[plug] Fwd: Linux User Conference in WA?
Quintin Lette
qlette at gmail.com
Wed Feb 23 16:00:34 WST 2005
I too will actively support this.
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:16:18 +0800, Evert van Dijk
<evert at silver-sword.net> wrote:
> I like the concept and have had simillar ideas/hopes for these in the past
> The main purpose I conceived was to promote Linux on both the desktop
> and the server
> but to different audiences.
> The Desktop user would not care how to setup iptables, tarballs or apache
> but they would greatly want to know how to use KDE or Gnome to achieve
> what they now do in Windows
> ie emails and office and web-browsing.
> The Server user would want to learn how to achieve the goals that
> Windows or Unix servers now do, ie iptables, RPMs or apt-gets,
> apache etc.
>
> count me in as a promoter and a participant
>
> E.
>
> Leon Brooks wrote:
>
> >Want to do something like this here in WA?
> >
> >---------- Forward; originally to LinuxAus ----------
> >
> >Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] About a User Conference (was...)
> >Date: Wednesday 23 February 2005 10:58
> >From: Michael Still <mikal at stillhq.com>
> >
> >Andrew Cowie wrote:
> >
> >
> >>[Reigning the flights of fancy back in, I will mention that Mikal is
> >>considering working on something at the much-smaller end of the
> >>scale. I'll let him discuss that if and when he sees fit]
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Ok, here's me coming out of the closet... This grand plan came to me in
> >a dream last week sometime, so it's still quite new, and probably needs
> >tweaking. The fundamental premises are:
> >
> > - the world needs a introductory user conference in AU
> > - there are a bunch of people in Canberra who know how to make
> > conferences now
> > - I don't mind running another conference
> > - users are extremely price sensitive
> >
> >Bear those in mind while you look at the following proposal I wrote up
> >last week. It's still in extreme draft mode...
> >
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >The concept.
> >------------
> >
> >The market is "ripe" for a user conference in Australia. The underlying
> >premise of this proposal is that there is now a group of people in
> >Canberra who understand how to run an event, having just done it, who
> >are capable of running said user conference.
> >
> >I would like to volunteer to run such an event. The operational concept
> >is that of "AusLUG". This is a national event styled on a bigger LUG
> >meeting for two days. The cost is kept deliberately low, and the event
> >is much simpler than LCA. The concept has room for growth into a fuller
> >conference in future years, dependant on demand. I propose that the
> >event have two streams -- a user stream focused on introductory / LUG
> >grade topics (such as how to install and use Apache, what distribution
> >might be right for you, email environments, how iptables works and how
> >to set it up, that kind of thing) and an introductory programmers
> >stream (what license would be right for you, what an open source
> >package usually contains (tarballs, README, license, man pages), how
> >to autoconf your package, what languages work with Gnome and KDE, that
> >kind of thing).
> >
> >The conference would run in a down scale venue, such as a community
> >club. The only vendor handouts, unless they are donated, would be a
> >tshirt. No catering is provided, but may be bought from the club. The
> >cost of attendance should be approximately $100 per person for the full
> >two days.
> >
> >I see scope for an associated trade show in future years, once an
> >audience has been established (which I believe is needed for exhibitors
> >to be willing to spend money on booths).
> >
> >Draft schedule for the event:
> >
> >Saturday
> >--------
> >
> >8:30 - 9:30 Registrations
> >9:30 - 10:00 Welcome
> >
> > User stream Intro programming stream
> >10:30 - 11:30 ... ...
> >11:30 - 12:30 ... ...
> >
> >13:30 - 14:30 ... ...
> >14:30 - 15:30 ... ...
> >
> >16:00 - 17:00 ... ...
> >17:00 - 18:00 ... ...
> >
> >18:00 - Dinner (not formally organized)
> >
> >Sunday
> >------
> >
> >9:30 - 10:00 Welcome
> >
> > User stream Intro programming stream
> >10:30 - 11:30 ... ...
> >11:30 - 12:30 ... ...
> >
> >13:30 - 14:30 ... ...
> >14:30 - 15:30 ... ...
> >
> >15:00 - 16:00 Close, and where to from here
> >
> >There are 10 talks per stream...
> >
> >Funding.
> >--------
> >
> >I am requesting $xxx seed funding from Linux Australia, and the same
> >amount from AUUG. The reasoning here is to spread the risk of the
> >event, and maximise the benefits to the community and both groups. In
> >return both organizations will recieve branding of the event, and half
> >the profit from the event if there is one. I also need to to receive a
> >commitment to running the event in a similar shared manner in the
> >future.
> >
> >In the case of the conference making a loss, then both organizations
> >would lose their seed funding, but no more.
> >
> >Timing.
> >-------
> >
> >September. Enough after LCA for me to have a sleep. Not too close to
> >AUUG 2005 (a month away, but a different audience), not too close to
> >LCA 2006 (and again a different demographic). Open to negotiation
> >though.
> >
> >Chain of command.
> >-----------------
> >
> >I would report to both Linux Australia and AUUG, but would have sole
> >delegated control of the event. Subsequent events would be negotiated
> >between myself, Linux Australia and AUUG if this event is a success.
> >
> >Liability cover would be arranged through Linux Australia's event
> >insurance.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Mikal
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >I would not schedule it for Sat/Sun, but rather for a Mon/Tue during the
> >school holidays, to give the edu people a good chance to attend and
> >others to bundle it into school holiday leave.
> >
> >Cheers; Leon
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> >
> >
> >
>
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