Fedora mini-sessions at booth and other tasks

[Sarah White]

Hi,

At the FAmNA meeting on Tuesday night we discussed some more details
and ideas regarding Fedora's presence at the Summit.  Here's a recap:

1. kk4ewt: needs the address to ship the event box and vbanners to.
Robyn will send the shipping info to kk4ewt. kk4ewt asks that it be on
a ticket.

2. Collateral and other marketing materials need to be wrangled from
whatever or whoever births them. DAGNABIT, I knew I was forgetting
something, AS7 + Fedora postcard layouts and text will be my next
email. Sarah's on the AS7 + Fedora collateral, pinkie swear.

3. Robyn is thinking about a fedora dinner, but it is hard to find a
time slot during Summit insanity.

4. We have a seating area and screen with about 15-20 chairs in the
fedora area, which is large according to Robyn. We will also have
ongoing ARM demo area during the entire Summit. (Note: Robyn said
she'd send graphite6 the Fedora booth registration info)

5. Robyn is sorting out when we can do talks and how long some of them
will need to be. So far she knows the following people/projects would
like a slot:
  a. Jon Masters
  b. Cluster folks possibly needing an official slot but perhaps not
(Robyn did you mean cluster or Gluster?)

6. Ideas for additional Fedora mini-sessions:
  a. Getting started with AS7 on F17 (I can definitely find some one
to do this, pinging mgoldman now)
  b. Getting started with Openstack on F17 (Robyn with talk to markmc
or russellb)
  c. Boxgrinder and Fedora (ping mgoldman again)
  d. The joys of packaging/benefits of packaging Java tools and
frameworks. There are a lot of developers in the middleware ecosystem
that don't understand packaging or the benefits of having something
like AS7 packaged in F17+all the great VM and cloud infrastructure
also packaged in F17. (mojavelinux could give a talk on some aspect of
this, as well as mgoldman (and I'm sure there are others)
  e. Virtual machine deployments using F17
  f.  Anyone else have any ideas for mini-sessions? NOTE: we have to
be careful that we don't overlap with summit topics...kittens will
die.
  g. Oh wait, I've got one more!  Getting started with Arquillian on
F17 because YEA! Arquillian got packaged and go out with the AS7
upgrade!  There isn't any overlap with Summit stuff regarding
Arquillian because it's not a product and it's not being talked about
at the Summit /JUDCon -- but lots of attendees are pinging us wanting
to know if the Arquillian developers will be there...could be a way to
lure newcomers to the Fedora booth. The Fedora Booth: the only place
at the Summit where you can find those Testing Rebels from the fringe!
Get your testing development environment ON with Fedora 17! Get
Fedora, Launch Arquillian, Save the Galaxy! -- Too much?Sorry, I got
seriously derailed there, ignore my fangirlishness.

7. Showing off the Fedora community by getting users and developers to
record videos at the Summit about themselves, projects, open source
passion, etc. Robyn noted that Spot might be interested in being
interviewed.  I'll be posting a video demystifying the video 'studio'
setup and another of an actual interview on Monday so that people
might feel more comfortable getting in front of the camera (they'll
know what to expect, will know I'm not going to gimp a beefy miracle
sitting in the chair next to them, will know they're not the first
victim).

8. Robyn noted she needed to talk to Kristen about something...either
having to do with the videos idea or regarding me =D

9. Someone get inode0 a baseball from Fenway, please.

And I think that covers the ideas talked about in Tuesday's
ambassadors meeting.

Cheers,

Sarah
graphite6

PS. Apologies for the loooong email.

[Robyn Bergeron]

On 06/15/2012 04:07 PM, Sarah White wrote:
>  Hi,
>
>  At the FAmNA meeting on Tuesday night we discussed some more details
>  and ideas regarding Fedora's presence at the Summit.  Here's a recap:
>
>  1. kk4ewt: needs the address to ship the event box and vbanners to.
>  Robyn will send the shipping info to kk4ewt. kk4ewt asks that it be on
>  a ticket. 
I have the info, it's in the form of "you also have to attach
this label 
to the box you send" so I will get that uploaded.
>  2. Collateral and other marketing materials need to be wrangled from
>  whatever or whoever births them. DAGNABIT, I knew I was forgetting
>  something, AS7 + Fedora postcard layouts and text will be my next
>  email. Sarah's on the AS7 + Fedora collateral, pinkie swear. 
If you have time
.... this weekend (more like tomorrow) or on Monday, 
maybe we could do a quick get-together on irc to talk about the postcard?
>  3. Robyn is thinking about a fedora dinner, but it is hard to find a
>  time slot during Summit insanity. 
And I continue to think this. Wednesday night is
the only night this is 
really an option, and even then there are other things going on.
>  4. We have a seating area and screen with about 15-20 chairs in the
>  fedora area, which is large according to Robyn. We will also have
>  ongoing ARM demo area during the entire Summit. (Note: Robyn said
>  she'd send graphite6 the Fedora booth registration info) 
Sent!
>  5. Robyn is sorting out when we can do talks and how long some of them
>  will need to be. So far she knows the following people/projects would
>  like a slot:
>     a. Jon Masters
>     b. Cluster folks possibly needing an official slot but perhaps not
>  (Robyn did you mean cluster or Gluster?) 
Cluster. To be more specific in this case,
load balancing, but it's 
folks from the cluster team.
>  6. Ideas for additional Fedora mini-sessions:
>     a. Getting started with AS7 on F17 (I can definitely find some one
>  to do this, pinging mgoldman now)
>     b. Getting started with Openstack on F17 (Robyn with talk to markmc
>  or russellb)
>     c. Boxgrinder and Fedora (ping mgoldman again)
>     d. The joys of packaging/benefits of packaging Java tools and
>  frameworks. There are a lot of developers in the middleware ecosystem
>  that don't understand packaging or the benefits of having something
>  like AS7 packaged in F17+all the great VM and cloud infrastructure
>  also packaged in F17. (mojavelinux could give a talk on some aspect of
>  this, as well as mgoldman (and I'm sure there are others)
>     e. Virtual machine deployments using F17
>     f.  Anyone else have any ideas for mini-sessions? NOTE: we have to
>  be careful that we don't overlap with summit topics...kittens will
>  die.
>     g. Oh wait, I've got one more!  Getting started with Arquillian on
>  F17 because YEA! Arquillian got packaged and go out with the AS7
>  upgrade!  There isn't any overlap with Summit stuff regarding
>  Arquillian because it's not a product and it's not being talked about
>  at the Summit /JUDCon -- but lots of attendees are pinging us wanting
>  to know if the Arquillian developers will be there...could be a way to
>  lure newcomers to the Fedora booth. The Fedora Booth: the only place
>  at the Summit where you can find those Testing Rebels from the fringe!
>  Get your testing development environment ON with Fedora 17! Get
>  Fedora, Launch Arquillian, Save the Galaxy! -- Too much?Sorry, I got
>  seriously derailed there, ignore my fangirlishness. 
Perhaps we could have a join
AS7/Arquillian/all-in-one talk?
>  7. Showing off the Fedora community by getting users and developers to
>  record videos at the Summit about themselves, projects, open source
>  passion, etc. Robyn noted that Spot might be interested in being
>  interviewed.  I'll be posting a video demystifying the video 'studio'
>  setup and another of an actual interview on Monday so that people
>  might feel more comfortable getting in front of the camera (they'll
>  know what to expect, will know I'm not going to gimp a beefy miracle
>  sitting in the chair next to them, will know they're not the first
>  victim).
>
>  8. Robyn noted she needed to talk to Kristen about something...either
>  having to do with the videos idea or regarding me =D 
You had mentioned that you
were looking for a room?
>  9. Someone get inode0 a baseball from Fenway, please. 
Yes.
>  And I think that covers the ideas talked about in Tuesday's
>  ambassadors meeting.
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  Sarah
>  graphite6
>
>  PS. Apologies for the loooong email. 
You're totally fine. Thanks for flogging
me :)
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[Sarah White]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Robyn Bergeron <rbergero(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  On 06/15/2012 04:07 PM, Sarah White wrote:
> >
> > 2. Collateral and other marketing materials need to be wrangled from
> > whatever or whoever births them. DAGNABIT, I knew I was forgetting
> > something, AS7 + Fedora postcard layouts and text will be my next
> > email. Sarah's on the AS7 + Fedora collateral, pinkie swear.
>
>  If you have time .... this weekend (more like tomorrow) or on Monday, maybe
>  we could do a quick get-together on irc to talk about the postcard? 
Sure, I can irc Saturday after noon(EST) or Monday before 2(EST). Pick
the time best for you in those blocks and I'll make sure I'm online.

> > 4. We have a seating area and screen with about 15-20 chairs in
> the
> > fedora area, which is large according to Robyn. We will also have
> > ongoing ARM demo area during the entire Summit. (Note: Robyn said
> > she'd send graphite6 the Fedora booth registration info)
>
>  Sent! 
Got it and done. Thank you!

> > 6. Ideas for additional Fedora mini-sessions:
>  Perhaps we could have a join AS7/Arquillian/all-in-one talk? 
Lol, I emailed mgoldman and I'll let him decided on the AS7/Arquillian
balance (he knows how to deal with us crazy testing people and when to
let us riot)

> > 8. Robyn noted she needed to talk to Kristen about
> something...either
> > having to do with the videos idea or regarding me =D
>
>  You had mentioned that you were looking for a room? 
Ah, that's what Kristen is
in charge of. Yes, it would be nice to have
a room, and it could be a small room, and it doesn't have to be for
the whole conference. And don't give away brownie points if this is a
nightmare to work out. I know the Summit is a different beast of a
conference. This plan can be (and will be) put in to action at other
conferences.

> > PS. Apologies for the loooong email.
>
>  You're totally fine. Thanks for flogging me :) 
And now I have the lyrics "Whip it! Whip it real good!" stuck in my head :D

[Sarah White]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Sarah White <graphitefriction(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Robyn Bergeron
> <rbergero(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
> > On 06/15/2012 04:07 PM, Sarah White wrote:
> >> 8. Robyn noted she needed to talk to Kristen about something...either
> >> having to do with the videos idea or regarding me =D
> >
> > You had mentioned that you were looking for a room?
>  Ah, that's what Kristen is in charge of. Yes, it would be nice to have
>  a room, and it could be a small room, and it doesn't have to be for
>  the whole conference. And don't give away brownie points if this is a
>  nightmare to work out. I know the Summit is a different beast of a
>  conference. This plan can be (and will be) put in to action at other
>  conferences. 
To perk up internal interest/spread cost and appeal, if you think it
would be advantageous I am also willing to film any community /open
source focused videos. This means we could extend the invitation to
JBoss projects' contributors. For example, JDF is a new community
focused/open source learning venture on the JBoss side (and I am on
good terms with some of the developers leading up that initiative,
plus they'll be at the Summit). DeltaSpike developers will be at the
Summit, that's a joint open source project between JBoss and Apache
(and a great example of a community that almost died but then got
revived and is developing new stuff). But if the videos get sucked
into a product sales package I'll morph into evil Sarah. Anyway, just
a thought.

[Robyn Bergeron]

On 06/15/2012 05:22 PM, Sarah White wrote:
>  On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Robyn Bergeron
> <rbergero(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
> > On 06/15/2012 04:07 PM, Sarah White wrote:
> >> 2. Collateral and other marketing materials need to be wrangled from
> >> whatever or whoever births them. DAGNABIT, I knew I was forgetting
> >> something, AS7 + Fedora postcard layouts and text will be my next
> >> email. Sarah's on the AS7 + Fedora collateral, pinkie swear.
> > If you have time .... this weekend (more like tomorrow) or on Monday, maybe
> > we could do a quick get-together on irc to talk about the postcard?
>  Sure, I can irc Saturday after noon(EST) or Monday before 2(EST). Pick
>  the time best for you in those blocks and I'll make sure I'm online.
Tomorrow between after noon EST would be best for me. But before... 2 or 
3pm EST. I will be on the ferry-children-to-birthday-parties boat after 
that. :D If that works, i'll look for you then!
> >> 4. We have a seating area and screen with about 15-20 chairs in the
> >> fedora area, which is large according to Robyn. We will also have
> >> ongoing ARM demo area during the entire Summit. (Note: Robyn said
> >> she'd send graphite6 the Fedora booth registration info)
> > Sent!
>  Got it and done. Thank you!
>
> >> 6. Ideas for additional Fedora mini-sessions:
> > Perhaps we could have a join AS7/Arquillian/all-in-one talk?
>  Lol, I emailed mgoldman and I'll let him decided on the AS7/Arquillian
>  balance (he knows how to deal with us crazy testing people and when to
>  let us riot)
>
> >> 8. Robyn noted she needed to talk to Kristen about something...either
> >> having to do with the videos idea or regarding me =D
> > You had mentioned that you were looking for a room?
>  Ah, that's what Kristen is in charge of. Yes, it would be nice to have
>  a room, and it could be a small room, and it doesn't have to be for
>  the whole conference. And don't give away brownie points if this is a
>  nightmare to work out. I know the Summit is a different beast of a
>  conference. This plan can be (and will be) put in to action at other
>  conferences.
>
> >> PS. Apologies for the loooong email.
> > You're totally fine. Thanks for flogging me :)
>  And now I have the lyrics "Whip it! Whip it real good!" stuck in my head :D
It's not too late!
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[Máirín Duffy]

On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 19:07 -0400, Sarah White wrote:
>  2. Collateral and other marketing materials need to be wrangled from
>  whatever or whoever births them. DAGNABIT, I knew I was forgetting
>  something, AS7 + Fedora postcard layouts and text will be my next
>  email. Sarah's on the AS7 + Fedora collateral, pinkie swear. 
I've got the SXSW leftover creative pamphlets Emily designed and can
bring a bunch.

>    f.  Anyone else have any ideas for mini-sessions? NOTE: we have to
>  be careful that we don't overlap with summit topics...kittens will
>  die. 
I would be really happy to do a session of whatever length would be
useful for you on using Inkscape, Gimp, or any creative FLOSS tools. As
a bonus, these are sure to not overlap with any Summit topics :) One
that I've gotten requests for before from Summit-goers is using Inkscape
for diagrams (eg network or architecture diagrams.)

~m