Blacksburg, Virginia :: January 13 - 15, 2012 — General event owners: Ben Williams, Robyn Bergeron, Jared Smith
Event Details
The 2012 North America FUDCon will be held in Blacksburg, Virginia, on the campus of Virginia Tech, January 13 - 15, 2012.
FUDCon is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference, a major free software event held in various regions around the world, usually annually per region. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks, workshops, and hackfests in which contributors work on specific initiatives. Topics include infrastructure, feature development, community building, general management and governance, marketing, testing and QA, packaging, etc.
FUDCon is always free to attend for anyone in the world.
Location
Blacksburg, Virginia on the campus of Virginia Tech.
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 $$$ column if you need funding to attend, and visit the FUDCon ticket tracker to make a funding request. We have a limited budget and will work hard to fund as many people as possible. We'll use these answers to help figure out budgeting for the event. We are making arrangements for attendees from other geographic regions to encourage specific initiatives such as future FUDCon events, but preference may otherwise be given to people in North America.
- Put a V in the Veg column if you would like vegetarian fare for any meals that we provide during the event. If you prefer vegan fare, please mark that column VV. We will do our best to make sure everyone is accommodated!
- Put your T-shirt size in the Size column, so we can have an idea about what sizes to have available. Only Unisex (Mens Sizes will be ordered)
- Roomsharing:
- If you want or need to share a room, mark yes in the "Roomshare?" column.
- Once you have a roommate, both of you should mark your roommate's name in the block as well.
- If you need a roommate, look for someone with just a yes in the column, and contact them via email. If you encounter any problems, let the organizers know.
- Use the Comments section for anything else you think organizers need to know, or to offer or ask for space or rides.
# | Name | $$$ | 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 | Toshio Kuratomi | 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 | Adam M Dutko | 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 |
110 | Trever "tdbro" Fischer | X | no | L | yes | not yet | tdfischer, esq., phonominal |
111 | Adam Miller | no | no | XL | no | not yet | maxamillion |
112 | Jamie Duncan | no | no | XXL | meh. | not yet | RVaLUG! |
113 | Dennis Johnson | no | no | L | no | yes | old man |
114 | Donald Buchan | no | no | XL | Beefy-Miracle-tarian | no | Got Phase I. Got Phase II = FFF. Where's my profit? |
# | Name | $$$ | Veg | Size | Roomshare? | Hotel booked | Comments (extra line for badge) |
Travel
Roanoke Regional Airport (Airport Code: ROA) is the major airport servicing the Roanoke Valley area, approximately 35 miles from the VT campus. The following airlines have flights going in / coming out of Roanoke Regional Airport:
- Allegiant Air
- Delta
- United Airlines
- US Airways
The closest general aviation airport is Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive Airport.
The driving distance from Raleigh, NC is 200-233 miles (depending on route).
Local Mass Transit Blacksburg Transit http://www.blacksburg.gov/index.aspx?page=791
Travel planning
If you are trying to coordinate travel with other attendees, you may want to visit the FUDCon:Tempe 2011 travel planning page.
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
Transportation
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)
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)
Local Transportation
Local Mass Transit Blacksburg Transit http://www.blacksburg.gov/index.aspx?page=791
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 including check the Secret Questions and password boxes and agree to the Acceptable Use Policy
9) Click Create Account
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
- IT IS WINTER IN VIRGINIA IN JANUARY. And by "winter" I mean SNOW. Please pack appropriately warming clothing.
- 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]
Agenda
FUDCon is a community event in which the complete schedule is developed interactively starting with an opening orientation session. Attendance at orientation is recommended for those who are new to this format, or to FUDCon, Fedora, or free and open source software community events in general.
General Schedule
General Agenda Information
- Friday, January 13
- Starting at 9:00am, McBryde Hall, 2nd Floor. Hackfests / Workshops.
- Saturday, January 14
- 8:30am - 5:00pm. Meet up at McBryde Hall, Room 100 in the morning; 2nd floor of McBryde hall for the afternoon.
- Morning: FPL State of Fedora, Barcamp pitches. Later in the morning, for duration of day: Barcamp sessions.
- FUDPub: Squires Student Zone, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
- Sunday, January 15
- 9:00am - 5:00pm, McBryde Hall, 2nd Floor. Hackfests/Workshops.
Friday, January 13
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 |
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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, January 14
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 |
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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 Voting | 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, January 15
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 |
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0900 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest | F17 Docs Hackfest | Anaconda QA Hackfest | |||||||
1000 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest | F17 Docs Hackfest | Anaconda QA Hackfest | |||||||
1100 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest | F17 Docs Hackfest | Anaconda QA Hackfest | |||||||
1200 | McBryde Hall 2nd Floor | Fedora Insight Calendar uses cases hackfest | Anaconda QA 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 |
Hackfests & 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 Fedora QA: software testing, test plans and test cases | Sat, late PM | Sandro Mathys | 1h | 1 |
Hackfest | Anaconda QA hackfest: getting ready and starting QA on Anaconda 17 | Sun | Sandro Mathys | 4h | 1 |
Hackfest | Fedora Infrastructure: Revamping our staging server setup, then implemeting it | Fri and Sun | Kevin Fenzi | 2h | 2 |
Hackfest | Fedora Infrastructure: 2 factor authentication brainstorming | Sat | Kevin Fenzi | 2h | 1 |
Workshop | Fedora Infrastructure: Getting started/apprentices/Getting involved | Sun | Kevin Fenzi | 1h | 1 |
Worksop | Fedora Infrastructure: Using Infrastructure as a Classroom: Python Programming | Sat | Toshio Kuratomi | 1h | 1 |
Hackfest | Fedora Infrastructure: Using Infrastructure as a Classroom postmortem/brainstorm | Sun | Toshio Kuratomi | 1h | 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 | ||
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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 | ||
Using control groups (cgroups) to manage resources in virtualization/cloud computing | Real world examples of how to increase density in virtual or cloud computing environments via cgroups | Intermediate | Thomas Cameron (choirboy) | ||
Spacewalk power user tips and tricks | What to do once you've got Spacewalk up and running to automate system installation and deployment | Intermediate | Thomas Cameron (choirboy) | ||
High availability clustering with Fedora | How to set up a clustered GFS2 filesystem using iSCSI and run a highly available application on it | Intermediate | Thomas Cameron (choirboy) | ||
Security Enhanced Linux for Mere Mortals | Introduction to SELinux and real world examples of how to use it. Includes some common scenarios where you might need to configure SELinux | Beginner | Thomas Cameron (choirboy) | ||
Building RPMs for mere mortals | Introduction to building packages. I'll cover building RPMs from Open Source software and from binaries from software for which you don't have the source code. | Beginner | Thomas Cameron (choirboy) | ||
Introduction to Fedora QA | Overview on what the QA team and its various subgroups do from the beginning of the development of a new release to its EOL. (Not including AutoQA.) | Beginner | Sandro "red" Mathys |
Meetings
Meetings are on Wednesdays in #fedora-meeting at 16:00 UTC (9am US pacific, Noon US eastern.)