Opening session for Tempe: 0900-1030?

[Chris Tyler]

On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 07:41 -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Max Spevack <mspevack at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, 8 Jan 2011, Jared K. Smith wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> The last I heard, it was going to happen at FUDPub rather than trying
> >>> to wrangle everyone to walk back to ART at the end of Saturday's
> >>> sessions, which seems like it would be difficult.
> >>>
> >>> Jared, is that correct?
> >>
> >> That's my understanding.  I don't know how conducive Sparky's Den will
> >> be to giving a speech, but I'm happy to do it wherever.
> >
> > Whether or not this is a good or bad idea depends entirely on what you
> > want the duration, and the content, of your talk to be.
> 
> I don't know if it's as much of a good/bad idea situation as it is a
> "we have to make the best of what we've got" situation.
> 
> The room in ART that would be able to contain everyone is good till
> 5pm, which really isn't all that great for us, schedule-wise.
> 
> Ryan and I are trying to square a few things away with the folks in
> Sparky's Den, including things like "Do you have a PA system /
> microphone / anything handy for talking."
> 
> But, if we think this is a Really Bad Unproductive Idea, we should
> think about rearranging the schedule a bit.

There's always a milling-around time while the unconference schedule is
finalized and then copied to the wiki, a task which needs a handful of
people but is chaotic if everyone's involved. What if the State of
Fedora speech was during that time?

-Chris