[openbeos] WalterCon 2008 proposal (was: Ohio LinuxFest Oct 11, 2008)
- From: "Jorge G. Mare" <kokitomare@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:58:49 -0700
Hi Scott,
I am glad that you bring this up. I needed this little push to bring my
WC08 procrastination syndrome to an end. :)
scott mc wrote:
The Ohio LinuxFest might be a good place to show off Haiku. Anyone
from the midwest USA (or elsewhere) interested in attending and/or
presenting? Looks like it's the largest such event in the midwest.
Just thought I'd throw this out there as it appears they are already
accepting papers.
http://www.ohiolinux.org/
The Ohio LinuxFest (OLF) has been in my radar for many months now. The
reason is that I have been looking for an open source event/conference
that we could piggyback WalterCon 2008 (WC08) to, and this may be the
one that fits the purpose.
The idea would be to have a booth and possibly even a Haiku-related talk
and/or BoF at OLF, and hold WC08 as a one day or two day event (one day
before and/or after OLF). There are several advantages to this approach,
such as: attendees get a better return for their investment (like
killing two birds with one stone), we may be able to capture some of the
OLF audience into WC08 (we could, for example, hold a targeted "Haiku
Open House" the day after OLF); as OLF exhibitor/attendees, we can use
the discounted hotel rates.
The details of WC08 are still TBD, but I have already had discussions
with some of the devs, and I know that Darkwyrm, Bryan Varner (Java
port), Ryan Leavengood (Webkit port) and possibly BGA are all willing to
attend. I think this makes for a very good start for a substantial WC08
program, as well as a strong Haiku representation at OLF. Which is the
whole idea. :)
I personally think OLF/WC08 could provide those of us in the Americas
with a great opportunity to re-group and re-energize the community on
this part of the world, so I would like to see this happening. But I
would like to hear what the community thinks before putting the effort
into it.
The reason I take this approach is that I would like to see WC become
more of a community effort rather than a one or two man thing like it
has been in the past (for practical reasons, mainly).
So, with the above general information in mind, and being the dates Oct.
10 - 12 (about 110 days from now) and the place Columbus, OH, do you
think this would be a good place and time to hold WC08 and would you be
willing/able to attend?
All constructive suggestions are welcome.
Cheers,
Koki
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