[Brug-admin] [Brug-talk] Fwd: [FOSDEM] 23-24 Feb 2008 FOSDEM?

[Peter Vandenabeele]

On 10/18/07, Peter Vanbroekhoven <peter at xaop.com> wrote:
> Could you give us an idea what organizing the dev room entails exactly
> and what the time line is?

* define program committee (PC) ("technical committee, looks at "content"")
* define secretary (organiser(s))
* PC writes "Call for papers"
* PC publishes this on Ruby related lists

  e.g. for the kernel and embedded track:
  2007: http://www.nabble.com/FOSDEM-embedded-room-call-for-papers.-t2714500.html
  2006: http://www.ucdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/06/1528244&mode=thread
  2005: http://osdir.com/ml/uclinux.devel/2004-12/msg00006.html
  2004: http://osdir.com/ml/debian.ports.hurd/2003-12/msg00012.html
  2003: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2002-10/1496.html

  or e.g. for the Debian dev room (organised by Wouter Verhelst):
  2004: http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu/2004/01/msg00065.html

* secretary sorts out the incoming abstracts (administratively) and
  forwards them to the PC

* PC defines a schedule of speakers and communicates with the speakers,
  publishes schedules, etc.

* on the day itself, organisers (BRUG ?), manage the room (1 class room, of
  typically 30 to 150 seats), projector, not very difficult ...

Typically no money is involved in any of this. No separate advertising
is allowed
(outside of the official fosdem sponsors).

If the application for fosdem would not work out, the preparations can still be
used to make a smaller, local Ruby and Rails conference, independent of
fosdem (but then, you suddenly do need money for accomodations etc.).

HTH,

Peter