Archive:FUDCon:Blacksburg 2012

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:
  1. If you want or need to share a room, mark yes in the "Roomshare?" column.
  2. Once you have a roommate, both of you should mark your roommate's name in the block as well.
  3. 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.

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#	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		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	XL	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		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
105	Natalie Raven	no	no	S	no	not needed	natalie_
105	Mike McGrath	no	no	L	no	Not Yet
#	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

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

|Map

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.

Hackfest- Workshops

Instructions: If you want to have a hackfest or a workshop, please list it below for possible early scheduling of room space.

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

Proposed Barcamp Sessions

Please fill in the following grid with proposed BarCamp sessions:

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

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)

If staying at the hotel:

• Optional: swimsuit, gym clothes.

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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.)

FUDCon:Blacksburg_2012_meetings