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Fedora Day Buenos Aires 2014
About
Fedora Day Paraná is an event to promote Fedora and it's related projects like oVirt, Openshift, Openstack, Gluster among others which will take place in Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina.
Date
- June **, 2014
Venue
The conference can take place at
Organization
Team
| Name | Tasks |
|---|---|
| Adrian Soliard | Conference general organization, Budget and Program |
| Matias Kreder | Conference general organization, Budget and Program |
| Rino Rondan | Conference general organization, Venue e Local support |
Tasks
| Task | Responsible | Comments | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Fedora contributors attending the event
| Name | City | Tasks at conference | Travel budget USD | Lodging? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Soliard | Paraná, Entre Ríos | Organization, talks, etc | - | No |
Activities at Fedora Day Buenos Aires
Activities
- Fedora 22 release party
- Talks on Fedora and related projects (40 minutes slot)
- Workshops (90 min slot)
Material
- Printed conference program
- Badges for participants
- Fedora and other projects stickers
Buttons
The idea is to make some buttons to give for free. Some designs found in | Fedora Marketing Collateral :
Stickers
The idea is to give for free stickers as well...
- To promote Fedora:
Travel information
Getting in conference place from Ministro Pistarini International Airport
- Exact location is:
Ezeiza International Airport Autopista Tte Gral. Ricchieri Km 33,5 1802 Ezeiza Buenos Aires Argentina
- Exact location of conference place is:
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, sede Medrano Avenida Medrano 951 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (formerly known as Capital Federal) Argentina C1179AAQ
- Airport information according to their official website[1]:
Car parking[2]. Car rental[3]. Private transportation (limo and cab services) offered by the airport[4]. Public transportation and long distance buses[5]. Be advised that there's a link on the upper right corner to switch their site to English. Also, it is better for travellers to go to the official stands and refuse any car services not offered there. According to the site, it is for security reasons.
- In case you are travelling by car to the conference place, try to stick to this route[6] as it is one of the safest and most direct ones. It has tolls and its prices vary from 6 to 20 ARS.
Getting in conference place from Buenos Aires Bus Station
- Retiro bus station location:
Av. Antártida Argentina y Calle 10 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina C1104AJQ
- Some sites of interest:
Official website (it is in Spanish).[7] Wikipedia's Article in English.[8]
- How to get from Retiro bus station to Conference place
- Considering Subway B Line has new schedules (6 to 14 on Saturdays), I'd recommend the following routes in case you're planning to show up a bit late:
FromTerminal de Ómnibus de Retiro To Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN)
Bus 106 - Estimated Trip Time 31'
Walk from 1250 ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AV. up to intersection of ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AV. and LUISONI, ARTURO, Mayor.
Take the Bus 106 get off at CORDOBA AV. and MEDRANO.
Walk from intersection of CORDOBA AV. and MEDRANO until reach your destination.
Bus 26 - Estimated Trip Time 35'
Walk from 1250 ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AV. up to intersection of ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AV. and Dr. Ramos Mejía, José María AV. (bus stop is not exactly there, it's accross the street in harbour direction).
Take the Bus 26 get off at LAVALLE and MEDRANO AV..
Walk from intersection of LAVALLE and MEDRANO AV. until reach your destination.
If you don't have SUBE card, trip needs to be paid with coins and it's more expensive.
In case you do, It might cost between 3,50ARS and 4,00ARS.
Hotels close to the venue
* Near conference place. - Hotels. [9] - Nearby hostels. [10]
* Near Casa Rosada. - Hotels. [11] - Hostels. [12]
* San Telmo. - Hotels. [13] - Hostels. [14]
Public transportation in CABA
* Websites of interest: Underground's official website[15] It's in Spanish, but on the lower right corner of the main site you can check the service status. CómoLlego[16] Buenos Aires' official site to get travel information and some places of interest. You can change the language (Currently only Spanish or English) by going here[17].
Budget
At the moment we're looking for local sponsors, and we're probably going to request budget to the project to fund travel expenses for the volunteers going to Buenos Aires the conference and requests must be done through |LATAM ticket tracker.
Costs
| Description | Cost in USD | People Sponsored |
|---|---|---|
| Airfare subsidy | 500 | Julio Sanchez |
| Bus subsidy | 80 | Adrian Soliard |
| Car subsidy | 200 | Matias Maceira, Valentin Basel, Emanuel Nazzeta |
| Lodging subsidy | Pending | Julio Sanchez, Adrian Soliard, Valentin Basel |
| Total | 780 |
- Considering 1.00 USD = 8.50 ARS in Oct 2014
We are planning to provide swag material for free (Live DVDs, stickers, buttons) so we will like to count on your support for this.
| Description | Cost in USD | Cost in Argentinean Pesos (AR $) |
|---|---|---|
| 200 Live DVDs | US$ 177 | AR$1500 |
| 100 10x10cm stickers | US$ 24 | AR$200 |
| 50 10x15cm stickers | US$ 18 | AR$150 |
| 100 buttons | US$ 16 | AR $130 |
| 100 copies of "Fedora Libro de Trucos" | US$ 17 | AR$140 |
| Total | US$ 252 | AR$2120 |
- Considering 1.00 USD = 8.50 ARS in Oct 2014
Event Reports
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