USENIX’s LISA conference
Date and time
Full Conference: December 4-9, 2016
Expo: Dec 8-9, 2016 (Fedora is only attending expo)
Fedora will be co-hosting the table with Redhat like last year. Redhat has also made a Full Conference attendee pass available for Fedora Contributor, which has yet to be claimed.
Location
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa16#venue
Sheraton Boston. Located at: 39 Dalton Street Boston, MA 02199
Schedule
Team members show up throughout the evening of the 7th early morning of the 8th.
Man the booth for both expo days rotating demos for audiences.
Registration
Redhat has taken care of sponsorship and all members will receive expo / exhibitor badges / creds on arrival, likely from mattdm.
For non ambassador attendees a expo only ticket is $50, Early bird pricing ends Nov 10, 2016.
Activities
- Showing Cockpit
- Showing Fedora Spins
BoF
Event volunteers
- Corey Sheldon
- Matthew Miller
- Mike DePaulo
Table
- At least 2 demo laptops planned, one from RH and the usual Fedora laptop.
- Tech write papers, ambassador info possibly
Budget
| Item | Details | Budget | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel for Corey | Bus Fare | $75 | |
| Travel for Mike | Amtrak Fare | $100 | |
| Shipping | Banners / Event Box / Swag | $200 | |
| Lodging for Mike / Corey | Conference rate ($210+tax) x2 nights | $500 (estimates $470) | |
| Totals: | $875 |
Transportation to and from the event
Arrivals and Departures
Chart for knowing when folks are arriving or departing, by plane, train, car, roller skates, or otherwise.
| Who | Arrive (Flight-Time) | Departure (Flight-Time) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| linuxmodder | 7th (late evening -bus) | 9th (likely last to leave) | Sharing room with mikedep33 |
| mikedep33 | Sharing room with linuxmodder | ||
| mattdm | Local / commuting from home? | ||
| Local Contributor | Put down a contact method | times you are free to help out |
- BoF ? Possible topics: Cockpit, Openstack/Shift, Ansible
- Room reservations: linuxmodder / mikedep33 to share room at venue
- Volunteers?
If you are local (cover travel / lodging) and wanna help us staff booth / showcase Fedora, please reach out to Corey or Matt: linuxmodder@fedoraproject.org or mattdm@redhat.com
Status
Local contribs welcome to join us. Swag and event box tickets #429 (swag) / #430 (Banners /Event Box) Pending approval at Nov 1 mtg.
Blogs and reports
Corey will do the main event report on his blog: https://linuxmodder.wordpress.com Additional report likely from mikedep33