Re: Pitch: FUDCon APAC 2015 Invitation article.

[Ryan Lerch <rlerch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/09/2015 06:00 PM, Ryan Lerch wrote:

On 06/09/2015 05:11 PM, Swapnil Kulkarni wrote:

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Kushal Das <kushaldas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 09/06/15, pravin.d.s@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 9 June 2015 at 11:59, Kushal Das <kushaldas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On 06/06/15, pravin.d.s@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > >     Done with most of the things including posters, invitations emails,
> > > schedule, website, speakers tickets etc.
> > >
> > >    We started invitation this week. Good to have dedicated post in Fedora
> > > Magazine for invitation FUDCon APAC 2015.
> > >
> > We don't think it is a good idea to put the invitation on the Fedora
> > Magazine. If you want, you can blog about it in your personal blog, but
> > the fudcon invitation on magazone will not go to the right target
> > audience, and not of the quality for Fedora magazine.
> >
>
> I think rather than blog it make sense on Fedora Magazine.
> 1. FUDCon is one of the premier event of Fedora.
> 2. Its good if Magazine readers get information about Fedora event
> happening in APAC.
The event is in less than 3 weeks. It was nice to have the CFP call on
magazine, but just putting an invitation for the event on the magazine does
not look good. The schedule and other vital information will come on the
5tftw.

A post containing  event summary would make more sense.

> 3. We should think this as an opportunity to increase audience of Fedora
> Magazine as well. Since this post will get shared with lots of APAC readers
> and also may be new users not aware regarding Magazine.
> 4. Rather than publicizing personnel blog, i would like to publicize and
> increase Magazine readers :)
I would rather like to keep the quality of the posts for Fedora magazine
than trying to increase it in this way.

Kushal
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I think a good, user-focused article about FUDCon and highlighting some of the talks targeted at users might fit into the magazine.

It would also have to explain a bit about what a FUDCon is too.

I have started a post here (you'll need to login to the magazine to see it)

http://fedoramagazine.org/?p=9139&preview_id=9139&preview=true&preview_nonce=a6c92822a2&post_format=standard

Feel free to jump in and edit it if you want -- i am planning on adding some more content to it tonight / tomorrow (Australia time :) )

cheers,
ryanlerch

Here is what i have in the article. I have tried to keep it brief, and trying to target Fedora Users a little more than contributors. I also added a bit about videos being available online and livestreamed. (not sure if we plan to do this at FUDCon, so we can remove that bit if not)

cheers,
ryanlerch

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# Fedora users in APAC are heading to Pune, India #

Every year, Fedora users and developers in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region meet up at the annual FUDCon (Fedora Users & Developers Conference) to learn how to do get more out of Fedora, and plan the future of our OS. This year, the APAC FUDCon is being held in the city of Pune, India from June 26 to June 28 2015, and everyone is invited to attend this free event.

FUDCon Pune 2015 is being held at the Maharashtra Institute of Technology Engineering Department of Computer Engineering in Pune, India. The conference schedule features 13 hands-on workshops, 36 technology deep dives, and 3 specialized tracks and allows Fedora users and contributors to connect with fellow open source enthusiasts and learn about the latest technologies and projects available from The Fedora Project.

## Talks at FUDCon Pune 2015 ##

The schedule at FUDCon Pune this year features a wide range of topics from many different speakers, including talks and workshops on: the new package manager in Fedora 22 (DNF),  Android development on Fedora, using Vagrant for DevOps, a workshop on Inkscape -- the open source vector graphics editor, multiple OpenStack talks, and many more talks covering even more Open Source projects and technologies.

## Can't make it to Pune? ##

Even though you might not be able to make it to FUDCon in person, you can always follow along virtually with many of the talks at this FUDCon being livestreamed, recorded and published on the FUDCon website.

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