FUDCon Brno 2008
Brno, Czech Republic :: September 5 - 7, 2008
For questions, please contact MaxSpevack, RadekVokal, and MarekMahut
General information
Location
Friday, September 5
Hackfest day 1.
BREAKFAST: 9:30 AM
START: 10:00 AM
END: 6:00 PM
Saturday, September 6
BarCamp with sessions, talks, and presentations. Social Event in the evening! This is the most important day of the FUDCon!
BREAKFAST: 9:30 AM
OPENING REMARKS: 10:00 AM
SESSION PITCHING: 10:30 AM
SESSION #1: 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM
SESSION #2: 12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
LUNCH: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SESSION #3: 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
SESSION #4: 2:55 PM - 3:45 PM
SESSION #5: 3:50 PM - 4:40 PM
SESSION #6: 4:45 PM - 5:35 PM
CLOSING REMARKS: 5:40 PM - 6:00 PM
SOCIAL EVENT: 7:30 PM - ???
Sunday, September 7
Hackfest day 2.
BREAKFAST: 9:30 AM
START: 10:00 AM
END: 4:00 PM
Sessions
If you will pitch a session at the BarCamp on Saturday, give your name and brief description here.
- Max Spevack - Fedora Websites team, and how you can help.
- Dimitris Glezos - Transifex: Upstream-friendly cross-community translations -- Towards v1.0
- Martin Sivak - FirstAidKit: how to simplify boring diagnose and repair tasks
- Peter Vrabec - SecurityAudit: what is it about, sectool and plugin development
- Any topic that is interesting to you!
Hackfest topics
- Becoming a Fedora Package Maintainer (needs a leader)
- Fedora Astronomy hacking (MarekMahut)
- Transifex hacking (Dimitris Glezos)
- SecurityAudit hacking plugins (PeterVrabec)
- FirstAidKit plugin development (MartinSivak)
- Any project you are working on!
Information for attendees
Lodging
- Approximately 50 beds are booked in Hotel Imos (google maps) - studios - two hotel rooms with shared kitchen and bathroom. Direction from the hotel to University (Approximately 10 to 15 minutes by public transport, tram #1, ticket for 15CZK)
Travel
There are several ways to get to Brno.
- Fly directly to Brno's airport (BRQ) (Check SmartWings and Ryanair for direct flights)
- Fly to Prague (PRG) and travel to Brno (BRQ)
- Fly to Vienna (VIE) and travel to Brno (BRQ)
- Fly to Bratislava (BTS) and take a bus (130km, about 2 hours) or a train (141 km, about hour and a half, group discount for 6+ group)
This page appears to have some good information.
Current attendees
| No. | Name | Which nights do you need hotel? | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MaxSpevack | Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun? | prefer single room |
| 2 | JeroenVanMeeuwen | yes | |
| 3 | GianlucaVarisco | yes | - |
| 4 | JensKuehnel | yes | - |
| 5 | DimitrisGlezos | yes | - |
| 6 | LucaFoppiano | yes | - |
| 7 | SandroMathys | yes | - |
| 8 | JonathanRoberts | yes | - |
| 9 | RadekVokal | no | - |
| 10 | AdamTkac | no | - |
| 11 | MarcelaMaslanova | no | - |
| 12 | IvanaVarekova | no | - |
| 13 | FabianAffolter | yes | I will try to make it happen |
| 14 | LubomirRintel | no | - |
| 15 | MartinSivak | no | - |
| 16 | DanHorak | no | - |
| 17 | MartinKoci | no | - |
| 18 | MarekMahut | no | will help with organization |
| 19 | MatejCepl | no | will help with organization, living in Prague |
| 20 | AlexanderTodorov | yes | - |
| 21 | OndrejVasik | no | - |
| 22 | AdamPribyl | no | - |
| 23 | JoergSimon | yes | - |
| 24 | OliverFalk | yes | Can only attend on Friday |
| 25 | FrancescoUgolini | yes | 90% sure to attend |
| 26 | AntonArapov | no | - |
| 27 | AndreaModestoRossi | yes | 80% sure to attend |
| 28 | FrancescoCrippa | yes | - |
| 29 | ThomasWoerner | yes | - |
| 30 | DominikMierzejewski | yes | planning to attend |
| 31 | MartinNagy | no | - |
| 32 | HaraldHoyer | yes | - |
| 33 | AdrianPilchowiec | no | 90% sure to attend |
| 34 | MichalSchmidt | no | - |
| 35 | VitFoukal | no | - |
| 36 | Ivan Stojmirov | no | - |
| 37 | JaroslavReznik | no | - |
| 38 | JiriMoskovcak | no | - |
| 39 | MarcoMornati | yes | - |
| 40 | ChristosBacharakis | yes | - |
| 41 | JanPazdziora | no | - |
| 42 | David Kovalsky | no | - |
| 43 | Chris Ward | no | - |
| 44 | MichalNowak | no | - |
| 45 | Lukas Petrovicky | no | - |
| 46 | Jakub Hrozek | no | can attend from Fri afternoon onwards |
| 47 | MilosJakubicek | no | - |
| 48 | JanBusta | no | - |
| 49 | TomasSmetana | no | - |
| 50 | Eduard Benes | no | - |
| 51 | Phil Knirsch | yes | Depends on travel budget |
Information for Organizational Team
Meetings
There is a weekly organization/planning meeting in #fedora-meeting on Freenode every Tuesday at 13:00 UTC (15:00 CEST).
Current action items
Update travel information on wiki (MarkeMahut)- Breakfast and lunch for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. (RadekVokal)
Wireless network for the location (MarekMahut)- we'll use university network (RadekVokal)- Check out rooms at the University (RadekVokal and MarekMahut)
- Projectors from the RH office (MarekMahut)
- Social event on Saturday night (RadekVokal)
- Tshirts (MaxSpevack)
- Talk to Denise Dumas about RH travel budget (MaxSpevack)
- Text for flyer (RadekVokal)
- Design for flyer with Art Team (MaxSpevack)
Fedora Live DVDs (MarekMahut)- Publicity at universities or other places in Brno & Prague (???)
- Travel subsidies and sponsorships (MaxSpevack)
Publicity on Fedora Planet & mailing lists (MaxSpevack)Email/invitation to europe (europe-list) offices (MaxSpevack)- LATER: Confirm number of rooms with hotel (RadekVokal)
- LATER: Figure out how much of hotel bill can be paid from FUDCon budget (MaxSpevack)
Budget
- 20k USD = 12.5k EUR = 290k CZK