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We're planning a gentoo developer conference[1] the day after LinuxWorld Expo |
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in San Francisco this year (making the date of said event August 12th). It |
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will be a full day of presentations and shoulder-rubbing. |
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One of our hosting providers, Global Netoptex, has stepped up and offered a |
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site for the conference, wifi, AND lunch/drinks all for free. Derek Wise, |
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the CEO, has been very excited about helping out. They are limited in |
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seating to 30 seats, but not knowing the demand ahead of time we decided to |
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go with this. To make up for the limited seating, Indiana University is |
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stepping up to webcast the event, and will also provide video archives of the |
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conference sessions. This can effectively make it a worldwide Gentoo |
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conference. They can handle about 200+ streams at once. |
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Where I need to involve the Foundation is this: We will charge a small |
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registration fee (probably $10, but the exact figure isn't set yet) to avoid |
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everyone rushing the registration and filling seats without a real |
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commitment. Also, Netoptex has offered to split the cost of conference |
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shirts, so the registration will cover a t-shirt. |
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Would it be okay to have the money paypal'd to the Foundation and let the |
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Foundation become the collection point? In the registration page we could |
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point to a paypal object that is named for this conference, so the money is |
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easily distinguished from within paypal. I would just rather see this |
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handled through the Foundation than through an individual person. Any |
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leftover money can stay with the Foundation, so this is not a budget request |
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per se. What would probably happen is that when it comes time for the |
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conference I could paypal the money to me and disburse it accordingly. |
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Thoughts? |
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-C |
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[1] - http://devwiki.gentoo.org/tiki-index.php?page=GentooDevConf |
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Corey Shields |
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Gentoo Linux Infrastructure Team and Devrel Team |
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Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees |
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http://www.gentoo.org/~cshields |