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On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 11:40 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> I've been talking to some X.Org folks about sharing an OSCON [1] booth |
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> with us. OSCON is in Portland, OR, July 24-28, and the exhibit hall is |
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> open Wednesday and Thursday (26-27). This would help alleviate any |
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> short-staffing either group has, and likely attract more attention to |
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> the booth by having more Xgl and other bling, as well as people who can |
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> actually explain it. |
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> Mike (vapier) mentioned that at LWE, the O'Reilly guys offered us a |
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> booth. I presume this means free. |
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That was what I gathered. You would need to speak with Daniel Ostrow, |
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however, to get the exact details. |
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> Anyone who has interest in staffing a booth at OSCON or in attending it, |
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> please contact me. I will try to organize this. Exhibit hall attendance |
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> is free, but the sessions get pretty expensive. I'm not sure whether we |
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> would receive any session passes for being exhibitors. |
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> Who actually goes to OSCON? The attendees are roughly 50% devs, 25% |
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> sysadmins, and 25% suits/other. So it's a fun audience rather than being |
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> dominated by management. |
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> I would appreciate some help in understanding exactly what's required to |
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> get a booth together as well, since I've never done this. |
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> Thanks, |
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> Donnie |
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> 1. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2006/ |
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Also, try to stay in touch with me throughout this setup, as I am |
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working on documentation for the Gentoo Events project that will outline |
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what is necessary for a general Gentoo booth. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |