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

[Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org>]

Hi John,

* Samuel Ortiz <samuel@sortiz.org> [2012-03-23 16:29:38 +0100]:

> 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.

I agree with Barcelona too. If you wanna help to coordinate this with Linux
Foundation count on 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.

+1 to keep that approach, if this summit becomes bigger in the future we can
change it.

	Gustavo