Ohio Linuxfest Proposal Agenda

Timeline

• April 1 - Our proposal must be turned into OLF
• find out when we will get a response from OLF
• Sept 9-11 Ohio LinuxFest

Get the word out.

1. Other DUGs interest: OSU, Indy, Dayton, NE Ohio, SW Ohio, Ann Arbor, etc...
2. Decide on roles & duties to split up what needs to get done.
3. Drupal Association
4. Other publicity ideas

Attract potential sponsors

1. Decide sponsorship amounts & goals
2. Talk with Drupal Association
3. Put together a list of sponsors
4. Call and/or write sponors
5. Assemble list of potential sponsors
6. Set budget for speaker support: hotel and travel cost and venue cost
7. Arrange with OLF the perks we can give sponsors, signs, program book, OLF website, etc.
8. Funds will be paid to OLF, which is a 501c3 and earmarked for Drupal programming.

Decide "Drupal room" format

1. Decide how the 7 hours on Saturday gets split up into speaker & hands-on segments.
   a. One important, general interest topic/speaker to draw in crowds in a main OLF presentation room, seating about 300.
   b. Other speakers for the smaller Drupal room, seating 50-100.
   c. Hands on class for 20-30.
2. Decide on speakers, topics, time slots.

Attract potential speakers/experts

1. Call for speakers and topics (announce on g.d.o., ask around)

Drupal table in the vendor area

1. Computer with Drupal presentation
2. Drupal raffle

Logistics & Requirements

1. Manpower
2. A/V, Electrical, Room Configuration requirements (A/V Package, projector, monitors for the "Drupal table")
3. Special guest arrangements
4. Drupal VM Server Requirements & Writeup (Shawn's idea)

Draft the proposal

Duties (fill-in later)