[Ubuntu Chicago] Chicago X.Org Developers' Summit

[Jim Campbell]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Michael Larabel <Michael at phoronix.com>wrote:

>  Hi Jim,
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> On 03/30/2011 09:45 PM, Jim Campbell wrote:
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> Hey Michael,
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> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Michael Larabel <Michael at phoronix.com>wrote:
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>> I'm organizing the 2011 X.Org Developers' Conference/Summit and looking to
>> host it in Chicago this September. The X.Org Foundation is looking for a
>> venue for around ~60 developers that ideally can offer us a large room for a
>> period of about three days, at ideally little or no cost.
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>> I wanted to see from the Ubuntu Chicago list if anyone has any potential
>> leads or recommendations for such a venue? I've contacted the CS departments
>> at area universities and a few of them look potentially hopeful while I am
>> still waiting on others.
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>> http://www.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2011
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>> Thanks for any information.
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>> Michael Larabel
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> It's great to hear that you're looking to host the X.org Developer's
> conference in Chicago, and thanks for thinking to contact us.
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> Most of our events have featured (at most) 20-25 people, so our space
> requirements have been pretty meager. I think that, for ~60 people,
> contacting the universities is a good place to start.
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> The X.Org Foundation just asked me last night if I would additionally
> arrange a venue for a book sprint before/after the actual event for some of
> the developers to work on 'A Guide For New X.Org Developers', but for this
> sprint they are just looking for about ~10 people, so if you have any venue
> recommendations for here that would be appreciated.
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Do you know if this book sprint would be during the week, or on the weekend
(or perhaps a mix)?  . . .  Knowing that would help.



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> Among the universities in the area, the University of Illinois at Chicago
> is close to downtown, and they have been a strong supporter of FLOSS-related
> events. This weekend they're playing host to the fifth annual Flourish
> conference (flourishconf.com), and have also hosted BarCamp Chicago. If
> you aren't sure who to contact there, or if you haven't contacted anyone
> there yet, let us know, and we can point you in the right direction.
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> I've already been in contact with UI, thanks. I'll also check out the event
> this weekend.
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> I'm not sure what kind of space is available at Google's Chicago offices,
> but that may be something to consider for this kind of event, too.  You may
> also want to send your inquiry to the Chicago Lug (chiglug.org) and
> Chicago Python (chipy.org) mailing lists. The Chiglug group has been
> pretty quiet as of late, but there are still a good number of
> chicago-tech-types subscribed to the mailing list. ChiPy is pretty active.
> You may get more responses from business-types via messages to those lists.
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> I'll check out what the LUG and Python groups have to say.
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> Best of luck, and let us know if we can help any further.
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> Jim
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As for the Chicago Lug's website, it appears to be down. I'm trying to find
out more about that now.

Jim
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