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We will hold a 3-day FUDCon in parallel with the Red Hat Summit 2008.

For questions, please contact the event's organizers -- MaxSpevack, PaulFrields

The FUDCon will include two days of hackfests and possibly some presentations, followed by a day of BarCamp. The hackfest sessions will be at the Hynes Convention Center; the BarCamp day will be at Boston University.

Thursday-Friday hackfest hours: 9:00am-5:00pm
Saturday BarCamp hours: 9:00am-5:00pm

Help Wanted

There will be a Fedora booth located near the Cool Stuff Store, outside the exhibit area. There will be a laptop here to use as a Live USB "filling station," and Summit attendees may stop by to ask questions about Fedora and FUDCon. Anyone receiving some sort of subsidy from the Fedora Project for travel and/or lodging should sign up here for at least one two-hour block.

Day	Hours	Responsible Fedoran
Tuesday	1800-2100	Jon Stanley (if table is open Tuesday night)
Wednesday	1130-1245	Spot
	1200-1400	dgilmore
	1400-1600	Toshio
	1600-1730	Jon Stanley (if table is NOT open Tuesday night)
Thursday	1000-1200	JamesBenWilliams
	1200-1400	Ricky Zhou and Ian Weller
	1400-1600	Max Spevack
	1600-1730	Paul Frields (or substitute)
Friday	1000-1200	Stephen Smoogen
	1200-1400	Jack Aboutboul

Current Attendees

PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED FOR FUDCON BOSTON 2008.

No./Nr.	Name	Summit Customer?	Need Lodging?	Comments
1	MatthewCascio
2	RahulSundaram		X	(Intend to if I get sponsored)
3	RickyZhou		X	Can't wait!
4	ColinWalters	X		(I have space for 1-2 people at my apartment, send mail: walters@redhat.com)
5	Dennis Gilmore
6	MattDomsch	X		(presenting at Summit Thursday afternoon)
7	MikeMcGrath
8	JonathanRoberts		X
9	MairinDuffy			(I can put folks up at my apt)
10	JesseKeating			(may be able to host one person)
11	BobGorman			Fedora Enthusiast, RHCE, Red Hat Partner
12	PeterJones
13	JohnPoelstra		X
14	EugeneTeo		X	(if I get sponsored)
15	JonStanley	X
16	JeroenVanMeeuwen	X (Guest)	X
17	TomCallaway
18	WillWoods
19	WarrenTogami
20	TimSpaulding
21	HarishPillay		X	(if I get sponsored)
22	PaulFrields		X	NEED SPACE.
23	GregDeKoenigsberg		X
24	JackAboutboul		X
25	DimitrisGlezos			(not attending)
26	KyleMcMartin			x
27	RexDieter		X	arrive Thu noonish
28	DaveJones
29	MichaelDeHaan	X	X
30	MaxSpevack		X
31	NalinDahyabhai
32	PaulStauffer
33	LukeMacken
34	JaredSmith		X	(not attending)
35	N/A		X	(dropped attendance)
36	EdHill
37	N/A			(dropped attendance)
38	SankarshanMukhopadhyay	X	X	Attending
39	ClintSavage			Travel costs became too much money due to last minute cancellations
40	ChristopherBlizzard
41	RichardJones
42	BrianPowell	X
43	BenjaminKreuter		X
44	KevinFenzi		X	Arrive wed afternoon, leave sunday morning.
45	N/A
46	ChrisTyler		X
47	DianeTyler		X
48	BillNottingham	X	X
49	JasonTibbitts		X	Not attending; no employer funding
50	GradyLaksmono		X	(would love to if I can get sponsorship)
51	JeremyKatz
52	ChrisRicker	X	X
53	SethVidal		X	Significant other will be attending, as well
54	DavidCantrell	X
55	KarstenWade	X	X
56	ChrisLumens
57	JohnSelmys		X
58	AndrewOverholt	X
59	DavidZeuthen	X
60	JamesBenWilliams	X	X
61	JamesLaska		X
62	JoshBressers	X
63	DavidLutterkort	X	X
64	ToshioKuratomi		X
65	ChristopherAillon			x
66	JonathanSteffan		x
67	MatthewMiller			(Boston University)
68	BillPeck
69	MikeMcLean		X
70	KevinVerma			(not visiting, change of plans -- regrets)
72	JarodWilson			could probably house someone
73	RaymondChan		X
74	Ray Cote
75	WilliamJonMcCann
76	MatthiasClasen			Only Thu/Fri
77	MarkCox	X		Only Thu/Fri
78	AlexMaier			Only Saturday
79	Jim Gettys			Only Thu/Fri (OLPC)
80	IanWeller		X
81	MauricioPretto			will split my time between redhat summit and FUDCon
82	Benjamin "Mako" Hill
83	HansPicht	x
84	Gonzalo Muelas Serrano	x
85	AnkitPatel
86	FrancescoCrippa	X
87	Randy Witlicki			Only Thu or Fri
88	MattMillard	X		Fedora enthusiast, RH Customer
89	StephenSmoogen		X	Old-timer
90	MikeBonnet			Where is FUDPub this year?
91	Mark Clanton	X		Interested in all thing Linux
92	AlasdairKergon
93	Will Kahn-Greene			PCF; Interested in Miro hacking and desktop stuff
94	ThorstenLeemhuis	X
95	CliffordPerry			Presenting at Summit and assisting in a Lab session
96	Len DiMaggio			Fan of all things Linux, open source
97	Kim Quirk			OLPC
98	Michael Stahnke			Presenting at summit, have other topic for FUDcon
99	Nik Conwell
100	Chuck Anderson
101	Dan Walsh			Presenting at summit, have other topic for FUDcon
102	Casey Dahlin
103	Sean Millichamp	X
104	Nick Soulliere	X
105	Chris Ball			OLPC
106	Barton Geroge			Interested in packaging Sun Software for Fedora; podcasts
107	Justin Sherrill
108	Franklin H. Chasen
109	Mike L. Miller	X		Only partial Thu and Fri as I can
110	Michael Stone			OLPC
111	Lucia Losi	X
112	Aaron Sherman
113	Joseph Szep			Boston University
114	Randy Cole
115	Thomas Fitzsimmons
116	Debra Williams Cauley			Addison Wesley
117	SatishMohan	X	X	Attending
118	TedRoche	X
119	Uday Prakash
120	DaveMalcolm
121	BryanJSmith	X	See -->	Hotel (Fri night only): I have room for one (1) more person
122	TimBurke			Sat barcamp
123	JonMasters			At RH Summit, so likely just making Sat barcamp
124	Jared Cohen
125	Matthew Craig
126	Brian Stevens
127	Barry Marson
128	OwenTaylor
129	AdrianLikins
130	Pete Wright	X		At Summit - hope to pop on by when possible.
131	Don Johnson			(Boston University)
132	Ric Wheeler
133	JackNeely	X
134	Nitin Dahyabhai			Eclipse
135	Andrew Puch	X
136	Josh Giles
137	Scott Macomber			(Boston University)
138	Jeff Rogers			(Boston University)
139	Jamie Goebel	X		Boston University
140	Rich Sands			Sun / OpenJDK
141	RayStrode
142	Sami Wagiaalla	X
143	Chris Negus		X
144	Marina Zhurakhinskaya
145	Adam Jackson
146	Ken Crandall	X		(Only Tues-Fri) Will attend as time allows...
147	Mike Williams
148	Kay Williams	X
148	Marshall Mark Hamrick	X
149	JohnRose	X
150	maddog	X		Attending Summit, probably FudCon only Friday
151	Charles Ball
152	XavierLamien			At RH Summit - hope to come check evryone

Total is 145 attendees -- change of -6 due to cancellations or deleted entries.

Daily Schedule

Wednesday June 18

FUDCon does not start until Thursday, but Wednesday is the first day of the Red Hat Summit .

Thursday June 19 & Friday June 20

LOCATION : Hynes Convention Center

TIME : Beginning at 9:00 a.m. each day.

Attendees to FUDCon will receive a different badge than attendees to the Red Hat Summit.

FUDCon is free to attend. You do not need to pre-register to attend, but pre-registration gives us a better idea of how to plan for food and space.

Coffee, drinks, and snacks will be available for FUDCon attendees.

FUDCon attendees will be able to wander in the Red Hat Summit Exhibition Hall. Additionally, all FUDCon attendees will be able to attend all of the Open Source tracks in the Red Hat Summit.

We will have three rooms in the Convention Center. One is a large room that holds approximately 200 people. There will be presentation style seating for approximately 100, as well as ten (10) round tables that will seat 8-12 people for workgroup formation. It will also have a podium, an A/V screen, and a couple tables with chairs at the front of the room. Any opening ceremonies happen in this room, as well as a special event on Thursday afternoon. There will be two smaller rooms that hold four (4) roundtable workgroups each. There will be plenty of whiteboards available for all the workgroups. We will also have a lobby area for registration, swag, and other displays.

On Thursday at 4:00 p.m., Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst will do a talk in the large FUDCon room.

There will be a series of lightning talks on Thursday evening following the hackfest, in the large room. A laptop will be available with standard Fedora software like OpenOffice.org and Evince for presentation slides. Note that slides are DISCOURAGED unless you use a format like Pecha Kucha .

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Hackfest sessions

• Session Name
• Session Leader
• General plan

Func

• Leader: Michael DeHaan
• work on new modules and features for Func and also hack on the FuncWeb user interface

Multiseat

• Leader: Chris Tyler
• work out what's needed to improve multiseat support in Fedora. All the pieces are there, but the default configs of many of the pieces are not multiseat-friendly

Eclipse

• Leader: Andrew Overholt
• Introduction to Eclipse hacking. Maybe hack on specfile editor or koji integration.

Python and Unicode

• Leader: JeremyKatz
• Let's go through and clean up the unicode handling in various things within Fedora that are written in python. This will include making various bindings properly handle unicode strings (newt springs to mind) as well as other things.

SELinux, RPM, chroots, and you

• Leaders: KarstenWade, EricParis, JesseKeating, SomeRPMPerson?
• Compile current discussions and status around SELinux, RPM, etc.; make an action plan; start doing stuff; present results at BarCamp

First aid kit plugin development

• Leaders: MartinSivak, JoelGranados
• Create and develop useful plugin ideas. Test the firstaidkit backend.
• link: https://fedorahosted.org/firstaidkit/

Mountable debuginfo server on the web

• Leaders: PeterJones, JesseKeating
• Investigate using squid and apache for exporting /usr/lib/debug and /usr/src/debug DAV mountpoints to the world, exploding the packages dynamically on the backend to avoid huge storage requirements. This enables us to build a tool for userland applications, analogous to kerneloops, for reporting bugs when errors occur, without having to download entire debuginfo trees. It'll also work in situations where local disk is in short supply (i.e. during installation) and other situations.

Secondary Arches Making it work

• Leaders: DennisGilmore
• finishing code to make it all just work. make build automatically happen in the right order.

Fedora QA - Building a Fedora Test Plan

• Leaders: User:jlaska
• Links: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-June/msg00197.html
• Discussion around improving test coverage for Fedora, what a general test plan for Fedora should include and how it should look (test plans for new release features will be tackled separately). Anyone who felt like their favorite feature wasn't tested enough, or some basic F9 functionality was still broken, or just general thoughts/concerns about testing ... please come and discuss!

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Lightning Talks:

Saturday June 21

LOCATION: Boston University, Photonics Bldg.

TIME: 9:00 a.m. SHARP. PLEASE try to be on time! All the important scheduling and other information about the sessions takes place between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

TRANSPORTATION: We will likely be leaving the Summit hotel area for BU at 8:30 a.m. or earlier (TBA), to take the T to Boston University.

This will be the Bar Camp day of presentations, sessions, and talks. Lunch will be provided. Attendance is free. At the end of the day, there will be a FUDPub at the Boston University student pub.

Session proposals with owners:

1. Session Name -- Description -- Owner
2. Fedora bug triage, update and recruitment :) -- Update on bug triage initiative, in person training, recruitment of new contributors -- JonStanley, JohnPoelstra
3. Fedora contributor changes -- Status report on lowering barriers initiatives -- PaulFrields & MikeMcGrath
4. Func -- The Fedora Network Controller (What Is It / New Stuff / Future) -- Michael DeHaan, Adrian Likins (+others?)
5. Cobbler -- Deploy Physical And Virtual Systems The Easy Way (What Is It / New Stuff / Future) -- Michael DeHaan
6. DocBook and the Fedora Docs Project -- An introduction to DocBook and some of the other tools the Fedora Docs Project uses -- JaredSmith and PaulFrields (+others?)
7. Eclipse stuff -- Intro, tools you can use, how to hack, etc. -- AndrewOverholt
8. PolicyKit stuff -- What it is, how it works, why it matters -- DavidZeuthen
9. Augeas -- What it is, how it works, why it matters -- DavidLutterkort
10. Python-2.x and Unicode -- Understanding why this seems insane and how to make it better -- ToshioKuratomi
11. Fedora Package VCS 2.0 -- A serious discussion of what we want our package VCS to do and support so that we can actually replace CVS one day. (this is not a my vcs is better than your vcs flamewar) -- JesseKeating
12. Seneca and Fedora -- Creating long-term contributors to open source communities -- ChrisTyler
13. Usability testing of fedoraproject.org -- talk about the new usability testing initiative and how we can test fedoraproject.org with our friends and family -- IanWeller, MairinDuffy? and anyone else who wants to help
14. Theories of measuring maturity of a Linux Infrastructure -- General discussion (Michael Stahnke)
15. Common Services Infrastructure -- A new project based around how you _should_ be doing things (Mike McGrath)
16. What's up in Live Land -- What's new with the livecd-tools, where are they going, etc (Jeremy Katz)
17. spins.fedoraproject.org -- what we're thinking, where we're going, etc. (Max Spevack)
18. Secondary Arches -- we need to work out things like signing packages, merging disparate SRPM trees. syncing updates to primary arches. Fun problems we need to solve. (Dennis Gilmore)
19. Using and Hacking Frysk -- A cool and upcoming debugging framework. (Sami Wagiaalla)
20. TurboGears2 -- An introduction to the new TG2 stack -- LukeMacken

Sessions people would like to see that need an owner:

1. Upstart -- Why replacing an aging init is a good thing
2. SELinux, RPM, chroots, and you -- Get an update on how the hackfest went, hear what is coming next
3. Video Editing using open formats. What tools are available, how to get started, digging in and making good professional tools

FUDPub

FUDPub will be held at the Boston University student pub, from the end of the BarCamp until 10:00 p.m.

Red Hat is buying the first round; after that, there is a cash bar. There will also be food available for hungry hackers at nominal cost.

At 10:00 p.m., if people want to continue FUDPub, we can continue the festivities at an agreed-upon local venue.

Travel Details

Airlines

United Airlines is the official travel partner for Red Hat Summit and is offering Summit and FUDCon attendees special discounted reservations unavailable to the general public. Call United's toll-free number (800) 521-4041 seven days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. EST. Please refer Meeting ID Number 515GB to take advantage of promotional fares that give you the greatest discount.

The same discounts apply on United Express. Mileage Plus members receive full credit for all miles flown to this meeting. If you reside outside the United States, please call your local United office to receive these savings.

Hotels

Summit Hotels

These hotel rates have been secured for the Red Hat Summit but FUDCon attendees can use them too. The hotels are all very close to the T's green line, and thus convenient to Boston University.

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Sheraton Boston Hotel

Connected to the Hynes Convention Center - Rate is $219 per night

Nestled in the charming and historic Back Bay, the Sheraton Boston Hotel is ideally situated for business and leisure travelers making us the region’s premiere hotel and convention venues. The hotel offers an indoor connection to the Hynes Convention Center and over 200 shops at The Shops at the Prudential Center and Copley Place Mall. Restaurants offering every type of cuisine and setting are also located under the same off as the Sheraton.

All 1,216 guest rooms feature our signature Sheraton Sweet Sleeper TM Bed, High Speed Internet Access, individual climate controls, and a new communications package which offers one low fixed price in room movies, coffee and tea maker, hairdryer, iron and ironing board, unlimited domestic long distance phone calls, operator assistance, local phone calls, and toll free 1-800 calls. Our Atlantis Sports Club is a state of the art fitness facility.

Hotel Services:

• Check-In Time: 3pm
• Check-Out Time: 12pm
• Valet Parking: $41.00 per day with in/out privileges (subject to change)
• Self Parking: $39.00 each time you enter (subject to change)

Hilton Boston Back Bay

Across the Street from the Hynes Convention Center - Rate is $239 per night

Enjoy New England-style charm and sophistication at Hilton Boston Back Bay.

A $19 million renovation has transformed the property into a state-of-the-art hotel. All 385 guest rooms, the lobby, dining establishments and public areas have been updated. Ideally located in the heart of Boston's prestigious and historic Back Bay neighborhood, the Hilton is only four miles from Logan International Airport and right across the street from the Hynes Convention Center. Some of Boston's leading attractions including Fenway Park, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Boston Common are also easily accessible from the hotel.

Hotel Services:

• Check-In Time: 3:00pm
• Check-Out Time: 12:00pm
• Self Parking: $35.00 per night (subject to change)
• Valet Parking: $39.00 per night (subject to change)

Deposit Information & Cancellation Policy: A credit card number is required at the time of reserving your room and will be used to guarantee your reservation only.

Policy Details

Hotel accommodations and rates are based upon availability and are valid until May 20, 2008, at which time they are subject to change. Hotel rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes (currently 12.45% per room, per night) and are not included in the rate. This discounted hotel room rate is only available through IDG World Expo. Room rates include a rebate to IDG World Expo to offset production costs.

Reservations may be changed, based upon availability, or canceled until 72 hours prior to your scheduled arrival date without penalty. Cancellations received less than 72 hours prior to your scheduled arrival date will be charged one-night's room and tax.