Archive:FUDCon:Tempe 2011



Tempe, Arizona :: January 29-31, 2011 &mdash; General event owners: Jared Smith, Robyn Bergeron, Ryan Rix

Event Details
SESSION SCHEDULE WITH TIMES & ROOMS

Location
Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ

Dates
January 29-31, 2011

Pre-registration

 * Instructions:
 * Please add your name to the list if you will attend. Also, please indicate the following:
 * Put an X in the $$$ column if you need funding to attend, and visit the FUDCon ticket tracker to make a funding request. We have a limited budget and will work hard to fund as many people as possible. We'll use these answers to help figure out budgeting for the event.  We are making arrangements for attendees from other geographic regions to encourage specific initiatives such as future FUDCon events, but preference may otherwise be given to people in North America.
 * Put a V in the Veg column if you would like vegetarian fare for any meals that we provide during the event. If you prefer vegan fare, please mark that column VV.  We will do our best to make sure everyone is accommodated!
 * Put your T-shirt size in the Size column, so we can have an idea about what sizes to have available. (Use a W to note a women's size if needed.)
 * Roomsharing: If you want or need to share a room, mark yes in the "Roomshare?" column.Once you have a roommate, both of you should mark your roommate's name in the block as well.If you need a roommate, look for someone with just a yes in the column, and contact them via email. If you encounter any problems, let the organizers know.
 * Use the Comments section for anything else you think organizers need to know, or to offer or ask for space or rides.

Travel
Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (Airport Code: PHX) is the major airport servicing the greater Phoenix Metro area. The following airlines have flights going in / coming out of Sky Harbor:


 * Terminal 2: Alaska, Continental, Great Lakes, United / TED
 * Terminal 3: AirTran, American, Delta, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Midwest, Sun Country
 * Terminal 4: Aeromexico, Air Canada, British Airways, Southwest, US Airways / America West, US Airways / America West Express (Mesa Airlines), Westjet
 * Terminal 4 is also the International Terminal for Sky Harbor.

Travel planning
If you are trying to coordinate travel with other attendees, you may want to visit the FUDCon:Tempe 2011 travel planning page.

Travel discounts
Fedora contributor Steven Parrish has secured an airline and rental car discount for travelers. Refer to FUDCon:Tempe 2011 travel discounts for more information.

Primary Hotel
Courtyard Tempe Downtown -- 601 South Ash Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85281 (map) -- +1 (480) 966-2800


 * Links for reservations online


 * King + sofabed room | Queen + Queen room -- The deadline for reservations is November 5. Note that depending on when you make your reservation, you may be presented with a different room type.  King rooms also include a sofabed, and will accommodate separate double occupancy. The special FUDCon rate is $99 per night (single or double occupancy).


 * Shoulder dates
 * If your stay requires extra nights before or after the nights of 28-31 January ("shoulder dates"), and the online link does not accommodate your input, call the hotel directly at the phone number above for assistance, and feel free to let the organizers know online (IRC or email) so we can request additional shoulder dates as needed.


 * Proximity
 * The hotel is located within easy walking distance of the classroom space where the technical sessions will be held on Saturday and Sunday. There is a bit more of a walk to Memorial Union for Monday's hackfests, but it's under 20 minutes away (less than a mile).

Secondary Hotel
Four Points Sheraton Tempe -- 1333 Rural Rd.. Tempe, Arizona 85281 (map) -- +1 (480)968-3451


 * Links for reservations online


 * Reserve your room here. The rate is $99/night, and includes shuttle to/from airport, free breakfast, free wireless internet.


 * Shoulder dates
 * If your stay requires extra nights before or after the nights of 28-31 January ("shoulder dates"), please let the organizers know via the fudcon-planning mailing list, or via IRC, so that we can arrange additional shoulder dates as needed.


 * Proximity
 * The Four Points Sheraton Tempe is within walking distance (2 miles) of the Brickyard Artisan Court building, the primary hotel (Courtyard Marriott Tempe), and Mill Avenue.


 * Transportation
 * The Four Points Sheraton Tempe provides airport shuttle, as well as shuttle to events on ASU campus. The shuttle is first-come, first-served; if you are depending on the shuttle to go places, be sure to ask at the front desk ahead of time.


 * The City of Tempe also has free, local bus routes. The Orbit Mercury bus line travels from approximately 1 block from the Sheraton, and has stops near ASU Memorial Union, the ASU Brickyard Engineering and Artisan Court buildings, and is approximately 2 blocks from the Courtyard Marriott.

Airport shuttle
The hotel features a complimentary airport shuttle. Please call the hotel at +1 (480) 966-2800 (if staying at the Courtyard) or +1 (480)968-3451 (if staying at the Sheraton) to make a shuttle inquiry if needed.

Note: There is no toll-free courtesy phone at the PHX airport for this shuttle. You must either place a call from a cell phone or toll phone at the airport, or you may visit the Information Desk and have them call the Courtyard Tempe Downtown for shuttle service. Correction: The shuttle cannot take advance bookings in most cases because they are unable to wait at passenger pickup due to airport traffic and safety regulations. However, the hotel is only a ~20 minute round trip from the airport, so you should not have to wait long for a pickup.

Light rail
Valley METRO Light Rail (on Wikipedia) Metro trains run between Dobson Road in Mesa and Bethany Home Road in Phoenix; the center of the line connects Sky Harbor International Airport with downtown Tempe.


 * Metro trains run from the airport to downtown Tempe. The Mill station ("Mill Avenue and Third Street") is two very short blocks from the proposed hotel for FUDCon


 * To board a train from the airport, take the Phoenix Airport Shuttle from any terminal to the Airport Metro station ("44th Street and Washington"). Detailed directions are located here.


 * A one-ride pass for Metro (good on all local trains and buses) is $1.75; a full-day Metro pass is $3.50. Farecard machines accept credit and debit cards, and cash. 5-packs of full-day passes can be purchased online, in advance, for $17.50, and should be received within 5-7 days.

At the hotel
The Courtyard Tempe has a significant amount of parking and has told us that they don't believe there will be a problem accommodating some out of town drivers there.

Brickyard on Mill
Parking is available directly underneath the Brickyard on Mill. Parking in this garage is not controlled by ASU, so we are not able to procure special passes.

The Brickyard on Mill is located at 699 S. Mill Ave., Tempe, AZ. The underground parking is accessible from both 6th and 7th streets. Parking signs are posted.

Rates are as follows:
 * $1.50 Each half hour or fraction
 * $12.00 Daily Maximum
 * Event Parking as posted (for concerts, etc)

ASU Memorial Union
There are several lots available near the Memorial Union in which to park.

The ASU Parking Map shows parking by lot number. More information is available on the ASU Parking website. The ASU Memorial Union is located in the southern part of campus, and is labeled MU on the ASU parking map.


 * Apache Boulevard Parking Structure. Payment is required Monday-Friday, 6am-10:30pm. Rate is $2/hr, with a maximum fee of $8. Cash, Visa, MasterCard and Sun Dollars accepted. Located on the north side Apache Boulevard, between College and Normal Avenues.
 * Lot 19. NO OVERNIGHT PARKING. Lot is not staffed; you pay a machine. Parking available Mon-Sat, 7am-10pm, $2/hr, maximum of 12 hours. Located on the south side of Apache Boulevard, between College and Normal Avenues.
 * Lot 17. One-day pass parking. Visitors may purchase a visitor day pass through MyParking Online Services. Day passes are valid all day for the date purchased, and must be printed by you (ie: not by ASU). Visitors who are not ASU students will have to create an account.
 * Lot 13. Metered Parking. Meters are $1.50 per hour, some with a maximum of one-hour parking, others with a two-hour limit. All meters at the Tempe campus require payment from Mon-Sat, 7am-10pm. Meters accept nickels, dimes, and quarters.  At Lemon St & Forest Ave.
 * Lot 27. Metered Parking. Meters are $1.50 per hour, some with a maximum of one-hour parking, others with a two-hour limit. All meters at the Tempe campus require payment from Mon-Sat, 7am-10pm. Meters accept nickels, dimes, and quarters. Orange St, near McAllister Ave.

Network access
The SSID for our conference wireless network on ASU grounds is ASU Guest. Note this wireless network requires you to complete a Web portal click-through for authentication. Authentication is required after any extended disconnect time, or after 12 hours have elapsed.

The network is expected to allow at least traffic for HTTP/S (80/443) and SSH (22). We will be testing the network for final connectivity details the day before the event, and updated information will be provided here as needed.

There is also wireless available at the primary and secondary hotels. Refer to the information provided by your hotel for details.

Packing List
If staying at the hotel:
 * Laptop with 802.11b/g wireless
 * Extension cord (and North American power adapter, if from outside NA)
 * Ethernet cable (for hotel and/or hackfest)
 * Optional: Bring a Fedora Friend Finder (power strip)
 * Credit card (VISA or MasterCard) or small amount of cash (ATMs are nearby the hotel and both ASU locations for the event)
 * Your presentation slides or anything needed for the hackfest
 * Casual clothes for the event
 * Average highs near 68F/20C, average lows near 40F/4C
 * Bring warmer clothing for nighttime (jackets, etc.)
 * Optional: umbrella, there is occasional precipitation in January
 * Average temperatures for Tempe, AZ
 * International visitors:
 * Passport/visa and any other official documentation needed
 * Converters for power (reference link )
 * Optional: swimsuit, gym clothes.

|| Ian Weller || Let's give mw some features and make it useful for wiki editors who live and die by the console. || ! Session Name !! Session Leader !! General Plan !! Prerequisites, if any ! Session Name !! Session Leader !! General Plan !! Prerequisites, if any ! Session Name !! Session Leader !! General Plan !! Prerequisites, if any
 * Governance hackfest || JoergSimon || work out strawman proposals for how Fedora is governed - focus to get better with logistics and budget management outside the US and make it manageable and available for all Groups inside the Fedora Project || seats for 10-20 people
 * Etherpad Hackathon, Part 2 || Sebastian Dziallas || After the Hackathon at Olin, this is the second push for getting Etherpad packaged and into shape. We need packagers, java programmers, people who want to work on whipping documentation, as well as folks to legally review libraries. || Large display or screen to show what's being hacked on, laptop hooked to screen. Room for 10-ish people. This might be a longer session. ||
 * Etherpad Hackathon, Part 2 || Sebastian Dziallas || After the Hackathon at Olin, this is the second push for getting Etherpad packaged and into shape. We need packagers, java programmers, people who want to work on whipping documentation, as well as folks to legally review libraries. || Large display or screen to show what's being hacked on, laptop hooked to screen. Room for 10-ish people. This might be a longer session. ||
 * Etherpad Hackathon, Part 2 || Sebastian Dziallas || After the Hackathon at Olin, this is the second push for getting Etherpad packaged and into shape. We need packagers, java programmers, people who want to work on whipping documentation, as well as folks to legally review libraries. || Large display or screen to show what's being hacked on, laptop hooked to screen. Room for 10-ish people. This might be a longer session. ||
 * Fedora 15 Artwork Hackfest || M�ir�n Duffy || The design team selected a winning concept for F15's artwork: Nightingale. The due date for the alpha wallpaper is Feb 1, so let's hack on an alpha wallpaper together.  || Projector, whiteboard, seats for at least 10 people.
 * Fedora Insight || Paul W. Frields || Complete peer-to-peer training for administration, discuss new Views and design progress, and outline future additions we might want || Network, seats for 4-8 people
 * Fedora Infrastructure || Stephen Smoogen || Where are we going over the next year || Whiteboard, seats for 4-8 people
 * Grand Unified Configuration Strategy || Jaroslav Reznik || How are we going to manage and configure our systems? || seats for 4-8 people
 * Fedora takes the RHCE || Clint Savage || Develop a plan and criteria for helping Fedorans take a RHCSA/RHCE exam. || Whiteboard (will bring a small one), post-it notes and a small room for 10-20 people
 * Xfce 4.8 || Christoph Wickert || Squash bugs to make Xfce 4.8 in Fedora awesome, think about using the newly gained space on the Xfce Spin || Seats for 2-5 people, small but longer session
 * Image Annotation App || Emily Dirsh || Add features and otherwise improve the image annotation app for the fedora design team or anyone else who wants to use it. || Network, Seats for 5-10 people optimistically
 * Packager workflows brainstorming session || Kevin Fenzi || brainstorm and write up ways to improve package maintaining in Fedora. || Network, whiteboard?
 * EPEL workfest || Kevin Fenzi || redesign and implement new EPEL wiki pages, work to improve workflow, quash broken deps, fix bugs || Network
 * Packaging AutoQA and Autotest || James Laska || Update the current  packages so they are consistent with Fedora package guidelines.  Help is needed from anyone experienced with packaging, package guidelines and python. || Knowledge of Fedora package guidelines, experience with RPM  files, and some python patching.
 * Xfce 4.8 || Christoph Wickert || Squash bugs to make Xfce 4.8 in Fedora awesome, think about using the newly gained space on the Xfce Spin || Seats for 2-5 people, small but longer session
 * Image Annotation App || Emily Dirsh || Add features and otherwise improve the image annotation app for the fedora design team or anyone else who wants to use it. || Network, Seats for 5-10 people optimistically
 * Packager workflows brainstorming session || Kevin Fenzi || brainstorm and write up ways to improve package maintaining in Fedora. || Network, whiteboard?
 * EPEL workfest || Kevin Fenzi || redesign and implement new EPEL wiki pages, work to improve workflow, quash broken deps, fix bugs || Network
 * Packaging AutoQA and Autotest || James Laska || Update the current  packages so they are consistent with Fedora package guidelines.  Help is needed from anyone experienced with packaging, package guidelines and python. || Knowledge of Fedora package guidelines, experience with RPM  files, and some python patching.
 * Packager workflows brainstorming session || Kevin Fenzi || brainstorm and write up ways to improve package maintaining in Fedora. || Network, whiteboard?
 * EPEL workfest || Kevin Fenzi || redesign and implement new EPEL wiki pages, work to improve workflow, quash broken deps, fix bugs || Network
 * Packaging AutoQA and Autotest || James Laska || Update the current  packages so they are consistent with Fedora package guidelines.  Help is needed from anyone experienced with packaging, package guidelines and python. || Knowledge of Fedora package guidelines, experience with RPM  files, and some python patching.
 * Packaging AutoQA and Autotest || James Laska || Update the current  packages so they are consistent with Fedora package guidelines.  Help is needed from anyone experienced with packaging, package guidelines and python. || Knowledge of Fedora package guidelines, experience with RPM  files, and some python patching.
 * Packaging AutoQA and Autotest || James Laska || Update the current  packages so they are consistent with Fedora package guidelines.  Help is needed from anyone experienced with packaging, package guidelines and python. || Knowledge of Fedora package guidelines, experience with RPM  files, and some python patching.
 * Package-specific Test Cases || Adam Williamson || Create, convert, organize and generally hack on package-specific tests || Know how to use at least one package, and a bit of wiki-foo - maintainers welcome!
 * NA Event Planning || Clint Savage, Larry Cafiero || Discussion of current and future events at which Fedora Ambassadors (and others) could, should and will attend for 2011 and beyond || Whiteboard / Network access
 * Fedora Spin Kickstart Redesign || Dan Walsh|| I want to redesign spin kickstarts to allow easier customization of the packages. || Network, whiteboard?
 * Fedora Medical Packaging and review sprint || Susmit|| We have quite a few packages in the package-wishlist and in package review phase. We plan to package and push at least a few packages. || Network access
 * Fedora Events System || Juan Rodriguez|| I've been planning/working on a WebApp that would centralize where all events are kept, as well as manage budgets, attendance and other things. Ambassadors, Event Organizers,WebDesigners, Java people welcome! [| Roadmap] || Whiteboard / Network access
 * Eclipse Fedora Packager || Andrew Overholt|| We've got some cool new Fedora infrastructure integration plugins for Eclipse. They're available now (yum install eclipse-fedorapackager) but there's plenty more we can do:  review submissions, PackageKit integration, improved mock integration, convenient options like "bump release, commit, and rebuild", .  Come on out and you'll be hacking on it in less than 10 minutes.|| Laptops / Network access
 * Fedora Medical Packaging and review sprint || Susmit|| We have quite a few packages in the package-wishlist and in package review phase. We plan to package and push at least a few packages. || Network access
 * Fedora Events System || Juan Rodriguez|| I've been planning/working on a WebApp that would centralize where all events are kept, as well as manage budgets, attendance and other things. Ambassadors, Event Organizers,WebDesigners, Java people welcome! [| Roadmap] || Whiteboard / Network access
 * Eclipse Fedora Packager || Andrew Overholt|| We've got some cool new Fedora infrastructure integration plugins for Eclipse. They're available now (yum install eclipse-fedorapackager) but there's plenty more we can do:  review submissions, PackageKit integration, improved mock integration, convenient options like "bump release, commit, and rebuild", .  Come on out and you'll be hacking on it in less than 10 minutes.|| Laptops / Network access
 * Fedora Events System || Juan Rodriguez|| I've been planning/working on a WebApp that would centralize where all events are kept, as well as manage budgets, attendance and other things. Ambassadors, Event Organizers,WebDesigners, Java people welcome! [| Roadmap] || Whiteboard / Network access
 * Eclipse Fedora Packager || Andrew Overholt|| We've got some cool new Fedora infrastructure integration plugins for Eclipse. They're available now (yum install eclipse-fedorapackager) but there's plenty more we can do:  review submissions, PackageKit integration, improved mock integration, convenient options like "bump release, commit, and rebuild", .  Come on out and you'll be hacking on it in less than 10 minutes.|| Laptops / Network access
 * Eclipse Fedora Packager || Andrew Overholt|| We've got some cool new Fedora infrastructure integration plugins for Eclipse. They're available now (yum install eclipse-fedorapackager) but there's plenty more we can do:  review submissions, PackageKit integration, improved mock integration, convenient options like "bump release, commit, and rebuild", .  Come on out and you'll be hacking on it in less than 10 minutes.|| Laptops / Network access
 * }

Hospitality suite - Friday through Sunday
We'll welcome guests on Friday evening at the hotel, at our hospitality suite in the hotel's Meeting Room B. You'll be able to pick up information packets there, as well as your FUDCon badge and other free goodies. We'll get you oriented with maps and answer your other questions, and we'll have snacks and beverages for you as well. The suite will be available nightly throughout the conference for hacking, gaming, and so on until at least 11:00pm.

Gaming - Friday and Sunday night (Saturday is FUDPub)
Meet your fellow Fedorans and enjoy some of the geekiest board games we can find (or at least, what spot brings along from his collection). We'll setup in the Hospitality Suite, first come, first serve sort of thing. If you want to bring a game, please, feel free, but to avoid unnecessary duplication, please add entries to this list.

FUDPub - Saturday

 * Sparky's Den
 * Sparky's Den is in the Memorial Union building (where the Monday proceedings will be held). It features plenty of games and amusements such as bowling, billiards, ping-pong, video games, and pinball.  There should be plenty of room for everyone attending.
 * We will be treating everyone to food, provided by the ASU catering service, and soft drinks. We look forward to winding down from the first day of FUDCon fun with all of you!

Administration
This event is run in general accordance with our other FUDCon events, which have their own set of pages for administration.

Planning meetings
FUDCon is planned openly and transparently. Anyone is welcome to attend and participate in the meetings. All attendees are expected to be polite and constructive. Planning happens through email and IRC:
 * Planning via email is done on the list, which is open to participants to join.
 * Regular IRC meetings are held on Monday at 3:00pm US-Eastern time (regardless of UTC) in.
 * IRC meeting agenda is set from the FUDCon planning Trac, using all tickets with the na-meeting keyword set. To add something to the agenda, file a new ticket (if required) and add the na-meeting keyword. Here is the current agenda.

Previous Meetings

 * 2010/01/05: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/12/17: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/12/15: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/12/08: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/12/01: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/11/17: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/11/08: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/11/01: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/10/25: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/10/18: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/10/11: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/10/04: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/09/27: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/09/20: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/09/14: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/09/14 Subsidy Meeting #3: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/09/07: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/08/30: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/08/27 Subsidy Meeting #2: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/08/25 Subsidy Meeting #1: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/08/23: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/08/16: Minutes | Full Log
 * 2010/08/09: Minutes | Full Log