Re: speaker schedules for conference

[Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com>]

Tammy:

On 12/24/11 04:51 AM, Tammy Miller wrote:
> That is a great idea. Is it possible to have a conference in the DC
> metro area?

Do you mean a GNOME specific conference?  The GNOME Foundation does
have a yearly GNOME-specific event in the fall over Columbus Day
weekend.  This typically has been held in Boston, but was held in
Toronto last year.

  http://live.gnome.org/BostonSummit

There has been some discussion about where a U.S. GNOME conference
should be held in 2012.  People have proposed having it in Boston
or Portland so far.  The GNOME Foundation would seriously consider
any city with a strong GNOME volunteer community excited to make
a GNOME event happen.

It is often easy to arrange for a GNOME presence at any regional FOSS
(Free/Open Source Software) event in your area.  The GNOME Foundation
can make arrangements to send posters, stickers, GNOME DVD's, etc. to
help promote GNOME at any local event.  Just ask.  Some events also put
together their own GNOME event t-shirt (or other specific goodies), but
this typically only happens when the local GNOME volunteers make
arrangements to do the needed design work, etc.

The GNOME Foundation does also organize GNOME specific events, which
are often hackfests with 5-20 people hacking away on some specific
GNOME project.  Typically, the people working on such projects approach
the GNOME Foundation with a proposal when they are ready to work
together in this way.  When hackfests require funding, the proposal
typically includes an expected budget to explain expected travel costs,
etc.

Hopefully this gives you some perspective on how we organize events,
and how you can participate if interested.  If you have any questions
please ask.

Brian