On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 12:33 -0400, linux-Hawk wrote: > Paul W. Frields wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 09:51 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote: > > > > > A local university I have contacts with are asking about flyers to put > > > up around the university advertising the upcoming FUDCon event. Mo has > > > offered to create some from her templates, but she needs content to put > > > in it. Can ya'll work up some content regarding the event for her? > > > > > > > Has anyone picked up the task of providing this content? Here's > > something I wrote for the Summit folks for their daily event newspaper. > > > > NOTE: Not all of this is going to be relevant in the context of a > > university flier. I trust people's good judgment to adapt it > > properly. :-) > > > > ''' > > FUDCon at the Summit > > > > While Red Hat executives, developers, partners, and customers are > > rubbing elbows at the Summit, there's a whole additional event going on > > simultaneously. You'll find the Fedora community hard at work, > > brainstorming, planning, and hacking on the future of our free, leading > > edge, community supported platform. From Thursday to Saturday, we're > > holding a Fedora Users and Developers Conference (FUDCon) here in > > Boston. > > > > Thursday and Friday we'll be here in the Hynes Center on the third > > floor, holding all-day “hackathon” sessions extending over many > > workgroups in several rooms in the FUDCon space. You can stop by, > > introduce yourself, and meet world-class developers, designers, and > > system administrators. Ask about the features or platform enhancements > > they're working on. Heck, you might even want to roll up your sleeves > > and get involved when you meet some of the brainiacs behind Fedora. > > > > On Saturday, we're moving to Boston University, where we'll hold a full > > day of BarCamp sessions. At a standard conference, some of the most > > rewarding conversations are those that happen in the hallways between or > > after sessions. BarCamp makes those conversations the entire focus of > > the day. Speakers pitch their talks first thing in the morning, and then > > the entire audience collaborates with them on shaping the schedule for > > the day. > > > > Sound like chaos? Maybe a bit, but out of that chaos comes one of the > > most energizing, captivating, and informative days of Fedora-related > > talk imaginable. And when it's all over, we'll adjourn to the > > ever-popular FUDPub, where the conversations can continue over a > > beverage of your choice. > > > > This innovative and results-centered approach has made FUDCon a can't > > miss event for hundreds of Fedora community members and open source > > enthusiasts and professionals worldwide. We hope you'll join us while > > you're here in Boston and embrace the passionate spirit of free and open > > source software that Fedora's all about. > > > > By the way, we'll also be at the Summit's Fedora booth, located near the > > Cool Stuff Store. If you bring us a 2 GB or larger USB key, we'll turn > > it into a portable Fedora 9 Live system you can use with any USB booting > > computer. And all without messing with your other data on the USB key. > > No muss, no fuss. So even if you can't fit all the FUDCon innovation in > > around the other fun and learning at the Summit, you can still take a > > little souvenir home with you. > > ''' > > > > > Thats a great start to the flyers , how ever i'd klike to see some art > work on the so people know that they are official project marketing > material. That's the point, but until we get workable text, it's a lot harder for the Artwork project to design properly. Would you like to help by working on that text? -- 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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