Archive:FUDCon:Tempe 2011

Tempe, Arizona :: January 29-31, 2011 — General event owners: Jared Smith, Robyn Bergeron, Ryan Rix

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Before the event
PRE-REGISTRATION Lodging information Funding Requests
At the event
Technical sessions Hackfests Area map FUDCon Tempe 2011 - Google Map
Administrivia
Logistics Budget Planning meetings

Event Details

Location

Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ

Dates

January 29-31, 2011

Pre-registration

Instructions

Please add your name to the list if you will attend. Also, please indicate the following:

• Put an X in the $$$ column if you need funding to attend, and visit the FUDCon ticket tracker to make a funding request. We have a limited budget and will work hard to fund as many people as possible. We'll use these answers to help figure out budgeting for the event. We are making arrangements for attendees from other geographic regions to encourage specific initiatives such as future FUDCon events, but preference may otherwise be given to people in North America.
• Put a V in the Veg column if you would like vegetarian fare for any meals that we provide during the event. If you prefer vegan fare, please mark that column VV. We will do our best to make sure everyone is accommodated!
• Put your T-shirt size in the Size column, so we can have an idea about what sizes to have available. (Use a W to note a women's size if needed.)
• If you are looking to share a room, mark an X in the "Roomshare?" column.

Use the Comments section for anything else you think organizers need to know, or to offer or ask for space or rides.

Fedora means freedom — registration is free and open to everyone.
You can pre-register anonymously, but now is a great time to create a Fedora account if you don't have one! For those new to Fedora, you can register in the Fedora Account System and follow the instructions there to complete the CLA (soon to be FPCA). This process usually takes less than 5 minutes.

#	Name	$$$	Veg	Size	Roomshare?	Hotel booked	Comments (extra line for badge)
001	Paul W. Frields			XL	Yes		stickster
002	Robyn Bergeron	X		W-M			rbergeron
003	Ryan Rix			L		N/A, local	rrix
004	Ian Weller	X (scholarship)		L	yes		ALL YOUR WIKI ARE BELONG TO EVERYONE
005	David Nalley	X		XL	yes		ke4qqq
006	Hiemanshu Sharma	X		XL	yes		hiemanshu
007	Steven M. Parrish	X		XXL	yes		smparrish - KDE - SugarLabs
008	John Rose	X		L	yes		inode0
009	Clint Savage	X		XXL	yes		herlo
010	Jon Stanley	X		XL	yes		jds2001
011	Jared Smith			L	yes		jsmith
012	Matt Domsch			XL			mdomsch
013	Mel Chua		V	WM	yes - tatica		mchua
014	Sebastian Dziallas	X (scholarship)		L	yes - pbrobinson		sdziallas
015	Jeroen van Meeuwen	-		XL	yes		Dutch
016	Pete Zaitcev			XL	yes		zaitcev
017	Zachary Giles			L		Local	zgiles
018	Shawn Badger			2XLT		Local
019	Ben Boeckel		V	L	yes	No	mathstuf
020	Jean-Francois Saucier	X (if possible)		XL	yes	No	djf_jeff
021	Larry Cafiero	X (lodging only)		XXL	no		lcafiero
022	J. Randall Owens			L	no	local enough	jrowens
023	Neville A. Cross	X		L	yes		yn1v
024	Chris Tyler			XL			ctyler - Seneca
025	Paul Whalen			L
026	Edward Jensen			XL	n/a	Local	eddiejensen
027	María "tatica" Leandro	X		M	yes - mchua		tatica
028	Paul Mellors	X		XL	yes		MooDoo
029	Ben Williams			XL	yes	no	Southern_Gentlem/VileGent
030	Máirín Duffy		V	no	yes	no	mizmo
031	Sean Roe			XXL	no	no
032	Clive Hills	X	V	L	yes		DiscordianUK
033	Dave Riches	X		L	yes		dcr226
034	Alex Hudson		V	M	no		so_solid_moo
035	Tom "spot" Callaway		V	XXL	yes		·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º>
036	Kevin Fenzi			XL		no	nirik
037	Stephen Smoogen			S		no	smooge
038	José Edgardo López	X		L	yes		Magjogui
039	Bill Nottingham			XL	TBD
040	Chris Greenough			XXL	no
041	Adam Miller	X		XL	X	no	maxamillion
042	sourabh sinha			L		Local	ssinha
043	Ayesha Sinha			S		Local	ayesha
044	Francis Earl					Local
045	Mike McGrath			L			mmcgrath
046	Christopher Aillon			XL
047	Yvette Chanco			L
048	Antonio S. Sallés	X		XL	Yes	Yes	Fedora Ambassador, Chile/FUDCon Santiago 2010 "0wner"
049	Pascal V. Calarco	X		XL	Yes	No	pcalarco
050	Jesse Keating			XL	Yes	No	Oxf13
051	Leanne Stover			XL
052	Guillermo Gómez	X		L	Yes		gomix
053	Toshio Kuratomi			M	Yes		abadger1999
054	Steven Dake			XL			sdake
055	Justin M. Forbes			XL			jforbes
056	Igor Soares	X		M	Yes		igorps
057	Peter Robinson	X		L	Yes - sdziallas		Fedora Mini - MeeGo, Sugar, OLPC
058	Carlos Alvarez			XL		Local	calvarez
059	Dave Malcolm			L	Yes		dmalcolm
060	Edna Rheiner	X		xL	yes		"erheiner"
061	JoergSimon	X		XXL	yes		kital
062	Bert Desmet	X		L	yes		biertie
063	Ricky Zhou	X (scholarship)		XL	yes		ricky
064	matt mooney	X		L	X		mfm
065	Seth Vidal		V	XL	X		skvidal
066	Adam McCullough	X		XL		local	Achtung, AZ! :)
#	Name	$$$	Veg	Size	Roomshare?	Hotel booked	Comments (extra line for badge)

Travel

Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (Airport Code: PHX) is the major airport servicing the greater Phoenix Metro area. The following airlines have flights going in / coming out of Sky Harbor:

• Terminal 2: Alaska, Continental, Great Lakes, United / TED
• Terminal 3: AirTran, American, Delta, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Midwest, Sun Country
• Terminal 4: Aeromexico, Air Canada, British Airways, Southwest, US Airways / America West, US Airways / America West Express (Mesa Airlines), Westjet
  • Terminal 4 is also the International Terminal for Sky Harbor.

Travel discounts

Fedora contributor Steven Parrish has secured an airline and rental car discount for travelers. Refer to FUDCon:Tempe 2011 travel discounts for more information.

Local Mass Transit

Tempe is served by Phoenix Metro (a light rail line), and also has local bus lines.

Light Rail

Valley METRO Light Rail. (on Wikipedia) Metro trains run between Dobson Road in Mesa and Bethany Home Road in Phoenix; the center of the line connects Sky Harbor International Airport with downtown Tempe.

• Metro trains run from the airport to downtown Tempe. The Mill station ("Mill Avenue and Third Street") is two very short blocks from the proposed hotel for FUDCon, Tempe Mission Palms.

• To board a train from the airport, take the Phoenix Airport Shuttle from any terminal to the Airport Metro station ("44th Street and Washington"). Detailed directions are located here.

• A one-ride pass for Metro (good on all local trains and buses) is $1.75; a full-day Metro pass is $3.50. Farecard machines accept credit and debit cards, and cash. 5-packs of full-day passes can be purchased online, in advance, for $17.50, and should be received within 5-7 days.

Lodging

Reservation information coming soon
Don't call quite yet, we're getting the final details settled with the hotel.

Tempe Mission Palms hotel -- 60 East Fifth Street, Tempe, Arizona 85281 (map)

Courtyard Tempe Downtown -- 601 South Ash Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85281 (map)

The hotel will be located within easy walking distance of the classroom space where the technical sessions will be held on Saturday and Sunday. There is a bit more of a walk to Memorial Union for Monday's hackfests, but it's only about 20 minutes.

Transportation

Airport shuttle

The hotel features a complimentary airport shuttle from 5:30am to 10:30pm. Upon arrival, call the hotel to request the shuttle.

Light rail

Valley METRO Light Rail (on Wikipedia) Metro trains run between Dobson Road in Mesa and Bethany Home Road in Phoenix; the center of the line connects Sky Harbor International Airport with downtown Tempe.

• Metro trains run from the airport to downtown Tempe. The Mill station ("Mill Avenue and Third Street") is two very short blocks from the proposed hotel for FUDCon, Tempe Mission Palms.

• To board a train from the airport, take the Phoenix Airport Shuttle from any terminal to the Airport Metro station ("44th Street and Washington"). Detailed directions are located here.

• A one-ride pass for Metro (good on all local trains and buses) is $1.75; a full-day Metro pass is $3.50. Farecard machines accept credit and debit cards, and cash. 5-packs of full-day passes can be purchased online, in advance, for $17.50, and should be received within 5-7 days.

Packing List

• Laptop with 802.11b/g wireless
  • Extension cord (and North American power adapter, if from outside NA)
  • Ethernet cable (for hotel and/or hackfest)
• Credit card (VISA or MasterCard) or small amount of cash (ATMs are nearby the hotel and both ASU locations for the event)
• Your presentation slides or anything needed for the hackfest
• Casual clothes for the event
  • Average highs near 68F/20C, average lows near 40F/4C
  • Bring warmer clothing for nighttime (jackets, etc.)
  • Optional: umbrella, there is occasional precipitation in January
  • Average temperatures for Tempe, AZ

If staying at the hotel:

• Optional: swimsuit, gym clothes.

Agenda

General schedule

Scheduling on Saturday
Technical sessions on Saturday are 50 minutes in length followed by a ten-minute break. There is a one-hour break for lunch, and an additional 30 minutes after the last session for people to converse or blog, before the final wrap-up session.

Scheduling on Sunday
Technical sessions on Sunday are 50 minutes in length followed by a ten-minute break. There is a one-hour break for lunch. After lunch the hackfests will begin.

Saturday, January 29, 2011
Time	Event
0900 - 1000	Orientation, BarCamp pitches and scheduling
1100 - 1150	Sessions block 1
1200 - 1250	Lunch
1300 - 1350	Sessions block 2
1400 - 1450	Sessions block 3
1500 - 1550	Sessions block 4
1600 - 1650	Sessions block 5
1730 - 1800	The Highly Esteemed Fedora Project Leader's World-Famous State of Fedora Address!
1900 - 2300	FUDPub
Sunday, January 30, 2011
0900 - 0950	Sessions block 6
1000 - 1050	Sessions block 7
1100 - 1150	Sessions block 8
1200 - 1300	Lunch
1300 - 1800	Hackfests
Evening	Social TBA
Monday, January 31, 2011
0900 - 1800	Hackfests

Technical sessions - Saturday/Sunday

Refereeing for technical sessions
Note that this FUDCon, technical sessions may be refereed or decided by panel or other means. However, we do require material for all sorts of experience levels, so do not worry about competition. Simply propose something you think would be of interest to attendees.

Technical sessions
ANYONE can propose a session, including you. Just pick a topic near and dear to your heart and propose it here.

For Audience Level, indicate whether your talk is appropriate for a beginner, intermediate (current skilled contributor), or expert level.

Session Name	Description	Audience Level	Owner
Using mutt for gmail	How to configure and use mutt with gmail.	Beginner and up	Steven M. Parrish
Fedora on ARM	Running Fedora on very little electricity	Beginner and up	Chris Tyler
Designing UI mockups in Inkscape	Have an itch to scratch in your favorite UI but not sure how to mock it up? Learn how here. This session will focus more on technique and workflow rather than design principles.	Beginner and up	Máirín Duffy
Fedora cloud storage	Building your own storage cloud with Fedora (Robyn et.al.: I'll cover OpenStack/Swift for you too, unless you show up)	Intermediate	Pete Zaitcev
Getting involved with Fedora Weekly News	Are you interested in contributing to FWN as a regular beat writer? Come to this session to find out what's involved, time commitment and workflow	Beginner and up	Pascal V. Calarco
Upstream marketing	Do you work on a SIG or an upstream project packaged in Fedora? Learn how to leverage Fedora Marketing's resources and expertise to spread the word about your project. This session is laptops-open and hands-on.	Intermediate (new to Marketing, but contributing to some other aspect of FOSS)	Mel Chua
Fedora Security Lab and the OSSTMM	This talk introduces how Information Security work can be done with the Fedora Security Lab and how you can contribute to it. It demonstrates the development state of the Fedora Security Lab and how the Fedora Security Lab implements and aids the OSSTMM.	this is for anyone who want to learn about FSL, or can/want to help me to improve it	JoergSimon
Fedora Ambassadors a global/regional challenge (not sure if this belongs here?)	Different cultures, different groups - one conduct and so many challenges. This is about how the Ambassadors group evolved over the years, what work was necessary to maintain the group in an healthy state and how we work torwards to face new challenges - and of course it will be a ground for discussions around this topic.	Intermediate	JoergSimon
Gimp as professional photo editing tool	took photos of a beautiful landscape and you want to propose it as supplementary wallpaper? Went to an event and want to enhance photos to use on your report? Learn how improove your photos	Intermediate	tatica
Session Name	Description	Audience Level	Owner

Hackfests - Sunday & Monday

Session Name	Session Leader	General Plan	Prerequisites, if any
Coding Dojo: Python	Toshio Kuratomi (abadger1999)		Large display or screen to show what's being hacked on, laptop hooked to screen, room for two people to pair program while being watched by an audience. A timekeeper. Hour to hour and a half to program and then discuss.
Coding Dojo: Ruby	Guillermo Gómez (gomix)		Large display or screen to show what's being hacked on, laptop hooked to screen, room for two people to pair program while being watched by an audience. A timekeeper. Hour to hour and a half to program and then discuss.
Session Name	Session Leader	General Plan	Prerequisites, if any

Social events

FUDPub - Saturday

Rúla Búla - time TBA

Rúla Búla is located practically next to the Mission Palms hotel. It's an Irish pub with a fairly spacious outdoor patio.

Administration

This event is run in general accordance with our other FUDCon events, which have their own set of pages for administration.

Planning meetings

FUDCon is planned openly and transparently. Anyone is welcome to attend and participate in the meetings. All attendees are expected to be polite and constructive. Planning happens through email and IRC:

• Planning via email is done on the fudcon-planning list, which is open to participants to join.
• Regular IRC meetings are held on Monday at 3:00pm US-Eastern time (regardless of UTC) in #fudcon-planning^[?].
• IRC meeting agenda is set from the FUDCon planning Trac, using all tickets with the meeting keyword set. To add something to the agenda, file a new ticket (if required) and add the meeting keyword. Here is the current agenda.