I always do the Gnome related stuff at the fest and will continue this year. All I need is other gnome people to help setup a booth. As far as I know, I am the only foundation member from Gnome in the Columbus area. -Harshy Patrick Wagstrom wrote: > The Ohio Linux Fest[1] is coming up on September 30, 2006 in Columbus, > Ohio. This is a general sorta Linux event that features an interesting > mix of professionals and hobbyists who come together for a day of talks, > food, and drinking in Columbus, Ohio. Last year there were somewhere > around 700 people who attended the conference -- which is free to attend > (although one can pay $65 for the all-access rock star pass). The > conference has been been doubling in each year for the past few years - > so expect over 1000 people this year. > > Unfortunately, last year GNOME was almost no where to be seen. KDE had > a table showing off their wares, but there wasn't a GNOME booth. If I > recall correctly there was a quick GNOME talk by Sean Harshbarger that > was added late and didn't make the printed programs for the conference. > > Anyway, I've got two major questions related to this. > > 1. I've been looking at the responses for speakers, and I haven't seen > anyone propose a GNOME talk yet. The call for speakers closes on July > 10th. Is there someone who could give a 30-90 minute talk (in past > years, most were 45 minutes or so) on GNOME? I could probably do a > talk, however I'm not heavily involved in GNOME aside from advocating > its use, a few patches and bugs, and researching it for my thesis. > Perhaps someone more official would be better. > > 2. Is it possible to do a GNOME table at the Ohio Linux Fest? Are there > supplies that the foundation has for this sort of thing? In the past I > remember messages from Murray Cumming about a conference box for > Europeans, do we have anything for those of us in North America? Are > there rules about making it an official GNOME booth or something like > that? > > I think this is a great opportunity to bring in new folks. Last year > there was certainly a desire among attendees for more community based > stuff (too many talks from HP/Novell/etc about blue sky technologies) - > a prime opportunity to recruit volunteers. Also, many attendees don't > use Linux on the desktop, so this could be a great opportunity to share > the state of the GNOME desktop with them. > > Thanks! > > Patrick Wagstrom > > [1] http://www.ohiolinux.org/ > >
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