Linux Conference Australasia (aka LCA, linux.conf.au) will be in Wellington 18-23 January 2010 – 6 and a half months from now. This presents opportunities for the NZ Drupal community to;
- Promote Drupal in the wider FLOSS community (which is good for business)
- Run a DrupalCamp/Conference; which allows attendees to combine expenses if attending LCA, and organizers to share venue, admin, financial and other resources with LCA.
- Just hang out and drink & talk Drupal! Or perhaps (talk) and (drink drupal)!? :)
It is expected there will be of the order of 600-700 attendees ar LCA.
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Promote Drupal
With the government moving away from Microsoft products and towards Open Source, and (hopefully) a FLOSS-friendly Patents Act in NZ, it is a very critical time to be making folk aware of Drupal and how it can empower them and their organisation/s.
This is good for the Drupal marketplace, and good for anyone providing Drupal services in NZ – probably you!? (Conferences like this are also great places to grow your own business network directly!)
Saturday 23 January is Open Day at LCA and is probably a good opportunity to set up a Drupal stand or similar. We would be able to use the Drupal banner from DrupalSouth for this.
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Run a DrupalCamp/Conference
LCA is taking proposals for miniconfs during, before or after LCA. Given the prominence of Drupal in both the web and FLOSS communities it's likely a well–organised and well-written proposal would be accepted.
Alternatively, we could organize our own DrupalCamp or mini-conference outside of LCA proper. Though LCA-miniconfs make admin easier and minimize the overhead of organizing a DrupalCamp or miniconf.
Perhaps such an event could be DrupalSouth 2?
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Hang out and talk Drupal!
With or without the above (or other Drupal events), it'd be great to meetup with other Drupalers and talk Drupal in the bars. Who else is planning on or thinking about attending?
I'm very keen to be involved in any/all of the above, but won't have enough bandwidth to be a driving force behind organizing anything big while living in Thailand (from September). I'm loosely planning on being back and living in NZ (maybe Wellington) in time for LCA.
Comments
I submitted a miniconf
I submitted a miniconf application on Wednesday. I'm not sure yet whether I'll be able to follow through with organizing yet, but wanted to get the application in before the deadline yesterday. Please contact me if you want to collaborate.
Bevan/
Bevan/
I just added this to
I just added this to GDO/Australia, which I should have done earlier.
Bevan/
Bevan/
I'll come
If you get something running at least 2 days - I'm there.
I think LCA Mini-confs are
I think LCA Mini-confs are one day only. But it might be worth your while anyway since LCA might be valuable for you. It's also possible we organise an additional day as an exception to the LCA miniconf norm, in the hallways, or outside of LCA.
Bevan/
Bevan/
When I went to LCA last the
When I went to LCA last the mini confs were 2 days, the Monday and Tuesday and then LCA proper was Wed-Sat
But this was at LCA Canberra. Which was many years ago.
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Gordon Heydon
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Gordon Heydon
I'm not a big non-drupal
I'm not a big non-drupal geek, I wouldn't attend LCA itself.
I might come anyway, but 2 days is chunky, you increase your odds of getting something of value out of the event.
I was just informed that the
I was just informed that the LCA Mini Conf proposal did not get accepted.
Bevan/
Bevan/
Bummer
Bummer
LCA2010 - no go for drupal miniconf
Yeah - bummer - I was looking forward to a drupal fest...
Those of us still going to LCA should do a drupal bof though!
And Bevan - do you have the energy / will to organise a drupal camp before or after LCA anyway?
FOMS (Foundations of Open Media Software) have been running a 2 day thing before LCA for a couple of years now...
Donna Benjamin
Former Board Member Drupal Association (2012-2018)
@kattekrab
At this time I can't say
At this time I can't say definitively. There are a lot of unknowns at the moment. Support and effort from others – especially in Wellington – would make a huge difference in this regard.
Bevan/
Bevan/
linux.conf.au - call for volunteers
LCA is an amazing conference... volunteering could be a good opportunity to get some experience working on a 700+ person event.
This is the announcement for the call for volunteers!
Calling all Volunteers!
Submitted on 2009-11-16 20:43
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Monday 16 November 2009 – The linux.conf.au 2010 Call for Volunteers have opened!
LCA2010 welcomes all those who would like to volunteer their time and help towards the running of the conference in Wellington. Helping at a major conference like LCA2010 can be a deeply rewarding experience and an opportunity to meet some exceptional people. There are a number of different volunteer roles that can be taken including administration of the registration desk, operating cameras and audio-visual gear, and many other technical and non-technical tasks.
"Volunteers are the unsung heroes of linux.conf.au every year", said Susanne Ruthven, co-director of LCA2010. "We're looking for reliable and motivated people who are looking to give up their time to help support LCA2010".
To apply to be a volunteer, please see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/volunteer/new
About linux.conf.au
linux.conf.au is one of the world's best conferences for free and open source software! The coming linux.conf.au, LCA2010, will be held at the Wellington Convention Centre in Wellington, New Zealand from Monday 18th January to Saturday 23rd January 2010. LCA2010 is fun, informal and seriously technical, bringing together Free and Open Source developers, users and community champions from around the world. LCA2010 is the second time linux.conf.au has been held in New Zealand, with the first being Dunedin in 2006.
For more information see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/
About Linux Australia
Linux Australia is the peak body for Linux User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as such represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and developers. Linux Australia facilitates the organisation of this international Free Software conference in a different Australasian city each year.
For more information see: http://www.linux.org.au/
Emperor Penguin Sponsors
LCA2010 is proud to acknowledge the support of our Emperor Penguin Sponsors, InternetNZ, Google, HP and IBM.
- InternetNZ http://www.internetnz.org.nz/
- Google http://www.google.com/
- HP http://www.hp.com/
- IBM http://www.ibm.com/
Donna Benjamin
Former Board Member Drupal Association (2012-2018)
@kattekrab