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