Re: Volunteering for Texas Linux Fest

[Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org>]

Hi Chuck,

Sorry for the delayed reply.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Chuck Payne <terrorpup gmail com> wrote:

Hello Stormy,

I am writing this e-mail to volunteer for helping out at the Gnome
Table at Texas Linux Fest on April 10th, in Austin, Texas.

Awesome. We really need someone to coordinate the whole GNOME booth. :) So arrange for the GNOME event box to be there, set up the booth, make sure someone is manning it at all appropriate times and then tear it down and send it back. The set up and tear down is very easy. The box itself is very large and a bit awkward but I'm assuming you could have it sent directly to the venue.

Zonker will also be there to help as he is giving a keynote. We might have someone local to help as well.

I can also give a talk on the openSUSE community, a talk that give at
Atlanta Linux Fest and show off our latest release 11.2 and talk a bit
about the up and coming 11.3. Or I can give a talk on SUSE Studio, one
of the great online tools, that can let anyone build their own live
distro. I am not sure if any other people will be there from openSUSE,
I can check with Joe to see who will be there but could also help out
there as well as an openSUSE rep.

And of course you should submit a talk and show off openSUSE and GNOME! You'll have to submit your talk proposals directly to the conference.

I understand that you are offering travel sponsorship and I would that
but I am willing to come in early to help out any other way I can. But
lift tables, chairs, clean up, or where every I am needed.

Yes, we have a budget for travel to represent GNOME at events. You'll have to officially apply for it to the travel committee. [1] But I wouldn't think it would be a problem if you are coordinating the booth. The only caveat is that the preference is to have someone local (to save money and build community) but so far we don't have any definites there. So apply soon!

Just a little back ground on me. I been an openSUSE Ambassador since
last May and a member of openSUSE community since November 2009. I
have been a Linux user since 1998 starting out with Slackware, but
after my system crash I move on to Red Hat and then S.u.S.E where I
have stay ever since. I love given back to community any way I can, I
am not a programmer, but a System Administrator, so I can share real
world experience with everyone. I currently work for the Travel
Channel as Unix System Administrator, were I take care of Red Hat,
Solaris and Macintosh OS X servers.

I hope that I can meet you and help out at the Texas Linux Fest.

I would like to meet you as well. I won't be at the Texas Linux Fest though - that'd be all you! And Zonker. And whatever local volunteers we can recruit.

Stormy

[1] http://live.gnome.org/Travel