Re: RFC/CFP -- Linux Wireless (802.11/Bluetooth/NFC) Mini-Summit 2012 (Barcelona?)

[Samuel Ortiz <samuel@sortiz.org>]

Hi John,

On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 15:24 -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> A number of wireless developers reside in Europe, but our last few
> meetings have been held in North America.  So, there is a strong desire
> to have a European location for this event.  Initial contact with the
> Linux Foundation suggests that we can co-locate this event with the
> LinuxCon Europe event in Barcelona this November.  Other suggestions
> are welcome as well, of course.
Barcelona sounds really good to me.


> If we join the LinuxCon Europe event, we would need to decide how to
> fund the event.  One option would be to charge a separate entry fee for
> the mini-summit event, seperate from the LinuxCon EU fee.  Those that
> do not wish to attend LinuxCon EU may find that attractive.  OTOH,
> in the past we have simply said that all the mini-summit attendees
> had to register for the sponsoring event.  That has worked reasonably
> well, especially since event speakers would be eligible to attend
> the mini-summit for no fee.  I would lean toward keeping that approach.
I agree here as well.


> Given the potential to expand this into a larger event, we would
> likely need to be somewhat more formal about having proposals for
> speaking slots.  In that case, we might require a program committee
> for reviewing proposals, etc.  Anyone interested in participating in
> speaking at the mini-summit or in reviewing speaking proposals should
> contact me or reply in this thread.
I can do an NFC talk. It would probably make sense to do a generic
presentation about the NFC kernel and userspace architecture, since this
is the first wireless summit where we have a kernel supporting NFC.

Cheers,
Samuel.