LinuxFest Northwest (LFNW) 2018

Fedora will be exhibiting at LinuxFest NorthWest

What, When, Where

LinuxFest NorthWest (LFNW) 2018

• LinuxFest Northwest (LFNW)
• Saturday, April. 28th and Sunday, April 29th, 2018
• Bellingham Technical College
• Air to BLI, Drive I-5, Rail, Bus or Ferry to Bellingham Port, or Ride-Share

LinuxFest Northwest (LFNW) 2018 is the 19th annual premier Linux event in the northwestern U.S. Two days of Linux related talks, exhibition space for clubs and vendors, after-fest event on Saturday and the World Famous Raffle. About 2600 people attended in 2017.

Registration

The event is free but you will need a badge to get into events, so register online and you can pick up your badge at the Friday Night Party or at the festival.

Accommodations

Two hotels near the conference and airport have special LFNW rates and there are many other hotels in the area.

Fedora Python Classroom Lab

We will feature the Fedora Labs Python Classroom with Ninja IDE.

• Show Python Classroom running on a Raspberry Pi.
• Use a Python program for a short Fedora connection survey.
• Offer Fedora Developers Trifold
• Display the OLPC running Pippy, the Sugar Python Learning environment.

Mindshare

Why

• Connect with educators, students and developers interesting in Fedora and Python.
  • Held at Bellingham Technical College, LFNW attracts students and instructors from other Technical colleges using Linux and Python.
  • WWU is Washington State’s teachers college where Python qualifies as a math requirement. WWU students, teachers and staff attend LFNW.
  • Buses bring developers from tech companies in Seattle, Vancouver and beyond. Many of these developers use python and are interested in contributing to open source.

Focus

• Fedora Python Classroom
  • Fedora solution for teaching, learning and using Python.
  • Fedora solution for teaching environments with USB key, Vagrant, Docker or installed group.

Users

We meet many current Fedora users at LFNW and a few who joined as contributors to documentation and testing.

Contributors

Many Python developers attending LFNW could contribute to Fedora Python Classroom, Fedora’s Py2 to Py3 effort, or Fedora’s Python infrastructure.

Strategy

• Fedora Labs Solutions
• Fedora in Colleges and Universities
• Fedora Loves Python

Measures

• Contact input from QR-connection branch of beefy-connection.

Design

• Update badge
• Any input?

Marketing

• Any query you want to ask 2000 Linux enthusiast?

Technical

• Anything new with Python Classroom, Vagrant, or Docker?
• Anything new about Fedora related to Python?
• May need help patching fedmsg into the QR-connection kiosk.

Activities

Speakers

Available when announced

Guests

Guests can use ARM single board computers to enter comments and questions about Fedora.

Guests may demo Ninja IDE and Jupyter notebooks.

The OLPC will show Pippy for Fedora Loves Python or games for younger guests.

Volunteers

Friday booth setup 3PM to 5PM. Saturday and Sunday Exhibition hall open from 9AM to 5PM.

Who	Fri	Sat	Sun	Comments
Jeff Sandys	X	X	X	Staying at Hotel Bellingham Airport
Jeff Fitzmaurice	X	X	X	Commuting daily
Adam Williamson
John Dulaney
Laura Abbott

Event artifacts

Budget

Item	Budget	Bucket	Comments	Actual
Sponsorship	$500 to $750	Ambassador	See budget ticket
Hotel	$300 to $500	Ambassador	Hotel Bellingham Airport $84 a night
Travel	$0 to $1000	Ambassador	Python Classroom Lab Expert
Swag	$150 to $350	Ambassador	Assorted
Shipping	$150	Ambassador	event box and banners, Round Trip L.A.
Total	$1050 to $2500	Ambassador

Budget ticket

Assets

• Update Python Classroom Placards
• Update Fedora Badge graphics team ticket
• Branch beefy-connection to read QR codes

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.