FUDCon:Valencia 2012

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Valencia, Venezuela :: August 23 - 24 - 25 - 26, 2012 -- General event owner: Maria "tatica" Leandro

Event Details

The 2012 LATAM FUDCon will be held in Valencia, Venezuela, August 23 - 24 - 25 - 26, 2012.

FUDCon is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference, a major free software event held in various regions around the world, usually annually per region. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks, workshops, and hackfests in which contributors work on specific initiatives. Topics include infrastructure, feature development, community building, general management and governance, marketing, testing and QA, packaging, etc.

FUDCon is always free to attend for anyone in the world.

Location

Valencia, Venezuela

Hackfests: Thursday

BarCamp: Friday, Saturday

FUDPub: Sunday

Dates

August 23 - 24 - 25 - 26, 2012

Meetings

• Day: Friday
• Time: 1800UTC [1]
• Channel: #Fudcon-Planning
• server: irc.freenode.org

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! Note: "Hell No" and similar statements are offensive to some and should not be included in this column.
• Put your T-shirt size in the Size column, so we can have an idea about what sizes to have available. Only Unisex (Mens Sizes will be ordered)
• Roomsharing:
  1. If you want or need to share a room, mark yes in the "Roomshare?" column.
  2. Once you have a roommate, both of you should mark your roommate's name in the block as well.
  3. If you need a roommate, look for someone with just a yes in the column, and contact them via email. If you encounter any problems, let the organizers know.

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

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#	Name	$$$	Veg	Size	Share room?	Comments	Hotel booked	extra line for badge	Country	TEAM
1	María "tatica" Leandro	Yes	NO	M (woman)	Yes User:richzendy		No	No	Venezuela	Ambassador, Design, Marketing, Translation
2	Edwind "richzendy" Contreras	Yes	NO	L	Yes User:tatica		No	No	Venezuela	Ambassador, Packager, Spins
3	Oliver Rivas	Yes	NO	XL	Yes		No	No	USA / Venezuela
4	Guillermo Gómez	Yes	NO	L	Yes		No	No	Venezuela	RPMDev, Ruby SIG, Fedora Documentation Project
5	Luis Bazan	Yes	NO	M	Yes		No	No	Panamá	Package Maintainer, Ambassadors, Infrastructure
6	Carlos "pelobravo" Marcano	Yes	NO	XL	No		No	No	Venezuela	Ambassador,Support, Documentation
7	Antonio Salles	Yes	NO!	XL	Sure		-	-	Chile	Fedora Ambassador & Sysadmin & Red Hat Expositor
8	Larry Letelier	Yes	NO!	L	Sure		-	-	Chile	Fedora Ambassador, Support, BBQ man
9	Itamar Reis Peixoto	Yes	NO!	L	Yes, :-)		No	-	Brazil	Fedora Ambassador, Packager,
10	Daniel Bruno	Yes	NO	M	Yes		No	-	Brazil	Fedora Ambassador, RPMDev, Infra LATAM
11	Abdel G. Martínez L.	Yes	NO	S	Yes		No	No	Panamá	Ambassador, Package Maintainer
12	Kellerman Rivero Suarez.	No	No	XL	Yes		No	No	Venezuela	Ambassador
13	Robert Marcano	No	No	L	Yes		No	No	Venezuela	Package Maintainer
14	Henry Anchante	No	No	M	Yes		No	No	Peru	Fedora Ambassador & Sysadmin
15	Valentin Basel	Yez	No	M	Yes		No	No	Argentina	Fedora Ambassador & software developer for educational robotics ICARO
16	Lenno Azevedo	Yes	NO	M	Yes		No	-	Brazil	Fedora Ambassador, Marketing, Brazilian Documentation(Wiki)
17	Yader Velásquez	Yes	No	S	Yes		No	No	Nicaragua	Fedora Ambassador and Package Maintainer
18	Wolnei Tomazelli Junior	Yes	No	M	Yes		No	No	Brazil	Fedora Ambassador, Artwork LATAM, Testing and Spins
19	Wilmer Jaramillo M.	Yes	No	S	Yes		Yes	No	Venezuela
20	Naudy Villarroel U.	Yes	No	M	Yes		Yes	No	Venezuela
21	German Ruiz	Yes	No	S	Yes		No	No	Nicaragua
22	Raul Odria	Yes	No	S	Yes		Yes	No	Venezuela
24	Christoph Wickert	Yes	Yes	L	Sure		No	cwickert	Germany	Ambassador, Packager, Spins, FAmSCo, Board, whatever
25	Andres Pascasio	X	NO	L	Yes		No	-	El Salvador	Fedora Ambassador, Packager, Free Media Program
26	Alejandro Moncada	Yes	NO	L	Yes		No	-	Colombia	Fedora Ambassador
27	Alejandro Perez	Yes	NO	L	Yes		No	-	Panama	Fedora Ambassador, Packager, Localization, Ruby Sig
28	Lic. David Mata	Yes	NO	L	Yes		No	-	Venezuela	Fundación Infocentro
29	T.S.U. José Conde	Yes	NO	L	Yes		No	-	Venezuela	Fundación Infocentro
30	Dennis Gilmore	No	No	XXL	Yes		No	dgilmore	Australia	Fedora Release Engineering and Infrastructure
31	Igor Soares	Yes	No	M	Yes		No	igorps	Brazil	FAmSCo, L10N and I18N
32	Alberto Mijares	Yes	No	S	Yes		Yes	No	Venezuela
33	Rodolfo Retamales	Yes	NO!	M	Sure		-	-	Chile	Fedora Ambassador & Sysadmin
34	Neville A. Cross	Yes	No	L	Yes		No	YN1V	Nicaragua	Ambassadors
35	José Edgardo López	Yes	No	L	Yes		No	magjogui	El Salvador	Ambassadors,Packager,FreeMedia
36	Adrian Alves	Yes	No	L	Yes User:danielbruno		No	alvesadrian	Argentina	Ambassadors,Packager
37	Aura Lila Gutierrez	Yes	No	S (women)	Yes		No	Lilixx	Nicaragua	Aspiring design
#	Name	$$$	Veg	Size	Share room?	Comments	Hotel booked	extra line for badge	Country	TEAM

Lodging / Hotel

Cost:

Travel and transportation

If you are trying to coordinate travel with other attendees, you may want to visit the travel planning page.

Getting to Valencia

Arturo Michelena International Airport (VLN)

The airport, Arturo Michelena International Airport (VLN), is the nation's third busiest. It is served by all major Venezuelan airlines.

Simón Bolívar International Airport

Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetia (IATA: CCS, ICAO: SVMI) (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetia Simón Bolívar) is located in Maiquetía, about 13 miles (21 kilometers) from downtown Caracas, Venezuela.

Simply called 'Maiquetia' by the local population, it is the top international air passenger gateway to Venezuela among the twelve international airports in the country. It handles flights to many important cities in the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East.

Since 2000 the airport has been undergoing major changes in order to meet international standards and to improve passenger traffic, security, immigration areas and customs areas. Security measures have become top priority since the 9/11 events, and now departure areas and arrival areas are completely split into the lower and upper levels of the airport. Maiquetia airport has two terminals: Domestic (D) and international (I).

Estimated Cost

Quotes from Orbits Going on 2012-08-22 Returning 2012-08-27 Looking for fewer stops - Updates from Kayak on the same traveling dates.

Origen	Cost	Stop	Route
Frankfurt, Germany	USD 1,605	2	Amsterdam, Curazao (Overnight)
Paris, France	USD 1,951	2	Madrid, Bogotá (Overnight)
Miami, USA	USD 624	1	Curazao (Insel Air)
Houston, USA	USD 1,285	2	Juarez, Bogotá (Overnight)
Newark, USA	USD 1,154	1	Bogotá (Overnight)
Washington DC, USA	USD 1,024	2	San Salvador, Bogotá (Avianca)
Mexico DF, Mexico	USD 768	1	Bogotá (Avianca)
Managua, Nicaragua	USD 1,282	2	San Salvador, Bogotá
San Salvador, El Salvador	USD 1,045	2	Bogotá, Curazao
San Jose, Costa Rica	USD 1,082	1	Bogotá
Panama, Panama	USD 623	1	Bogotá (Avianca)
Bogota, Colombia	USD 589	0
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	USD 878	1	Panama
Manaus, Brazil	USD 811	1	Panama
Sao Paulo, Brazil	USD 809	1	Bogotá
Brasilia, Brazil	USD 878	1	Panama
Quito, Ecuador	USD 730	2	Guayaquil, Bogotá
Santiago, Chile	USD 893	1	Panama
Lima, Peru	USD 715	1	Bogotá (Avianca)
La Paz, Bolivia	USD 1,314	2	Lima, Bogotá
Cordoba, Argentina	USD 918	2	Santiago, Bogotá
Buenos Aires, Argentina	USD 1,014	1	Panama
Buenos Aires, Argentina	USD 1000	0	Caracas

At the hotel

The hotel has a significant amount of parking and has told us they don't believe there will be a problem accommodating some out of town drivers there.

Network Access

There will be wireless ethernet available at the hotel and event location

Packing List

Everybody:

• Appropriately fresh clothing
• Laptop with 802.11g wireless
  • Extension cord
  • Ethernet cable (for hotel and/or hackfest)
  • Optional: Bring a Fedora Friend Finder (power strip)
• Credit card (VISA or MasterCard) or small amount of cash
• Your presentation slides or anything needed for the hackfest

International visitors:

• Passport/visa and any other official documentation needed
• Converters for power (reference link)

If staying at the hotel:

• Optional: swimsuit.

Agenda

FUDCon is a community event in which the complete schedule is developed interactively starting with an opening orientation session. Attendance at orientation is recommended for those who are new to this format, or to FUDCon, Fedora, or free and open source software community events in general.

General Schedule

• Thursday, August 23
  • Starting at 9:00am - 5:00pm, Hackfests / Workshops. FPL State of Fedora.
• Friday, August 24
  • 9:00am - 5:00pm.
  • Morning: Barcamp pitches. Later in the morning, for duration of day: Barcamp sessions. Hackfests/Workshops.
• Saturday, August 25
  • 9:00am - 5:00pm, Barcamp Hackfests/Workshops.
• Sunday, August 26
  • 9:00am - 5:00pm, Beach FUDpub. Bring your swimsuit!

BarCamp sessions Proposals

Please fill in the following grid with proposed BarCamp sessions: (If listed here will be Printed and at the Site ready for your Pitch)

Name	Topic	Description	Special Requirement
Carlos Reges	Strategies to implement and promote educational software in educational institutions	Explain problems and possible solutions to implement strategies and plans the use of free software in the field of education.	Video-beam, blackboard and markers.

Workshops Proposals

Workshops are a classroom style session session (with varying levels of interaction) teaching about software or processes

Hackfests are collaborative sessions to work on a problem, issue or area of Fedora.

Type	User	Topic	Description	Special Requirement
Hackfests	Valentin Basel Neville A. Cross	Hacking Robotic Valencia 2012	Icaro Boards are designed to engage children with programming using robotics. OLPC may be a good partner for this idea. What we should accomplish is create documentation on how to use icaro boards with OLPC and packaging required software.	Room with tables, pcb boards, parts, motors, sensors, soldering iron, multimeter, usb cables, laptops (hopefully people will take theirs), camera, voice recorder o video recorder will be nice.

Talks Proposals

How to build an RPM by Adrian Alves

How is being a Fedora Devel by Adrian Alves