Re: Froscon: we have a booth and we have a devroom!!!

[Jens Rehsack <rehsack%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 20.05.13 22:27, WvD wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just got a message from the Froscon-team: we got our Perl-booth and
> our Perl-devroom at Froscon this year!  Yeah cool wow!
>
> https://callforprojects.froscon.org/overview
>
> So I just activated our project.  I think we have to change some wording
> at the booth project-page and the devroom project-page.
>
> Jens was not added yet as a participant at the booth and the devroom, so
> I added him with edit privileges.

That is because Jens officially participates the NetBSD booth ;)
Daniel registered me there and (IIRC) he marks for FrOSCon orga
to place the NetBSD booth and the Perl booth close together.
So Perl forks - NetBSD is where the other daemons live, and Perl
is near all those daemons, too.

Wendy - do you have a nice domain name we can use for PR for
the daemon / perl joint venture :)

> Getty, you are not having edit priviliges yet, you want to particpate?
>
> OK, now calm down, Wendy...   Wait for reactions.  Hope for a lot of
> hurrays.
>
> Things we have to discuss:
> 1. Do we want the devroom both days or just one day?  I think both days
> would be nice, I think we could fill them both with presentations.

I'm sure we can.

> 2.  How soon should we start asking around who wants to give presentations.

As soon as possible - probably people need some time to prepare,
at least when they want to demonsztrate something.

> 3. What do you think of the texts that are written now in the
> descriptions for both the booth and the devroom?  I think they can be
> changed a bit, but generally they are not bad.
> 4. What type of presentations do we want, high tech level or newbie
> level or a mix.  Maybe include some beginners' turorials.

I would mix it and make threads (Saturday/Sunday morning/afternood).

> 5. Shall we do it Fosdem style (ask well-know speakers to come over with
> personal invitations and hope we can fill the program with them), or do
> we go to mailinglists, IRC, Facebook, Twitter (and place our trust in
> the general Perl community to come forward with good presentations).
> 6. Who will do what.  I assume I will be at the booth most of the time.
> I assume Liz will be at the devroom most of the time.  Other people,
> your preferences?

I will stay at the NetBSD booth most of the time (seems that not so
many NetBSD people are on FrOSCon as Perl people) ... except the
time slots where I have to do my presentations.

> 7. Are we going to video the presentations?  Liz and I don't have the
> right type of camera for that.  Maybe other people do. Liz and I could
> buy a good one, any recommendations?  And then what, put them on
> Youtube?  I did not even do that with the Fosdem videos...

Last years FrOSCon has an own server for their videos. Maybe you
should discuss that with the orga team ...

> 8. Any recommendations for a dinner?  The conference is 24 & 25 August.
> We can have a welcome dinner for the participants / speakers /
> volunteers on Friday the 23rd.  We can have a "Perl is great" dinner on
> Saturday 24th, where everybody who visits the devroom and the booth is
> welcome for a certain fee (€15 to get in, hope for sponsors to fill the
> gap).

I think you have a very wrong picture of St. Augustin.
Saturday evening they have a beer social event.

> 9. I have never been to Sankt Augustin.  Can it be reached by train /
> car / bus / airplane easily?  Hotels?  Restaurants?  Bars?
>
> Pfff....  OK, Froscon, here we come...
>
> http://www.froscon.de/en/home/
>
> Greetz,
> Wendy

Cheers,
Jens

> =======
>
>
> Hi Wendy G.A. van Dijk,
>
>
> You were registered with the FrOSCon-Projects interface as a participant
> of Perl.
>
> Your username is wendy.
>
> If you want to correct your name information or view the status of your
> project, you
> need to activate your account and set a password. Otherwise, you can
> just ignore
> this email. If your project is accepted, we will print your FrOSCon
> ticket with
> the above mentioned information.
>
> Please use the following link to activate your account:
>
> https://callforprojects.froscon.org/accounts/activatepw/af8ea61db1b916ebd9696e1980722833192d7866
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Your FrOSCon-Team


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Jens Rehsack