On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 22:30 -0400, Warren Togami wrote: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents > > I am attending a partially Red Hat sponsored LTSP Hackfest in Portland, > Oregon July 25th, 26th and 27th. That is immediately after OSCon. > While my primary purpose for going to Portland will be the LTSP > Hackfest, I wonder if there is an opportunity for me to do any Fedora > thing at OSCon. > > http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/content/about > https://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/register#pricing > I'm told by OSCon attendees in previous years that exhibit floor and > BOF's are free. Although it appears from their website that accessto > BOF's is not free. Not sure what is accurate, can somebody figure this out? > > I would like to spend some time at a Fedora booth and talk during a > Fedora BOF. Is anyone here already in contact with OSCon and organizing > a booth and BOF? > > I don't have the priority to do this myself, but I am willing to > participate if it is already happening. Anyhow, I need to know if any > Fedora event is happening soon because I have to purchase my airfare soon. Hi Warren, John Poelstra, Jack Aboutboul, and I will be at OSCON as well, and Jack is setting up a Fedora booth for this show. I don't know the story behind the BoF cost change; a ticket to OSCON that -- according to their site -- gets you into BoFs is *really* expensive, like $1100. I'll talk to Jack to see whether this is accurate -- it sounds like crossed wires to me, since BoFs are normally done on volunteer time as extramural activities. I believe strongly that anyone who wants to attend (or speak at) a Fedora BoF should be able to do so with freedom as in beer and speech. That's how our project works, and "pay to play" doesn't quite sit right. On a related note, I was surprised to see that Canonical charges about $650 for a ticket to their UbuntuLive conference, but it's completely their prerogative, and I understand they may need to offset costs somehow. FUDCon events, though, are a cost that Red Hat can, does, and should proudly bear as a way to give back to the Fedora community, and I don't foresee changing that model. -- 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/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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