Event Details
Location
Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia
Virginia Tech is a Land Grant University in Southwestern Virginia with lots of bandwidth to be able to handle FUDCon without a problem. The Virginia Tech IT department also operates an official Fedora mirror.
Hackfests: Friday, Sunday (2nd Floor McBryde Hall (tentative)) [/ Room Survey]
BarCamp: Saturday (100 and Second Floor McBryde Hall (Tentative) [/ Room Survey]
FUDPub: [Breakzone] Squires Student Center (Tentative) [Reservation Form]
[catering] corkage fees and license fees
Dates
January 13-15, 2012
Pre-registration
- Instructions
- Please add your name to the list if you will attend. Also, please indicate the following:
- Put an X in the $$$ column if you need funding to attend, and visit the FUDCon ticket tracker to make a funding request. We have a limited budget and will work hard to fund as many people as possible. We'll use these answers to help figure out budgeting for the event. We are making arrangements for attendees from other geographic regions to encourage specific initiatives such as future FUDCon events, but preference may otherwise be given to people in North America.
- Put a V in the Veg column if you would like vegetarian fare for any meals that we provide during the event. If you prefer vegan fare, please mark that column VV. We will do our best to make sure everyone is accommodated!
- Put your T-shirt size in the Size column, so we can have an idea about what sizes to have available. Only Unisex (Mens Sizes will be ordered)
- Roomsharing:
- If you want or need to share a room, mark yes in the "Roomshare?" column.
- Once you have a roommate, both of you should mark your roommate's name in the block as well.
- If you need a roommate, look for someone with just a yes in the column, and contact them via email. If you encounter any problems, let the organizers know.
- Use the Comments section for anything else you think organizers need to know, or to offer or ask for space or rides.
You can pre-register anonymously, but now is a great time to create a Fedora account if you don't have one! For those new to Fedora, you can register in the Fedora Account System and follow the instructions there to complete the FPCA. This process usually takes less than 5 minutes. The information you enter below is viewable by anyone, and is considered Publicly Available Personal Information.
| # | Name | $$$ | Veg | Size | Roomshare? | Hotel booked | Comments (extra line for badge) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Kenny Armstrong | XL | |||||
| 002 | Ricky Elrod | yes (scholarship) | no | 2X | Ricky Zhou | Not yet | CodeBlock. Breaking things since 1992. |
| 003 | Ricky Zhou | yes (scholarship) | no | XL | Ricky Elrod | no | Hi, I'm Ricky! |
| 004 | ian weller(?) | yes (scholarship) | no | L | yes | no | unsure if attending |
| 005 | Kevin Fenzi | yes | no | XXL | yes | no | Man of many hats |
| 006 | Adam M Dutko | yes | no | XL | yes | no | chomp(); |
| 007 | Chris Tyler | XL | yes | no | ctyler | ||
| 008 | John Dulaney | Yes | No | XXXL | yes | no | j_dulaney |
| 009 | Nick Bebout | yes | no | XXL | yes | no | nb |
| 010 | Scott Glaser | no | no | XXXL | Andrea Glaser | no | Sonar_Guy, Fedora Unity Founder |
| 011 | Andrea Glaser | no | no | XL | Scott Glaser | no | Sonar_Gal, Fedora Unity Founder |
| 012 | Maurice James | no | no | XL | no | no | Moe__ |
| 013 | Ben Williams | yes | no | XXL | Cathy Williams Jamie Williams |
yes | Host VileGent Fedora Unity Founder |
| 014 | Cathy Williams | yes | no | XXL | Ben Williams Jamie Williams |
yes | Battleaxe |
| 015 | Jamie Williams | yes | no | XXL | Cathy Williams Ben Williams |
yes | SGS |
| 016 | Eric Christensen | yes | no | L | Clint Savage | yes | Sparks |
| 017 | Jeroen van Meeuwen | yes | Hell No | XL | Sure | No | Dutch |
| 018 | David Cantrell | no | no | XL | clumens | yes | dcantrell |
| 019 | Chris Lumens | no | no | L | dcantrell | yes | clumens |
| 020 | Clint Savage | yes | no | XXL | Eric Christensen | yes | herlo |
| 021 | John McDonough | yes | you're kidding, right? | XXL | Would consider a fellow bad person | no | jjmcd |
| 022 | Matt Domsch | no | no | XL | no | no | mdomsch |
| 023 | Kyle McMartin | no | no | XL | no | ||
| 024 | Toshio Kuratomi | yes | no | M | yes | no | Anonymous Badger (abadger1999) |
| 025 | Clyde Kunkel | no | no | XXL | no | no | |
| 026 | Abdel Martinez | yes | no | S | yes | no | potty |
| 027 | Josh Boyer | no | no | L | davej | yes | jwb |
| 028 | Peter Jones | no | no | L | jforbes | no | pjones |
| 029 | Justin Forbes | no | no | XXL | pjones | no | jforbes |
| 030 | Brian Lane | no | no | XL | no | bcl | |
| 031 | Oliver Rivas | yes | no | XL | no | orvtech | |
| 032 | Brian Pepple | yes | no | L | yes | no | bpepple |
| 034 | Rahul Sundaram | yes | no | L | yes | no | mether |
| 035 | David Lehman | no | no | L | no | dlehman | |
| 036 | Dave Johnson | no | no | L | yes | no | PauseBazinga |
| 037 | Frank Ch. Eigler | no | no | L | no | no | |
| 038 | Dave Brolley | no | no | XL | no | no | |
| 039 | Chris Meek | no | no | M | no | no | |
| 040 | David Smith | no | no | L | no | no | |
| 041 | Josh Stone | no | no | L | no | no | |
| 042 | Stan Cox | no | no | L | no | no | |
| 043 | Will Cohen | no | no | L | no | no | |
| 044 | Mark J. Wielaard | no | no | XL | no | no | |
| 045 | Simon Sekidde | no | no | XL | no | no | ssekidde |
| 046 | Tom Callaway | no | V | XXL | yes | no | spot |
| 047 | Major Hayden | no | no | L | no | no | rackerhacker |
| 048 | Máirín Duffy | no | Vegan | No thanks | Emily Dirsh | Yes | mizmo |
| 049 | Dennis Gilmore | no | no | XL | yes | no | dgilmore |
| 050 | Jared Smith | no | no | L | yes | no | jsmith |
| 051 | Paul Frields | no | no | XXL | yes | no | stickster |
| 052 | Zach Oglesby | no | no | L | no | no | zoglesby |
| 053 | Ruth Suehle | no | bacontarian | S | no | no | |
| 054 | Scott Suehle | no | Carnivore | XL | no | no | Kilted1 |
| 055 | Constantin DRABO | X | no | XL | yes | no | Burkina Faso FA |
| 056 | Justin O'Brien | yes | no | XL | yes | no | @threethirty |
| 057 | James Gross | no | no | Med | no | no | |
| 058 | Andy Grimm | no | no | M | gholms | no | mull (Eucalyptus) |
| 059 | Diego Búrigo Zacarão | yes | no | L | yes | no | diegobz |
| 060 | Nick Lambert | no | no | M | no: J Huestis | no | S@Y |
| 061 | Jordan Huestis | no | no | L | no: N Lambert | no | S@Y |
| 062 | Luis Bazan | yes | no | M | yes | no | LoKoMurdoK |
| 063 | Peter Larsen | No | no | XXL | No | Yes | plarsen |
| 064 | Valdis Kletnieks | No | No | XXL | No | No | |
| 065 | Ben Guzzardi | No | No | XL | No | No | failedassertion |
| 066 | Evgeny Fadeev | yes | no | L | yes | no | Askbot, Chile |
| 066 | Randy Cone | no | no | L | no | no | rC |
| 067 | Bill Nottingham | no | no | XL | no | no | |
| 068 | Russell Bryant | no | no | L | no | no | |
| 069 | Mark Terranova | x | maybe | M | no | Yes | ALL Hail the Beefy Miracle! |
| 070 | Mathias HOUNGBO | x | no | XL | yes | no | Hi, i'm Mathias |
| 071 | Seth Vidal | no | V | XL | no | no | Please be nice to me. |
| 072 | Robert 'Bob' Jensen | X | no | XL | 073 | no | B2 |
| 073 | Robert 'Bobby' Jensen | X | no | youth(s) | 072 | no | B3 |
| 074 | Perry Myers | no | no | XL | no | no | |
| 075 | Jesus Rodriguez | no | no | XXL | no | no | |
| 076 | Kevin Mulvey | no | no | L | no | no | |
| 077 | Neville A. Cross | yes | no | L | yes | no | yn1v |
| 078 | Dan Walsh | no | no | XL | no | yes | |
| 079 | Fabio Araujo | X | Carnivore | L | yes | no | Hello :) |
| 080 | Thom Carlin | no | no | XL | no | no | Fedora Engineering Services |
| 081 | Klaatu | no | yes | S | no | no | |
| 082 | Emily Dirsh | X | no | M | Máirín Duffy | no | Emichan |
| 083 | Dave Jones | no | no | M | Josh Boyer | no | ☠ |
| 084 | Stephen Smoogen | no | no | XL | no | yes | bringing his dad. |
| 085 | Thomas Smoogen | no | no | XL | no | yes | bringing his son. |
| 086 | John Rose | X | no | L | no | no | inode0 |
| 087 | Elad Alfassa | X | no | M | yes | no | elad661 |
| 088 | Mike Barker | no | no | L | no | no | |
| 089 | Ben Boeckel | no | V | L | yes | no | mathstuf |
| 090 | Mike McLean | no | no | L | no | yes | mikem |
| 091 | Peter Borsa | X | no | XL | Pascal Calarco | no | asrob |
| 092 | Keiran Smith | X | no | M | yes | no | It's a Beefy Miracle |
| 093 | Mark Walker | no | no | XL | no | no need | marwalk |
| 094 | Peter Robinson | X | no | L | pbrobinson | ||
| 095 | Pascal Calarco | yes | yes | XXL | Peter Borsa | not yet | pcalarco |
| 096 | Robyn Bergeron | no | I <3 beef | M | Amber Graner | not yet | Still thinking of a snarky badge comment |
| 097 | John Mark Walker | no | no | XL | no | no | ask me about beer or GlusterFS |
| 098 | Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues | no | no | S | yes | no | Autotest guy (lmr) |
| 099 | Calvin Locklear | no | no | M | no | no | calbadude |
| 100 | Matthew Galgoci | no | no | L | no | yes | mgalgoci |
| 101 | Amanda Barzdins | no | no | M | no | yes | abarzdins |
| 102 | Sandro Mathys | yes | no | S | yes | no | red_alert |
| 103 | Christoph Wickert | yes | yes | M | sure | not yet | cwickert |
| 104 | Mo Morsi | no | no | S | sure | not yet | mmorsi / Aeolus Representative |
| 105 | Natalie Raven | no | no | S | no | not needed | natalie_ |
| 105 | Mike McGrath | no | no | L | no | Not Yet | |
| 106 | Chris Whitehorn | X | no | M | Mark Terranova | Yes | |
| 107 | Xavier Lamien | X | no | S | Sure | no | SmootherFrOgZ |
| 108 | Jonathan Steffan | no | L | no | not yet | daMaestro | |
| 109 | Maria "tatica" Leandro | X | no | S | yes | not yet | Geek - Photographer - Gamer - Venezuelan - Girl |
| # | Name | $$$ | Veg | Size | Roomshare? | Hotel booked | Comments (extra line for badge) |
Travel
Closest major airport is about 35 Miles away: Roanoke Regional Airport (Airport Code: ROA) is the major airport servicing the Roanoke Valley area. The following airlines have flights going in / coming out of Roanoke:
Allegiant Air/ Delta/ United Airlines/ US Airways/
Planefare at time of checking (2/22/11): Boston Roanoke ~$299 LAX to Roanoke ~$441
Closest general aviation airport is Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive Airport.
Driving Distance for Raleigh NC 200-233 Miles (depending on route)
Smartway Bus to/from ROA Airport http://www.smartwaybus.com/schedule.htm
Local Mass Transit Blacksburg Transit http://www.blacksburg.gov/index.aspx?page=791
Travel planning
Lodging
Hotel
The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
901 Prices Fork Rd Blacksburg VA 24061
Reservations: Click the Link or Call the Hotel Directly at 540 231-8000 or Toll Free 877-200-3360 and ask for the Fedora room block. Block will Expire December 28, 2011.
Cost: $90 per night plus tax (5%) -- Parking $3 per night
Directions from Airport to Hotel
Roanoke Regional Airport 5202 Aviation Drive Northwest, Roanoke, Virginia 24012 - (540) 362-1999
1. exit Parking lot
Take the 1st right onto Aviation Dr NW
2. Take the VA-101 W/Hershberger Rd ramp to I-58
3. Merge onto VA-101 W/Hershberger Rd NW
4. Merge onto I-581 N/US-220 N via the ramp to Lexington/Bristol/I-81/Blacksburg
5 Take exit 1S on the left to merge onto I-81 S toward Salem/Bristol
6. Take exit 118B toward U.S 460 W/Blacksburg
7. Continue onto US-460 W
8. Exit onto VA-412 N/Prices Fork Rd/State Route 685 toward Downtown
9. Left at First Stop Light
10. Arrive
The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center 901 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0100 - (540) 231-8000
Map To Event FUDPub Hotel
A = Inn At Virginia Tech C = Squires Student Center (FUDPub) D = Event Location (McBryde Hall)
Transportation
Airport shuttle
Smartway Bus to/from airport: http://www.smartwaybus.com/schedule.htm
Consult the bus schedule before booking flights (there is no bus service on Sunday).
(OPTION: rent a Van from University for $40/day for shuttle service to/from Airport)
Parking
At the hotel
The hotel has a significant amount of parking and has told us they don't believe there will be a problem accommodating some out of town drivers there.
Virginia Tech
Should be plenty of parking on campus, although parking permits will be required.
Network Access
Virginia Tech is a major state university with over 30,000 students and staff, so bandwidth should not be an issue, but portable wifi devices may be handy. Bring them if you have them.
There is also wireless available at the hotel. Refer to the information provided by your hotel for details.
Most cell service providers have poor coverage inside the academic buildings. Verizon has the strongest cell coverage out of all the major providers.
Wireless Registration
Everyone need to sign up for a Wireless Guest Account (Before arriving at the event please) go to [|Guest Wireless Registration]
1) Enter Start Date: 1/13/2012 Example
2) Enter End Date: 1/15/2012 Example
3) Sponoring Department: Select Mathematics
4)Contact Person :Ben Williams
5)Purpose: Fudcon
6) click the create request Button
7) Enter email address and select New Guest
8) Fill out form includeing check the Secret Questions and password boxes and agree to the Acceptable Use Policy
9) Click Create Account
Hackfest- Workshops
Instructions: If you want to have a hackfest or a workshop, please list it below for possible early scheduling of room space.
Hackfests are collaborative sessions to work on a problem, issue or area of Fedora.
Workshops are a classroom style session session (with varying levels of interaction) teaching about software or processes.
| Type | Name of Event | Day(s) | Lead | Time per session | # of Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | Intro to Fedora Docs | Sat | Sparks | 1 hr | 1 |
| Workshop | Intro to DocBook XML and Publican | Sat | Jared | 2 hrs | 1 |
| Hackfest | F17 Docs Hackfest | Sat Sun | Sparks | ||
| Workshop | GPG Key Signing Event | Sparks | 1.5 hr | 1 | |
| Workshop | Intro to Drupal Internals | Sat | Paul Frields | 2 hrs | 1 |
| Hackfest | Design team toolchain hackfest | Sat | Emily Dirsh | 1 | |
| Hackfest | Insight calendar use cases hackfest | Sun | Pascal Calarco | 3 hours | 1 |
| Workshop | Intro to QA: software testing, test plans and test cases | TBD | Sandro Mathys | ~1h (TBD) | 1 |
Proposed Barcamp Sessions
Please fill in the following grid with proposed BarCamp sessions: (If listed here will be Printed and at the Site ready for your Pitch)
| Session name | Description | User Level | Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fedora Test automation: State of the union | Discuss the current tools used to do automated regression test on Fedora, accomplishments and roadmap | Intermediate | Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues |
Schedule
Friday 20120113
| Time | Location | Room 1 TBD |
Room 2 TBD |
Room 3 TBD |
Room 4 TBD |
Room 5 TBD |
Room 6 TBD |
Room 7 TBD |
Room 8 TBD |
Room 9 TBD |
Room 10 TBD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0900 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | ||||||||||
| 1000 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | ||||||||||
| 1100 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | ||||||||||
| 1200 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | ||||||||||
| 1300 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | ||||||||||
| 1400 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | ||||||||||
| 1500 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | ||||||||||
| 1600 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor |
Saturday 20120114
| Time | What | Location | Workshop 1 TBD |
Workshop 2 TBD |
Workshop 3 TBD |
Workshop 4 TBD |
BarCamp 1 TBD |
BarCamp 2 TBD |
BarCamp 3 TBD |
Barcamp 4 TBD |
BarCamp 5 TBD |
Barcamp 6 TBD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Meet up | McBryde Hall 100 | ||||||||||
| 8:45 AM | Welcome and Organization | McBryde Hall 100 | ||||||||||
| 8:55 AM | Group Photo | McBryde Hall 100 | ||||||||||
| 9:00 AM | FPL State of Fedora | McBryde Hall 100 | ||||||||||
| 9:30 AM | BarCamp Topics and Voteing | McBryde Hall 100 | ||||||||||
| 10:30 AM | Sessions | 2nd Floor McBryde Hall | Intro to Fedora Docs | |||||||||
| 11:30-1259 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Sessions | 2nd Floor McBryde Hall | Intro to DocBook XML and Publican | Introduction to System Administration | Open Source Tools in Design | |||||||
| 14:00 | Sessions | 2nd Floor McBryde Hall | Intro to DocBook XML and Publican | Introduction to System Administration | Open Source Tools in Design | |||||||
| 15:00 | Sessions | 2nd Floor McBryde Hall | Intro to Drupal Internals | Introduction to System Administration | Open Source Tools in Design | |||||||
| 16:00 | Sessions | 2nd Floor McBryde Hall | Intro to Drupal Internals | Introduction to System Administration | GPG Key Signing Event | |||||||
| 15:00-16:59 | Break | |||||||||||
| 19:00-22:00 | FudPub | BreakZone Squires Student Center |
Sunday 20120115
| Time | Location | Room 1 TBD |
Room 2 TBD |
Room 3 TBD |
Room 4 TBD |
Room 5 TBD |
Room 6 TBD |
Room 7 TBD |
Room 8 TBD |
Room 9 TBD |
Room 10 TBD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0900 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest | F17 Docs Hackfest | ||||||||
| 1000 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest | F17 Docs Hackfest | ||||||||
| 1100 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest | F17 Docs Hackfest | ||||||||
| 1200 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest | |||||||||
| 1300 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest | |||||||||
| 1400 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest | |||||||||
| 1500 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest | |||||||||
| 1600 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest |
Packing List
- Laptop with 802.11b/g wireless
- Extension cord (and North American power adapter, if from outside NA)
- Ethernet cable (for hotel and/or hackfest)
- Optional: Bring a Fedora Friend Finder (power strip)
- Credit card (VISA or MasterCard) or small amount of cash (ATMs are nearby the hotel and both ASU locations for the event)
- Your presentation slides or anything needed for the hackfest
- International visitors:
- Passport/visa and any other official documentation needed
- Converters for power (reference link[1])
If staying at the hotel:
- Optional: swimsuit, gym clothes.[2]
Pros and Cons
- Pro: Excellent location
- Pro: Driving distance for Raleigh
- Pro: Better weather than the Northeast
- Pro: Organized by a community member
- Con: Distance from airport
- Con: Organized by a community member
Meetings
Meetings are on Wednesdays in #fedora-meeting at 16:00 UTC (9am US pacific, Noon US eastern.)