Fedora MiniConf @ LCA2006 in Dunedin
Tuesday, October 18th, 2005This was bound to happen. vFolders and my dependency on them. Thunderbird doesn’t have sane support for this. It however does have excellent IMAP support. I am now doomed to carry two 15″ laptops everywhere I go. Not that this is abnormal, seeing that anyone who’s seen me travel knows I carry at least two. But damn, now I have camera gear to add to the weight. Airlines are going to love me.
Now, we had grand plans (jwulf & I) to run a Fedora MiniConf at linux.conf.au 2006 in New Zealand. It turns out, that LCA is packed to the brim, and there’s absolutely no space for yet another MiniConf. Its been suggested we hold a BOF instead. But to keep it FUDCon-Styled, a MiniConf for a day, would make the most sense. In fact, on Tuesday before the event, would be the best, IMHO.
But there’s no more space. Anyone know of a location in the same vicinity that we can run such an event? MiniConf’s are largely popular, and if my numbers are correct, Fedora/Red Hat was the number 2 distribution for registrants of LCA2005. While I had thoughts of running one in April 2005 (all gung ho after our initial FUDCon in Boston), it was just going to be too much of a mess (especially since I wasn’t sure if I was going).
So what we need: a room (preferably two rooms), that can host up to 100 people each, on the 24th of January 2006, nearby the University of Otago/LCA2006 location. Also, if there’s interest in attending, or speaking, it’d be great if folk could drop us a line (leaving comments here, or via email). Here’s hoping for a Fedora MiniConf pulling itself off, as it’d be a first of its kind in the Australasian region!