LinuxFest NorthWest (LFNW) 2012
Dates/Location
- Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, April 29th
- Bellingham Technical College
- Air to BLI, Drive I-5, Rail, Bus or Ferry to Bellingham Port, or Ride-Share
Event Description
LinuxFest Northwest (LFNW) is the 13th 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. Besides a thousand linux enthusists this event also attracts local residents who are curious about linux.
Event Owners
Fedora Representatives
Jeff Sandys Ambassador more to come
Event Schedule
Selected Events:
- Alan Turing: The First 100 years by author George Dyson, Haskell 108, Saturday, 10:00
- Git Deep: A deep dive into Git, an open source VCS by Jesse Keating and Adam Monsen, DMC 118/119, Saturday, 13:30-14:30
- Why Linux Sucks (As Usual) and Why Linux Does Not Suck (Not Even A Little), Haskell 108, Saturday, 13:30 & 14:30
- Linux Logical Volume Manager Advanced Topics Haskell 115, Saturday, 13:30
- Community Organizing for Free Software Activists BoF, Haskell 104, Saturday, 15:30
- Panel Forum ‒ ACLU and EFF Haskell 108, Saturday, 15:30
- An Intro to CrunchBang by Larry Cafiero, Haskell 103, Sunday, 10:00
- Security Enhanced Linux for Mere Mortals by Thomas Cameron, DMC 130, Sunday, 10:00
- Creative camera control under GNU/Linux, Haskell 115, Sunday, 11:00
- Meet Fedora: The Not-So-Miraculous story of a successful community, and where the Fedora Project is today. by Robyn Bergeron, Haskell 103, Sunday 13:30
- Gnome 3 on its own merit BoF, Haskell 104, Sunday, 13:30
- Linux Alternative Rescue Disk Haskell 104, Sunday, 14:30
Ideas/Brainstorming
- Demo Fedora 17 Beta
- kid friendly OLPC
- Fedora-PlantCCRMA music demo
- your idea?
Please add yourself if you're planning to spend at least a little while at the Fedora Booth helping out.
| Who | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Sandys | X | X |
| Second booth volunteer | ? | ? |
| Who's next? Add yourself here | ? | ? |
The Second booth volunteer will get a NFNW Tee Shirt, and lunch both days!
I'll have a computer with fedora 16 and 17, my laptop with Planet CCRMA music applications, and a OLPC.
Important Deadlines
- Presentations due March 1st
Event Budget
| Item | Cost | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Ambassador team lodging | $376* | Two rooms for two nights (Fri/Sat) at Hampton at the special LFNW rate (~94/night) |
| Ambassador travel expenses | ? | |
| LFNW sponsorship | $400* | Silver level with 6 foot table |
| Buffer | $200 | Cost overruns, etc. |
| Printing | $20 | Handouts of presentation times, etc. |
| SWAG? | $0* | USB keys? etc.? (NOTE: not swag already in West Coast event box) |
/*/ Tentative budget items based on estimates; upcoming confirmation of costs and/or additional expenses may change the budget in either direction.
Travel Subsidy Requests
Each attendee requesting travel subsidies for the event should be listed here including the information requested in Sponsoring Event Attendees.
Event Report
My blog and others will be listed here
- 2012-03-06 - Page created