTC in #fudcon-planning. Meeting agenda is defined on Trac: https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/report/12 In addition to those topics I would like to discuss about rooms reservation at the villas and get an update on airfare purchases. Regards, -- Igor Pires Soares Fedora Ambassador (Brazil) - Member of FAmSCo Fedora I18N/L10N QA https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Igor

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Reminder: FUDCon Panama subsidy meeting - 2011-04-05 - 22:00 EST
by Igor Pires Soares 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hello all! This is a reminder for FAmSCo members and Panamanian organizers. This Tuesday we will have our third subsidy decision meeting for FUDCon Panama at 22:00 EST (Wednesday 02:00 UTC) in #fudcon-planning. Alejandro, would be nice if you could provide the link for that wiki page with expenses you said last meeting, so we can have a better grasp of the budget in conjunction with Jared's spreadsheet. Meeting agenda is on Trac: https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/report/13 Check your local time here: http://miud.in/DZo Regards, -- Igor Pires Soares Fedora Ambassador (Brazil) - Member of FAmSCo Fedora I18N/L10N QA https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Igor

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