On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:56 AM, scott mcbrien smcbrien@gmail.com wrote:

Hi all, wanted to provide the links to the meeting details from last night.

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02:21:03 <cwtucker> Texas indeed 02:21:03 <cwtucker> VileGent: yes, sorry internet issues for a min 02:21:09 <inode0> oh, not on the events page 02:21:17 <VileGent> exactly 02:21:35 <StabbyMc> inode0: what is the purpose of a Fedora Ambassador Day? 02:21:39 <inode0> I'm sure it just isn't there yet 02:21:51 <xm4nfedoralinux> so we are still on the events before Texas Linux Fest? 02:22:03 <inode0> xm4nfedoralinux: yes, hold on 02:22:15 <xm4nfedoralinux> ok. brb

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02:25:01 <inode0> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Texas:LinuxFest_2010 02:25:08 <mock> makfinsky: the cake is a lie 02:25:28 <inode0> We are going to have a nice presence at the 1st Texas Linux Fest I hope 02:25:54 <inode0> Anyone interested should sign up and chat with me or David Duncan (davdunc) about helping

Apologies for not making the meeting. I have a class that ends just after the meeting begins.

02:26:10 <cwtucker> Definitely interested, and will be involved 02:26:17 <inode0> CFP is in progress now so if you plan to go please consider proposing a talk 02:27:00 <inode0> I have set aside 400 pieces of F12 media to ship to TLF pending talking to David about the appropriateness of that number 02:28:08 <inode0> We need the ground troops to tell us what is needed in terms of other swag and booth help

I spoke with the coordinators just yesterday. They have two ticket prices and the higher price ticket comes with a goodie bag. They have requested that we contribute a flier for the bag if we can and possibly some stickers. They are expecting the ticket price with schwag to be affordable, probably around $45 for the whole thing.

I did not find an updated flier at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_Fedora_flyer#Fedora_Marketing_-_Fly... perhaps there is somewhere else to look?

02:28:14 <cwtucker> Expecting a fairly large turnout 02:28:16 <inode0> We will definitely have a booth

.org booth fee is $100.00. Standard booth fee is $500.00 I assume we are going to submit for the former?

02:28:59 <VileGent> is a event box or banners needed 02:29:12 <inode0> on a tangent to TLF I'd like to encourage people there to nose around and make as many contacts as possible with a site for a future FUDCon in mind :)

will do. Matt Domsch has been really helpful to me and has offered a lot of personal support for organizing this. I suggest the same location where the Lone Star Ruby Conference has been held in the past, the Norris Conference Center. They have reasonable rates and a very helpful staff and catering.

02:29:22 <cwtucker> I will get with David and see where/what he needs me to do to help him

Thanks cwtucker. I believe that our responsiblities will lie in booth setup and participation on the floor. The conference really needs paper submissions. 45 and 25 minute presentations are ideal. If anyone would like to present, that would be super.

02:30:00 <inode0> Austin always comes up as a place for FUDCon and the one thing that seems to hold it back is not having a suitable site for the event itself 02:30:51 <inode0> shall we move on?

02:36:31 <threethirty> inode0: good point, South By would be a good place to show off what we (royal we) do 02:36:53 <inode0> it is a bunch of events and one of the big ones is the interactive part 02:36:58 <threethirty> StabbyMc: its expanded to many other things but yes its *that* sxsw 02:37:09 <inode0> http://sxsw.com/interactive 02:37:30 <inode0> this would be interesting to designers, right mizmo? 02:37:53 <mizmo> inode0: absolutely

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02:38:05 <inode0> anthro-diana: ping if you are available just chime in here 02:38:22 <mizmo> it would be a good opportunity to present a case for free software to the design community 02:38:28 <mizmo> which we have not done much of 02:38:28 <anthro-diana> There is a very large design faction and even a bit of a design tract at the conference 02:38:50 <ke4qqq> so we could potentially garner talented capable design contributors?? 02:38:56 <anthro-diana> I as a designer have attended for the last 2 years 02:38:58 <anthro-diana> Yes 02:39:01 <inode0> so this isn't the normal event for us, but it would promote Fedora, it would benefit Fedora contributors, and it would reach an audience that is likely sympathetic to us but perhaps not aware of us

I see a lot of big interactive projects hosted on Red Hat and CentOS. I have not seen any on Fedora. Linux is gaining ground in ontology hosting. I think that Fedora is important to them. Is anyone doing something like an OWASP spin or using Fedora-Commons on Fedora? It would be great to see something semantic or security related in our booth.

02:39:14 <anthro-diana> There is also a large open source contingent there 02:39:26 <ke4qqq> who is that contingent? 02:39:36 <anthro-diana> it differs from year to year 02:39:42 <anthro-diana> not necessary sponsored by any company 02:39:50 <VileGent> we are to spread fedora even to places that we might not be the most comfortable 02:40:05 <threethirty> like macworld :) 02:40:15 <anthro-diana> There are the usual players as well 02:40:27 <inode0> actually I think SXSW would be very comfortable with Fedora 02:40:29 <anthro-diana> but software is definitely a focus 02:40:51 <inode0> it just isn't a place we normally show up 02:41:21 <crossbytes> so has someone been to this SXSW it looks very interesting? 02:41:30 <xm4nfedoralinux> so who is attending TLF 02:42:29 <inode0> crossbytes: anthro-diana just talked about attending 02:42:38 <threethirty> crossbytes: i havent been their personally but i have follwed it on the net and it looks like a cool event, ive been wanting to go for years 02:42:54 <anthro-diana> there is also the side event of Bar Camp Austin 02:43:03 <inode0> ok, there is a second part of this story ... oops 02:43:13 <anthro-diana> :) 02:43:13 <makfinsky> Bar Camp? 02:43:22 <makfinsky> As in making drinks? 02:43:46 <inode0> so there is a barcamp we can have a normal presence at 02:44:16 <inode0> Is everyone ok with spreading our event wings a bit to try to reach some new audiences?

The BarCamp is great here. The problem is that it usually forms and happens within a 2 to 3 week period and it is over in one weekend. Very little planning time from event announcement to start date historically. We need to be ready before they announce - if they do.

02:44:22 <StabbyMc> bar camp, the concept: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_camp 02:44:51 <inode0> http://barcamp.org/BarCampAustin <- last year's link 02:44:51 <makfinsky> inode0: Agreed. 02:45:07 <cwtucker> inode0: sounds good 02:45:43 * inode0 asks mizmo and anthro-diana to come up with a plan :)

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02:49:47 <anthro-diana> the barcamp is like the open source version of SXSW 02:49:50 <StabbyMc> Any other event based items that were not on the agenda? 02:50:02 <anthro-diana> SXSWi is generally cost prohibitive to many people 02:50:07 <nullsys> I do have something small, but I dont know how much it will affect US people. 02:50:20 <anthro-diana> so a lot of people just go to Austin to attend the BC that benefits from the overflow of SXSWi

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02:50:52 <StabbyMc> anthro-diana: I can see that; travel to Austin around the time of SxSW is also rather prohibitive. 02:51:17 <anthro-diana> I've found roommates on Twitter just so that I could attend :) 02:51:51 <anthro-diana> My badge is comped this year, so I am already going, I also have a suite already reserved in hopes to be able to share it with roommates

Travel to Austin around this time must be planned in advance - way in advance. I have had trouble flying to even Birmingham AL during SXSW. AMTrack is an easy ride down from Dallas, though. It has wireless internet all the way.

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