Every year I come to FUDCon I wish there were three particular sessions, so I thought I'd just suggest them this year. I don't really know where to suggest them so I'll start here.
As we continue growing and as FUDCon itself continues growing I would like to see one or more invited talks designed to inspire contributors. Michael Tiemann jumps out to me as the perfect candidate for giving such a talk, a view of things that we are part of but from a perspective we don't see things from. Maybe think of this as an opening keynote with the goal of setting a good tone for the rest of the event.
I think a session/talk about the history of Fedora would be wonderful for a large number of contributors who haven't lived through it all. Sharing where we came from and what the journey has been like so far helps us all understand who we are and that isn't a bad thing to understand when thinking about where we want to go. It would just be delightful I think on its own. This might make a really fun panel with folks like Greg, Max, Seth, Spot, etc. Or just a talk going through how the Fedora Project has evolved by any of them would be cool.
The last is something of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux feedback session. Are we still executing the original vision of providing rapid innovation to advance RHEL? Are there areas of the OS where we are coming up short? Generally, I would like some feedback from someone, oh hey, Tim Burke is already registered, about how well we are fulfilling that part of our mission and what areas need more work. I'd really like to see the symbiotic relationship between RHEL and Fedora be discussed more directly.
There is my wish list ...
John
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:53:48PM -0500, inode0 wrote:
Every year I come to FUDCon I wish there were three particular sessions, so I thought I'd just suggest them this year. I don't really know where to suggest them so I'll start here.
As we continue growing and as FUDCon itself continues growing I would like to see one or more invited talks designed to inspire contributors. Michael Tiemann jumps out to me as the perfect candidate for giving such a talk, a view of things that we are part of but from a perspective we don't see things from. Maybe think of this as an opening keynote with the goal of setting a good tone for the rest of the event.
I think a session/talk about the history of Fedora would be wonderful for a large number of contributors who haven't lived through it all. Sharing where we came from and what the journey has been like so far helps us all understand who we are and that isn't a bad thing to understand when thinking about where we want to go. It would just be delightful I think on its own. This might make a really fun panel with folks like Greg, Max, Seth, Spot, etc. Or just a talk going through how the Fedora Project has evolved by any of them would be cool.
The last is something of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux feedback session. Are we still executing the original vision of providing rapid innovation to advance RHEL? Are there areas of the OS where we are coming up short? Generally, I would like some feedback from someone, oh hey, Tim Burke is already registered, about how well we are fulfilling that part of our mission and what areas need more work. I'd really like to see the symbiotic relationship between RHEL and Fedora be discussed more directly.
There is my wish list ...
Here's how to suggest them more formally -- just add them to the sessions on the wiki page, without an owner.
If you think we should invite Michael Tiemann, email him directly and ask if he's interested in speaking! I think that would be a tremendously positive way to start the proceedings, if he's available.
I think both the other sessions are fantastic ideas. I'll be happy to ask Tim Burke about the third idea on your behalf, if you like.
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