PLUG Presents
Jim
plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:01:31 -0700
On Tuesday 10 April 2001 10:39, you wrote:
> I actually looked at it the first time posted but have been percolating
> it in my head for a while. I think this is something we should
> definetely do. Here are a couple of suggestions/questions/action items
> in completely random order as I pull them out of my head.
>
> 1) Is this going to be a conference only or conference/exhibit thing?
> You mention a PLUG booth, so I have this image of an exhibit floor.
> I suggest that this be a conference only type thing.
No vendor exhibits? I think, and have been checking to see if we can get
two 5,000 sq ft rooms - one for conferences, one for exhibits
>
> 1a) WE DO NOT WANT RICHARD STALLMAN
>
> 2) Get ASULug involved. Young, motivated people, good exposure for
> them, etc, etc.
Wanted to see if we had enough support in PLUG before I contacted Monika
>
> 2a) WE DO NOT WANT RICHARD STALLMAN
>
> 3) Is this a local only event or is this something we want to open up
> to the outside world to? But keep it limited. Something like Ottawa
> Linux Symposium, which only allows like 1000 people. If we're trying
> to get exhibitors, it will be much more compeling for them to come
> here if there are lots of people showing up. But..one of the reasons
> I think exhibitors might be an issue is that ALS is just after this
> and LinuxWorld is just before this, so people might not be willing to
> spend cycles on a new event that hasn't proven itself.
According to Rebecca Sobel at LWN there is and embedded conference in
Boston Sept 4-7 and an O'Reilly P2P conference in DC Sept 17-20. Those
are the only competition that I was aware of
>
> 3a) WE DO NOT WANT RICHARD STALLMAN
>
> 4) Can people register only for one day or do they register for both
> days?
I was hoping for on-line, mail, and walk-in registration. Kimi says she
can do the on-line part
>
> 4a) WE DO NOT WANT RICHARD STALLMAN
>
> 5) I propose shortening the time slots for speakers and making them 1:15
> hour only. 1 hour talk, 15 minutes q/a. From my experience at
> conferences and from talking to "presentation consultants", people start
> loosing interest after the first 45 minutes unless it's really really
> lively. Here's a slightly modified schedule. I've also proposing a
> break between each session, so that people can mingle, grab drinks,
> bathroom, etc, etc.
>
> 07:30 - 08:30 Registration
> 08:30 - 09:00 Welcome/Breakfast(?)
> 09:00 - 10:30 Opening keynote (Alan Cox? :)
> 10:45 - 12:00 Session 1
> 12:00 - 13:15 Lunch
> 13:30 - 14:45 Session 2
> 15:00 - 04:15 Session 3
> 16:30 - ??:?? BOFs
> - Put out a call for BOFs on the web site
> - Ending time depends on each BOF and when the
> site(bar :) closes
> Day2
>
> 08:00 - 08:30 Registration
> 08:30 - 09:00 Welcome/recap
> 09:00 - 10:30 Session 4
> 10:45 - 12:00 Session 5
> 12:00 - 13:15 Lunch
> 13:30 - 14:45 Session 6
> 15:00 - 17:00 Panel Q/A
> 17:00 - ??:?? BOFs
Schedule is open to discussion
>
> Something else to think of is whether we want a technical and a
> business track. The keynote would be first, and than during each
> following speaker time slot we'd have two parallel presentations, and
> than the Q/A session with everyone involved.
Two tracks mean more speakers, more expense
>
> 5a) WE DO NOT WANT RICHARD STALLMAN
>
> 6) What's a good site in town? We don't have a convention center
> yet AFAIK.
I have some responses, mostly from Mesa so far - still working on the site
>
> 6a) WE DO NOT WANT RICHARD STALLMAN
>
> 7) Another position is web site/machine admin. Someone to run the
> machine that will host the web site plus setup the registration
> forms, etc, etc.
Anyone can code tables for a website - I think Kimi might volunteer
>
> 7a) WE DO NOT WANT RICHARD STALLMAN
>
> 8) Other possible speakers:
>
> Larry Augustine
> Ted T'so
> Linus (I can dream can't I?)
> Bob Young
> Bruce Perens
> Miguel Icaza(sp)
> Someone from MV :)
> NOT Richard Stallman
>
> Action Items.
>
> The following are things that IMHO we need to get done in the next two
> to three weeks(end of month) if we're going to get this thing going:
>
> - Checking account (do we need non-profit status??)
> - Physical meeting of all volunteers to organize things
> (This thursday during/before/after regular meeting)
> - Start getting volunteers (someone ping ASULUG)
> o Once volunteers are setup, we should have weekly IRC meetings
> and meet physically at least once a month, probably more often
> as we get closer.
> - Register domain (linuxat10.org??) plus get a dedicated machine
> with a mailing list for announcemnts to the world and get the
> web site setup.
Agreed. I will make sure the issue is brought up on Thu and see who else
is willing to volunteer.
>
> ~Deepak
>
> ps: My Stallman rants come from having seen the man speak several
> times. All he does is rant about GNU this and GNU that and
> "we're not OpenSource, we're free" blah blah blah. The man
> received a $25K community award at LinuxWorld and proceeded
> to get on stage and do nothing but bitch about how it should be
> GNU/Linux.
>
> On Apr 08 2001, at 08:55, Jim was caught saying:
> > Now that the lists are back up and running, maybe I can get some more
> > response to my proposal at
> >
> > http://www.users.qwest.net/~farli/Linux10.html
> >
> > I have done some preliminary contacts and we CAN do this. I CAN'T do
> > it alone tho. Robert Leonard has expressed his interest and I am sure
> > I can count on Paul and a few others, but IF we proceed with something
> > like this, it is gonna take a lot more than three or four people.
> >
> > At least take the time to read the proposal.
> > --
> > Jim
> >
> > Bliss comes from within, ignorance from without
> > ________________________________________________
> > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail
> > doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail.
> >
> > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
--
Jim
Bliss comes from within, ignorance from without