Re: Linux summit this year ?

[Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com>]

On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 01:44:45PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 11:42:36AM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote:
> > On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 10:49:47AM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 10:11:10AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2013-05-02 at 15:43 -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > "I'm confirming that we got the space you needed for the Wireless Summit in
> > > > > New Orleans.
> > > > 
> > > > > Does that sound alright to everyone?  
> > > > 
> > > > Sounds good to me. If it overlaps LPC, which one are people going to
> > > > have to register for (if not going to both anyway)?
> > > 
> > > I would presume that if you want to got to LPC sessions then you
> > > would have to register for LPC.  Generally we have required Wireless
> > > Summit attendees to register for LinuxCon, and I presume that would
> > > be required this time (so both LinuxCon and LPC if you want the
> > > LPC sessions).
> > 
> > Why require LinuxCon registration rather than LPC? I'd assume most
> > wireless summit attendees are more interested in plumbers than LinuxCon.
> > Could the summit just require registration at one or the other?
> 
> Well, I can ask.  But the fact is that LPC and LCNA are separate
> events with separate events with separate budgets and expenses,
> separate organizers, etc.
> 
> Anyway, I'll let you know what the event folks say...

It's not really a big deal for me, I just thought it a bit odd since the
audiences for wireless summit and LPC probably have more overlap. The
reasons you and Marcel gave make sense.

Thanks,
Seth