-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Fedora Project holds a number of global FUDCon events each year. Typically the Community Architecture team's budget supports one of these large events each Red Hat fiscal quarter (with the fiscal year starting on March 1). This year we have the Latin American event, FUDCon Santiago[1] in Chile, in Q2; the event for EMEA, FUDCon Zurich in Switzerland, in Q3; and a North American FUDCon event in Q4. In each case, typically the event will happen sometime in the first two months of the quarter, so that we can ensure all bills are paid by Red Hat's financial deadlines. That deadline usually comes a couple weeks before the end of quarter, so the first two months are the ideal time to actually stage an event. So the North American FUDCon event will happen in either December 2010 or January 2011. The bidders will work with the Community Architecture team to resolve the exact timing. In the past we've often heard from community members that they'd love to have an event in a warmer clime during the chilly winter months. We couldn't agree more, and now we have a way to empower our community to make that happen. FUDCon Honolulu? Maybe not, but we're open to other possibilities! We want to find a place for the next North American event that includes: * Reasonable travel, room and board costs * Availability of inexpensive or free event space * A little warmer than Boston (we hope!) * Active FOSS/other interested communities that might like to attend * Consideration of academic schedules for students who want to attend * Consideration of holidays for people in North America * One or more organizing Fedora community members with the time and energy to help prepare We now have a bid process[3] that lets interested community members propose FUDCon in their region, or even backyard. Nothing Olympic style -- simply a way for excited Fedora folks in the locale to help secure event space, lodging, and other logistical details. We've already kicked this process off for FUDCon Zurich 2010, and are looking to start this cycle for North America as well. In the summer, after FUDCon Santiago concludes, we will kick the same process off for Latin America again for a 2011 conference. So here's what you need to do to get the ball rolling: * Join the fudcon-planning list[4] and let us know you want to bid. * Make a wiki page called [[FUDCon:Bid_for_<Your_Town>_2011]], with the information outlined on the bid process[3] page. The bid process will be open for a period of approximately 3 weeks. At that point the FPL and Community Architecture teams, as major stakeholders in the event, will go through the bids and make a decision on where we'll locate FUDCon North America. * * * [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Santiago_2010 [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Zurich_2010 [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_bid_process [4] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fudcon-planning - -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLulbCrNvJN70RNxcRAiC/AKCmdh7kpohjQcIHHp9AsHVmD/E4QACgsH/r NAh1llrQ4eK4FqxJhwLEP4k= =dLt+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- announce mailing list announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/announce
