Ohio Linux Fest 2012

Ohio LinuxFest 2012

From the Ohio LinuxFest website:

 The tenth annual Ohio LinuxFest will be held on September 28-30, 2012 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in downtown Columbus, Ohio. 
 Hosting authoritative speakers and a large expo, the Ohio LinuxFest welcomes all Free and Open Source Software professionals, enthusiasts, 
 and everyone interested in learning more about Free and Open Source Software.

Dates/Location

• When:
  • September 28-30, 2012
  • Registration is open.

• Where:
  • Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43215
  • Map

• Conference URL:
  • Ohio LinuxFest 2012

Fedora Representatives

Fedora Representatives
List the Fedora people here who are representing Fedora at this event including links to their personal wiki pages. When possible note the capacity in which each person will be representing the project. Some might be helping at the booth, others might be speaking, others might be running special Fedora activities at the event, etc.

#	Name	Capacity	Comments
001	Sarah White	Event owner, speaker
002	Ben Williams	Attendee Booth Worker
003	Jamie Williams
004	Your name here

Event Schedule

Event Schedule
List here the important parts of the event schedule relevant to Fedora activites including when a booth might be staffed, when Fedora contributors are giving talks, when special activities are happening, etc.

Friday, September 28th's schedule has been released but the Saturday's schedule is still pending.

• Ohio LinuxFest schedule

Ideas/Brainstorming

Ideas/Brainstorming
Use this section to brainstorm ideas about things to do at the event.

Saturday Booth Schedule

Time EST	What	Person 1	Person 2	Person 3	Person 4
7:30 - 8:30	SETUP	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams
8:30 - 9:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams
9:00 - 10:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams
10:00 - 11:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams
11:00 - 12:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams
12:00 - 13:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams
13:00 - 14:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams
14:00 - 15:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams
15:00 - 16:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams
16:00 - 17:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams
1700 - 1800	:30 TEARDOWN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams		Important Deadlines Important Deadlines Use this section to remember and meet important planning deadlines. Deadline Task Owner Notes Status August 1, 2012 Research sponsorship options and requirements Sarah White Sponsorship applications are accepted on a rolling basis, as space provides. All exhibitors who fully execute their contracts by August 1, 2012 will be included in the show floor map inside the program guide. Have contacted several people at OLF, waiting for response Next Task Next Task Event Budget Event Budget Use this section to identify and record any budget requirements for your event. This is a critical part of event planning and helps the Fedora Project use its budget effectively. Often this part of an events page changes frequently as planning develops. Please keep it up to date. List everything that you need Fedora to provide so there aren't any surprises at the last minute. Event Funding by the Fedora Project This section is often used to approve funding requests. As such it needs to be as accurate as possible. After the event it is important to update this section to document the actual costs of the event for our tracking and to aid us in planning future budgets. Item Details Budget Actual Sponsorship Bronze Exhibitor $500 Williams Room 2 nights $248 Next Item Requested Budget Total $748 Approved Budget Total $0 Travel Subsidy Requests Travel Subsidy Requests Each attendee requesting travel subsidies for the event should be listed here including the information requested in Sponsoring Event Attendees. Event Funding by the Fedora Project This section is often used to approve funding of travel subsidy requests. As such it needs to be as accurate as possible. After the event it is important to update this section to document the actual costs of the travel for our tracking and to aid us in planning future budgets. Williams for 2 nights @ 248 Event Report Event Report Please use this section to document and report about the event. Nice things to see in this section are blog posts about the event, pictures from the event, and anything else that might be valuable to showing the success of our participation in the event. If there were any "lessons learned" or problems that others might benefit from seeing please do include those here too. Some general information about report expectations can be found on the Event Reports page.