Panama SFD 2014

Event Information

Language
While The SFD event wiki page is mainly in Vietnamese, all Fedora related activities would be listed separately here and linked to that main page.

Description

Software Freedom Day is one of the biggest international annual events for promoting Free and Open Source Software, organized in hundreds of cities across the globe. This year, SFD would be also organized by Vietnam Free and Open Source Software Association in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh and some other cities. During this day, a lot of activities would be held for thousands of attendees.

A small team of Fedora Ambassadors are invited to the event in Hanoi and organize some Fedora related activities there. This is also a good chance for active Fedora Ambassadors in APAC meet together once more to discuss critical issues like budget planning, mentoring, etc. face to face.

Dates/Location

• When: September 20th, 2014
• Where: Universidad Interamericana de Panama
  Map: https://goo.gl/maps/KtpnI

Local Transportation

• From Noi Bai International airport to Hanoi Legacy Hotel:
  • Take an airport taxi directly to the hotel: ~350,000 VND (~17 USD)
  • Take an airport shuttle bus to the city center: 40,000 VND (~2 USD). The last stop is at Quang Trung street; then you can go for a walk (~1.5km) using this map: https://goo.gl/maps/CO7Zs or take a meter taxi (about 25,000 VND)
  • Airport taxi from the hotel to the airport is about 220,000 VND (~10 USD)
• From the hotel to event venue(s): I will pick you up by taxi :)
• More information:
  • This hotel is in the city center so you can visit Hoan Kiem lake or other main attractions on foot
  • Taxi fare is about 12,000-15,000 VND/km
  • You can also rent a bike or motorbike to discover Hanoi

Responsible Ambassadors

• Luis Bazan
• Abdel Martinez

Fedora Ambassador Polo T-Shirt

Please add your T-Shirt size as soon as possible, since we need to produce it immediately.!

Attendee	T-Shirt Size
Truong Anh Tuan	Size L
Nguyen Nang Thang	??
Nguyễn Hà Dương	??
Kushal Das	??
Sarup Banskota	Size M
Alick Zhao	Size L
Somvannda Kong	Size XXL

Attendee Accommodation

Please list your name along with information on who you intend to share your room with.

Name	Room Partner	Arrival	Departure
Alick Zhao	Sarup Banskota	Sep 18 19:00	Sep 21 19:00
Sarup Banskota	Alick Zhao	Sep 18; 11:40 (SQ 176)	Sep 21; 12:35 (SQ 175)

Visa Information

• http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g293921-c148049/Vietnam:Faq.Visa.On.Arrival.Voa.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Indian_citizens

Important Deadlines

Date	Deadline
Aug 24	All ideas and comments shared
Aug 24	All attendees registered, especially ones who need subsidy
Aug 31	Fedora program registered with SFD event owner (keynotes, talks, activities, booth, dedicated room, etc.)
Aug 31	All flights booked, hotel booked

Event Budget

Stuff	Estimated	Actual	Notes	Funding request
Hotel	$250		About $30 per double room per night	Funding request #142
Foods and Drinks	$250		two group dinners and a lunch during meetup	Funding request #142
Travel subsidy	$2,500		for about 6-7 persons from other countries/cities
Event Funding	$500		SFD is a community event	Funding request #140
TOTAL	$3,500

Social Events

Vietnam Water Puppet

• Location: Thang Long Water Puppet theatre
• Date/time: 18:30, September 19th
• The history of Vietnamese Puppetry art

Exploring Hanoi Old Quarter

• Location: Hanoi Old Quarter
• Date/time: 20:00, September 19th
• Go for a walk around/inside Hanoi Old Quarter and have joined dinner at Ta Hien street

Ideas/Brainstorming

IRC Meeting Logs

• 16 August 2014: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2014-08-16/apac-20140816.2014-08-16-04.01.html

Spreading the word

• Public announcement on relevant Fedora Mailing Lists
• Register with Global SFD Community

SFD Session Ideas

• Share success stories from each country by Ambassadors - This is permitted to Fedora Ambassadors only.
• Introduction to FOSS - what it is, why involve, how
• FOSS techniques workshop - all the non-programmatic elements of contributing to FOSS: communication, version control etc
• Install Fest - Help people install Fedora or other distros of their choice [it's Freedom ;) ]
• Contributing to FOSS when you're not a programmer
• Contributing to FOSS when you're a beginner programmer
• Swag distribution booth
• Ticket for discussing ideas: #139
• Introduction to software defined radio powered by FOSS and open hardware (by alick)

Fedora Meetup Ideas

• Discuss about regional related issues:
  • Budget planning
  • Future events/activities
  • Support needs
  • Dealing with Ambassadors.

Room Arrangements

• Keynotes and talks (in SFD common rooms)
• A dedicated booth for distributing medias, swags and introducing to participants more information about Fedora and FOSS
• A dedicated room for hackfest, installfest, workshops, talks(?)

Records

Event Reports

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.