June 2011 - openSUSE Conference - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-conference] LPI exams at osc11?
by Andreas Jaeger 30 Jul '11

30 Jul '11

Last year we offered LPI exams at the openSUSE conference: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Conference_LPI Do we want to ask LPI to organize this again this year? Does anybody remember the feedback we received about the LPI certifications? Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE aj(a){novell.com,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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[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] 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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[opensuse-conference] media partnership
by Jos Poortvliet 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hi team, We've got a media partnership request/offer from Linuxnewmedia (like last year). They offer: - Printed ads in the magazines, minimum 1 time per title. Linux New Media will use the ad as a filler whereever possible (depending on availability) - Listing as "Featured Event" with logo and link in printed magazine and online - Listing in print "Event Calendar" Linux New Media receives - Recognition for our English-language publications as international media sponsors with logos/links on the partner's website, printed materials, press releases and other similar correspondence - Insertion of flyers/magazines into delegate bags/publication bins (where applicable) I will also talk to Jake Edge from LWN, I understand they will send a journalist & offer us 100.000 adds @LWN for the conf. Any further ideas and/or feedback is welcome :D Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-conference] Hotels for conference
by Michael Matz 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hi, we've got this question multiple times already, and I don't know what the organizers plan, so: how is the hotel going to be handled this year? Is it going to be globally/centrally booked, or is it everyone's responsibility? Ciao, Michael. -- 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] media partnership
by Jos Poortvliet 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hi team, We've got a media partnership request/offer from Linuxnewmedia (like last year). They offer: - Printed ads in the magazines, minimum 1 time per title. Linux New Media will use the ad as a filler whereever possible (depending on availability) - Listing as "Featured Event" with logo and link in printed magazine and online - Listing in print "Event Calendar" Linux New Media receives - Recognition for our English-language publications as international media sponsors with logos/links on the partner's website, printed materials, press releases and other similar correspondence - Insertion of flyers/magazines into delegate bags/publication bins (where applicable) I will also talk to Jake Edge from LWN, I understand they will send a journalist & offer us 100.000 adds @LWN for the conf. Any further ideas and/or feedback is welcome :D Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-conference] Travel Advisories
by Bryen M. Yunashko 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

As people start planning their trips to Nuremberg, I think it would be useful if someone with local expertise can provide some cost-saving advice since airfare is getting reidiculously expensive these days. For example, a trip from Chicago to Nuremberg is around $1150 (thereabouts). This is about a $300-400 price jump from previous travels I have made. Looking at nearby airports can be daunting, and if someone can volunteer to create a page making suggestions for travel, this might be a helpful tip for our conference attendees. For example, if I were to fly into Frankfurt from New York City, then the price is around $900 (thereabouts). Traveling to Brussels is also significantly cheap although taking a train from those destinations might wipe out some of the savings we could make. So, tips for airports in the general Germany area with reasonable (short time) trains to Nuremberg and advice on how to find the best train fares, etc. might be a very nice useful tip that helps to encourage more people to come to the conference. Any volunteers with good knowledge of regional travel? Bryen -- 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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