LISA10

Let's have a Fedora Birds of a Feather presence at the Large Installation System Administrators conference to market share and brand awareness.

When: Tuesday November 9, 2010 at 9 P.M. Where: San Jose Marriott, by the convention center 301 South Market Street San Jose, California 95113 in the Willow Glen room, second floor.

Discussion

The Large Installation System Administrators (LISA) conference is the largest and the longest running system administrators conference run by the USENIX association. In order to increase attendee dialogue, Birds-of-a-Feather meetings are encouraged. Fedora has had successful BoF at this conference for at least 3 years but this is the first time we are increasing the level of organisation.

To-Do

These are items that need to be done in order they need to happen

0. Procure supplies (give-a-ways, treats, install media) ASAP 1. Decide when to hold the BoF and declare the date - t-minus 2 days before - DONE 2. Plan talking points and agenda -t minus 1 day before - DONE 3. Advertise - ongoing from hence forward 4. Meet up with other Fedora Friends to sync the plan. These are people who will help with setup/greeting/Fedora BoF functions - t-minus 3 hours. 5. Show up at BoF room 20 minutes early. Setup, etc. 6. Do the BoF 7. Followup Action items - tbd

Audience

There are 1000 people registered for LISA 2010.

Attendees are 80% system administrators, 15% vendors who make system administrators, 3% staff, 2% personal guests of attendees.
About 40% are local to Northern California
Products used are typically *nix-centric.
Free Software is preferred.
Most conference attendees are present Wednesday morning - Friday morning.

When

Tuesday November 9, 2010 at 9 P.M. to 11 P.M. - we are holding this time slot as of Sunday late afternoon.

The below points is historical documentation on how we arrived on this schedule decision.

Facts on scheduling

BoF space is available Sunday - Thursday nights 7pm - 11pm at LISA.
Most time slots are taken: Still available Tuesday at 9pm, Wednesday at 10pm or Thursday at 8:30pm.
Thursday tends to be a "vendor bof" night. Free swag and munchies are highly expected.
For optimal attendance, the BoF should be held either Wednesday or Thursday night.
Not all rooms have a/v support.

Who can attend and when

User:bethlynn can attend any evening
User:bcotton can attend any evening except Tuesday at 7pm
David Nalley can attend Tuesday-Friday
User:quaid can only attend Tuesday
Larry Cafiero can attend Tuesday or Wed

Supplies

Larry's Stash

Larry has balloons, t-shirts, and pens.

Install Media

It is too soon after F14 release to obtain professional pressed media. Instead we will procure a usb sticks for on the site installation.

Beth Lynn will buy usb sicks on Monday night.

Event Box

The event box contains a banner and some XO's.

While that would be visually interesting, it is not necessary. It is not worth the shipping to send it at this point.

Treats

Beth Lynn is bringing a ton of candy. The room is stocked with a water cooler.

Execution

Agenda

TBD - minute by minute activity and owner needs to be assigned

Possible topics

How to become a Fedora contributor
F14 talking points https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_talking_points
SELinux (David Nalley's talk)
on site F14 installfest

Setup

Who will be responsible for making the room welcoming?

Followup

Recruit contributors
Lug referrals for new to Linux users
Did we meet people who are doing awesome things with Fedora? Great stuff for marketing...
Write a blog post and link it on the events chart
Document the experience by writing a SOP Fedora BoF SOP

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