Opening session for Tempe: 0900-1030?

[Paul Frields]

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Chris Tyler <chris at tylers.info> wrote:
> 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?

That's another possibility. The way I see it, if both are
possibilities, we should give Jared the opportunity as the speaker to
choose whichever slot he thinks will allow him to deliver it well.

-- 
Paul