[Ambassadors] Fedora conference co-located with Linux Symposium?

[Oisin Feeley]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:58:27 -0600, "Matt Domsch" <matt at domsch.com>
said:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 08:16:44PM -0500, inode0 wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Matt Domsch <matt at domsch.com> wrote:
> > > Andrew Hutton caught me online earlier today and asked if Fedora would
> > > be interested in hosting a conference of any size, to run concurrent
> > > with the Linux Symposium (previously held in Ottawa) in Montreal 13-17
> > > July 2009).  Plenty of space is available for a 2-day concurrent
> > > conference, and he's working on chartered busses from several (nearby)
> > > cities such as Boston, Ottawa, and Toronto to ease getting to
> > > Montreal.
> > >
> > > This wouldn't be a Fedora 12 planning FUDCon as we've traditionally
> > > had such, given that mid-July is pretty late for such assuming we get
> > > back to our May 1 / October 31 release schedule.  But it could be an
> > > opportunity for Fedora-specific side-tracks to LS, or a hackfest, or
> > > any number of ways to use the time and space.  If we had 2 days and
> > > space for 100+ people in Montreal that week,, how could we use it?
> > >
> > > I'd like an interested Ambassador to step up and volunteer to run such
> > > an event.  Volunteers?
> > 
> > Wow, this is a great opportunity. We have some ambassadors on the
> > ground in Montreal so let's try to make this happen if we can.
> 
> 
> Can anyone volunteer to coordinate Fedora's involvement in this event?
> Andrew would like to know if Fedora is interested and start planning
> space needs.

I am _not_ volunteering to co-ordinate as I have little experience in
organising such events.  I am also two hours drive away from Montreal
(in Sherbrooke), but I can provide basic gruntwork on the relevant days
if someone else needs assistance.

Best wishes
-- 
  Oisin Feeley
  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OisinFeeley