Re: LSF/MM 2014 Call For Proposals

Michel Lespinasse
2014-01-21T07:00:40Z

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:30 AM, Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> wrote:
> The annual Linux Storage, Filesystem and Memory Management Summit for
> 2014 will be held on March 24th and 25th before the Linux Foundation
> Collaboration summit at The Meritage Resort, Napa Valley, CA.
>
> http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linux-storage-filesystem-and-mm-summit
> http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit

Just a reminder for anyone who wants to participate in LSF/MM: If you
haven't already done so, please send us your request and/or topic
proposals by January 31st...

> Note that we are running LSF/MM a little earlier in 2014 than in previous
> years.
>
> On behalf of the committee I would like to issue a call for agenda proposals
> that are suitable for cross-track discussion as well as more technical
> subjects for discussion in the breakout sessions.
>
> 1) Suggestions for agenda topics should be sent before January 31st
> 2014 to:
>
> lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org
>
> and cc the Linux list or lists that are most interested in it:
>
> ATA: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
> FS: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
> MM: linux-mm@kvack.org
> SCSI: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
>
> People who need more time for visa applications should send proposals before
> January 15th. The committee will complete the first round of selections
> on that date to accommodate applications.
>
> Please remember to tag your subject with [LSF/MM TOPIC] to make it
> easier to track. Agenda topics and attendees will be selected by the
> program committee, but the final agenda will be formed by consensus of
> the attendees on the day.
>
> We will try to cap attendance at around 25-30 per track to facilitate
> discussions although the final numbers will depend on the room sizes at
> the venue.
>
> 2) Requests to attend the summit should be sent to:
>
> lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org
>
> Please summarize what expertise you will bring to the meeting, and what
> you would like to discuss. Please also tag your email with [LSF/MM ATTEND]
> so there is less chance of it getting lost in the large mail pile.
>
> Presentations are allowed to guide discussion, but are strongly
> discouraged. There will be no recording or audio bridge. However, we expect
> that written minutes will be published as we did in previous years
>
> 2013:
> http://lwn.net/Articles/548089/
>
> 2012:
> http://lwn.net/Articles/490114/
> http://lwn.net/Articles/490501/
>
> 2011:
> http://lwn.net/Articles/436871/
> http://lwn.net/Articles/437066/
>
> 3) If you have feedback on last year's meeting that we can use to
> improve this year's, please also send that to:
>
> lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org
>
> Thank you on behalf of the program committee:
>
> Storage:
> James Bottomley
> Martin K. Petersen
>
> Filesystems:
> Trond Myklebust
> Jeff Layton
> Dave Chinner
> Jan Kara
> Ted Ts'o
>
> MM:
> Rik van Riel
> Michel Lespinasse

--
Michel "Walken" Lespinasse
A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies.