July 2011 - openSUSE Conference - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-conference] Cost Calculation of conference
by Andreas Jaeger 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

Here's the current status of my calculation spreadsheet which I'm filling with more and more data once I'm confident about it (and I'll try to translate to English as well). It does not include travel sponsorship at all. If you see anything missing or have questions, please tell me! Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE aj(a){suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter/Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-conference] travel sponsorship
by Jos Poortvliet 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi all, While we're still looking for sponsors, we realized that we probably won't get them all to sign up any time soon. So we worked on our big- eyed-kitty-look and asked our bosses if they would be willing to guarantee some money. While the final decision is not in, I expect it to come soon. That means we can sponsor travel and start doing that soon. BUT now the question is: HOW? How to decide, how to communicate, who decides, who communicates? So. In 2 min I tought up the following (which means: shoot it down, I just wanted to kickstart the discussion): We pick 5 people who have to decide together; then ask for requests; put all requests in a spreadsheet, each on a line; let each person freely distribute as many points as we have requests over each line and take the top as long as we have money :D I don't doubt the 5 will give preference to people who give talks/present sessions of course. Thoughts? We need to get this up beginning of next week, preferably. Volunteers for 'the 5' or how many it'll be are welcome! cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-conference] more writing
by Jos Poortvliet 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Hi all, I've been writing today and finished up three first-drafts of articles. openSUSE conference registration open http://news.opensuse.org/?p=9600&preview=true openSUSE announces travel sponsorship options http://news.opensuse.org/?p=9598&preview=true openSUSE Conference CfP deadline extended http://news.opensuse.org/?p=9596&preview=true Also ready to go: openSUSE and RW Sessions -- The Workshop http://news.opensuse.org/?p=9369&preview=true Each needs review. I'll look up some images but ideas are welcome. Last but not least, scheduling! I think we shouldn't suddenly put all our conference related articles in one week. So, against my earlier proposal, I propose the following schedule: Conference CfP deadline extended*: Upcoming Monday. After all, that is the deadline... openSUSE and RW Sessions -- The Workshop Upcoming Wednesday openSUSE conference registration open* Upcoming Thursday openSUSE announces travel sponsorship options* Tuesday next week The ones with a * get extra attention by us sending an advance notice to the press. OK? Ideas, input, suggestions? And yes, this should've been done earlier. I guess we were all waiting for each other or so, I dunno... Luckily we (almost) have a good plan on the wiki ;-) Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-conference] Side Events (help needed)
by Klaas Freitag 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Hi, there are a couple of ideas for side events at the conference, ie. stuff that is fun and not directly related to conferencing and party ;-) Examples are: A photo competition or a geocaching activity. We would need some people thinking about and organizing that otherwise that does not happen. Probably it would be beneficial if at least a few people are located in Nbg. but not all need to. Somebody interested, or, who should we force into? ;-) Klaas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-conference+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-conference] Food and Drinks
by Klaas Freitag 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Hi, we have several opportunities to offer foods and drinks at a little stand on the conference. There need to be a couple of people who declare themselves responsible for that, ie. help to organize - the stuff to sell - a schedule of people who actually stand behind the stand - count the money and stuff A little work has to be done upfront, but no need to be located here in Nbg. I think. Who is up to? Klaas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-conference+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-conference] Registration Page online
by Klaas Freitag 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

Hi, I configured the registration page now, it is available in Indico at http://conference.opensuse.org/indico/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py?confId… It is online and can be made public now. Some cornerstones: - For the registration, no Indico-Account is needed - No hotel registration any more as we do not manage that this year - There is a commuinty- and a professional ticket. Please check if it is ok with you. @jos: Are you taking care for another marketing round like "Registration now open" ? Thx, Klaas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-conference+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-conference] scheduled the Workshop article for the oSC
by Jos Poortvliet 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

Hi, As the subject is saying - the workshop article is scheduled. I forced it through - putting in names of ppl who haven't really committed yet. And told them that unless they protested heavily, it would go live on Tuesday so they have to get their act together or comply :D Article: http://news.opensuse.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=9369&action=edit&message=9 See how that works. Meanwhile, I'm working on an article to announce that the oSC conference registration is open. It should go live monday end of the day. I'll also send a version to the press as soon as I've finshed it. On wednesday I hope to be able to push an article on openSUSE conference travel sponsorship posibilities, btw. Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-conference] Let's talk keynote speakers!
by Jos Poortvliet 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Hi all, let's put our new list to good use! We need to find 4 keynote speakers for the conference. Below some suggestions (most are not mine as I simply don't know many possible keynote speakers). * Bob Sutor, IBM: Inspirational speaker, great thinker, and for a business guy keeps his eye on the Big Picture * Diego Rodriguez, IDEO: Another excellent public speaker, designer at IDEO, co-founder of the Stanford d.school. Get a feel for the personality at http://metacool.typepad.com/ he's a rock star designer and a great speaker. * Stephen O'Grady, RedMonk: Industry analyst, very clued in to the geek developer community. High profile, quality speaker. * Cory Doctorow, lives in London, interesting speaker and a Free Culture guy (not Free Software itself but he does use a free desktop). * Benjamin Mako Hill - Free Software Foundation a great speaker and has some great ideas and fun ways to tackle them (http://www.unhappybirthday.com/). His antifeatures talk is really worth watching: http://2009.r2.co.nz/20100118/50349.htm * Mark Pesce, the dude who did 3D in a browser 15 years ago. Great speaker, visionairy. Very much into freedom of speech & working on a free, de- centralized internet and alternatives to facebook etc we'd have to pay him at least a business class ticked from Australia but I think I can convince him to come talk for free otherwise (yes, this person I do know and he's awesome). Watch http://linuxconfau.blip.tv/file/4851926 and http://darcy1968.vodspot.tv/watch/793677-those-wacky-kids-mark-pesce More suggestions? Anyone knows any of the above? Comments? And who does have an overview of who we've contacted up until now? Jos

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Re: [opensuse-conference] Re: Let's talk keynote speakers!
by Izabel Valverde 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Sorry... previous html denied :-( ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Izabel Valverde <valverde.izabel(a)gmail.com> Date: 2011/7/5 Subject: Re: [opensuse-conference] Re: Let's talk keynote speakers! To: Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.com> Cc: opensuse-conference(a)opensuse.org, Jos Poortvliet <jos(a)opensuse.org> 2011/7/5 Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.com> > > On Monday, July 04, 2011 16:58:28 Izabel Valverde wrote: > > 2011/6/30 Jos Poortvliet <jos(a)opensuse.org>: > > > Let's try to re-start this discussion as we need to find keynote > > > speakers at some point :D > > > > > > I think it does make a lot of sense to put Michael Miller in front of > > > the audience to talk about what openSUSE can expect from SUSE. > > > > > > A second keynote I'd like to propose would be Aaron Seigo. He's a KDE > > > rockstar developer, excellent speaker, and head of the Plasma > > > development team. More importantly, and the reason I think he's a good > > > choice for a speaker, is that the Plasma hacker team has recently > > > started to experiment with new ways of collaborating. Keyword here: > > > Kanban. See an article mentioning this way of working here: > > > http://dot.kde.org/2011/06/29/platform-frameworks-kde-hackers-meet- > > > switzerland > > > > I must to say that Aaron would be a great keynote... > > > > > Aaron would probably be willing to give a keynote talking about > > > collaboration and working together, both on-line & face to face. I think > > > it could be very valuable for us as we, as a community, don't have much > > > experience with this yet. > > > > > > Obviously, if any of you has an idea for someone else who could touch on > > > the same subject that'd be awesome! If not, I can contact Aaron next > > > week or so and ask him. > > > > > > In either case, with a keynote about collaboration & a keynote about > > > SUSE we still have two slots available. > > > > > > Based on what was discussed last time, we could do a 'history session' > > > or forum although I'd rather have a forward-looking thing. Maybe a few > > > opinionated, core techies together on stage, talking about future stuff? > > > > > > And what other community member(s) could talk? > > > > I was in a big brazilian conference called FISL and I had the chance > > to talk with few interesting people. I step forward and invited them > > to join us. > > Thanks! > > > First Dennis Gilmore - He is Release Engineer at Red Hat for Fedora - > > must to read Fedora Project Contributor ;-) > > Second Lenz Grimmer - He knows a lot about openSUSE Conference and > > unfortunately has no agenda for us, but said that will see the > > possibility to sponsor us - maybe can send somebody else. > > Lenz gave already a keynote at the first openSUSE conference. > > Will you followup with him regarding sponsorship or shall I as I know him? AJ, I would prefer that you keep the contact. He seems to be a very nice guy but will feel "at home" talking to you. If you can would be better keep with the sponsorship subject as well. I think just 1 point of contact is better... > > > and the third and last - Cedric Thomas - OW2 - it's a Consortium with > > solutions and the invitation had the intention to get sponsorship > > cause they are dealing with Canonical for something big in Brazil and > > the idea is pretty interesting and I thought we could make something > > with them. > > > > > For these three I will need an invitation letter to garantee that they > > will go by their own $efforts$ :-D > > Will you take care of that letter? I can do yes... If has something created I could use otherwise I'll can create later today. BTW do we have anyone invited to talk about LibreOffice or are we interested? If so the brazilian guy would like to go! Izabel > > Andreas > -- > Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE > aj(a){suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter/Identica: jaegerandi > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany > GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) > GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-conference+help(a)opensuse.org > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-conference+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-conference] Re: Let's talk keynote speakers!
by Jos Poortvliet 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

On Tuesday 05 July 2011 16:31:02 Izabel Valverde wrote: > 2011/7/5 Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.com> > > > On Monday, July 04, 2011 16:58:28 Izabel Valverde wrote: <snip> > BTW do we have anyone invited to talk about LibreOffice or are we > interested? If so the brazilian guy would like to go! That'd be fine, but of course Michael Meeks will be there and talk too. However I wouldn't mind have more than one LO person there... :D > Izabel > > > Andreas > > -- > > > > Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE > > aj(a){suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter/Identica: jaegerandi > > > > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany > > > > GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG > > > > Nürnberg) > > > > GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-conference+help(a)opensuse.org

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