Good morning all,
I should have clarified some of the murkier statements made, I
apologize for that. Tom, what I put up was the complete schedule of speakers
and you are correct the event is FREE. The $30 is optional, this is to help
cover costs for the student center space. Red Hat has graciously agreed to
sponsor the event. The purpose of this event is to gather linux users for a
one day event, mostly to discuss all things linux/unix and to meet other users
throughout the area. This is the inaugural event, so based on attendance this
year there are plans to hopefully expand the event much like SCALE or any of
the other community driven events. As for who Jonathan of Frostbite systems
is, his company sells computers with linux installed. He gives a percentage
back to the distro that is ordered on the machines. His main focus is selling
machines for the blind or visually impaired, which he himself is. He is also
the podcaster for both Fedora weekly
and Debian. He resides in Worcester MA and of course for more about his
company you can checkout - http://www.frostbitesystems.com/ This is not meant
as a selling point for the event. He is merely setting this up because he felt
there was a need and interest for such an event. Lastly, I don't have a list
of exhibitors but I do know the folks at Hacker Public Radio will have a table
there. I hope I've addressed all questions. Again sorry for the confusion, I
should have proof read the original before sending out.
Take care,
Bp
--- On Mon, 3/21/11, Tom Metro <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Tom Metro <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Northeast Linuxfest April 2, 2011
> To: "b p" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 9:20 PM
> b p wrote:
> > The Northeast Linuxfest is just around the corner,
> the
> > event will be held in Worcester MA.
>
> Saturday, April 2, 10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
>
>
> > ...speakers list for the Northeast Linuxfest.
> >
> > 11am Roberto C. Sanchez "Getting Stuff Packaged for
> Debian."
> >
> > 12pm Jarod Wilson "Intro to GNU/Linux Home Theater
> PCs"
> >
> > 1pm Jon “Maddog” Hall "GNU/Linux in Education,
> Government and
> > Business."
> >
> > 2pm Matt Lee "Why Software Should Be Free."
> >
> > Details can be found at Northeast Linuxfest -
> > http://northeastlinuxfest.org/
>
> Maybe I'm missing it but I didn't see a speaker list or
> exhibitor list
> on the site. Is he above the full speaker schedule? Any
> notable exhibitors?
>
> Will the talks be recorded and made available?
>
>
> > Jonathan Nadeau of Frostbite systems...
>
> Who is Frostbite systems? What's the motivation behind this
> conference?
> (The About page was pretty generic.)
>
>
> > So, now that we're two weeks away, I hope to see you
> all there! Hurry
> > because attendance is filling fast!
>
> I saw a registration form, but no option to specify a
> specific talk. I
> imagine not everyone will attend all talks, so if space is
> limited,
> attendance should be estimated per talk.
>
> It looks like registration is free, with an optional $30
> donation.
>
> -Tom
>
> --
> Tom Metro
> Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA
> "Enterprise solutions through open source."
> Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/
>
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