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.

Complete Ohio LinuxFest schedule

Friday, September 28, 2012
OLF Institute (OLFI) Workshops require a professional registration pass
Time	Event	Speaker	Location (building, room #, etc)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Beginner Puppet Training (OLFI)	Ivan Makfinsky
1:00 - 4:00 pm	Advanced Puppet Implementation (OLFI)	Clint Savage
x:xx - x:xx	Your talk title here	Your name and link to your FAS	Room
x:xx - x:xx	Your talk title here	Your name and link to your FAS	Room
7:00 - 10:00 pm	Slumber Party!	Wear your jammies and you may win a prize!	C100s area
7:00 - 10:00 pm	BoFs		C120 - C125
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Time	Event	Coordinator/Speaker	Location (building, room #, etc)
8:45 - 9:50 am	Welcome and morning keynote		C110 - C115
2:00 - 2:50 pm	Ike's Crew: The Extraterrestrial Adventures of an Open Source Community	Sarah White	C113-115
x:xx - x:xx	Your talk title here	Your name and link to your FAS	Room
x:xx - x:xx	Your talk title here	Your name and link to your FAS	Room
7:00 - 8:30 pm	Evening keynote		C110 - C115
9:00 - 12:00 am	After Party!	Nerdcore star MC Frontalot	The Three Legged Mare

Saturday Booth Schedule

Time EST	What	Person 1	Person 2	Person 3	Person 4
7:30 - 8:30	SETUP	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams	Sarah White
8:30 - 9:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams	Sarah White
9:00 - 10:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams	Sarah White
10:00 - 11:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams	Sarah White
11:00 - 12:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams	Sarah White
12:00 - 13:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams	Sarah White
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	Sarah White
16:00 - 17:00	EXPO OPEN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams	Sarah White
1700 - 1800	:30 TEARDOWN	Ben Williams	Jamie Williams	Sarah White

Ideas/Brainstorming

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

Important Deadlines

Important Deadlines
Use this section to remember and meet important planning deadlines.

Deadline	Task	Owner	Notes	Status
August 15, 2012	Research sponsorship options and requirements	Sarah White	Bronze sponsorship level was approved by FAmNA, Contract was sent to Ruth for signature and payment	Sponsorship approved, contract sent to Ruth on 8/8/2012, Ruth completed contract and is awaiting confirmation from OLF as of 8/14/12
Sept. 1, 2012	Event Box and Banners	Ben Williams	Have all sent to bring to conference
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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
S. White Room + Airfare	2 nights, DEN <=> CMH	$583
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Requested Budget Total		$1331
Approved Budget Total		$1400

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.

Item	Details	Budget	Actual	Approval Date
Williams Room	2 nights	$248		8/7/12
S. White Room* + Airfare	2 nights (rate: $119, approx tax: $39), DEN <=> CMH	$583		8/14/12
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• Room with two double beds at Hyatt, so someone could bunk with me at their own risk (I'm a slob and I hate mornings)

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.

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