Todo list:

• Figure out how to do <strike>in moinmoin wiki</strike>, ask the ubuntu-doc team. PaulSladen 2007-03-26

• Mail the sysadmins to ask for a simple, quick easy 'ubucon-sevilla@' mailing list Done waiting for response, PaulSladen 2007-03-26 (2007-03-29: still waiting...).

• Contact "John Mark" about the previous Ubucons. Melissa Draper 2007-03-26.

  • John Mark Waller <johnmark@johnmark.org>

  • Writeup of Mountain View here: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/513 (Mountain View)

  • About the existing mail mailing list: http://www.theubucon.org/mailman/listinfo/theubucon

• Better wording/introduction. There's some good wording on the following which says: Part un-conference, part installfest, and part user group meeting, The UbuCon will take place simultaneously in one large auditorium and 3 - 6 small (~20 people) conference rooms. and sums things up really well in one sentence. From http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=348885

• Catering. We've got funding for 50-100 people, and up-front funding to cover at least 50 people. This means that we can go to the caters and sign-up for food/buffet for a minimum of 50 people and tell that there final numbers will likely be bigger. [*] Done, Luis de Bethencourt 2007-03-27, trying to decided what/when to have for drinks/lunch.

• Need an RSVP page to give an idea of numbers and help people to car-share.

  • This could be done using a group in launchpad and people "signing up" to it or a proper 'Sprint/Event' thing. 2007-03-27, Paul Sladen. Go to https://launchpad.net/sprints/ubucon-sevilla/+attend

• Find out central-point-of-contact for the University. Eg. The building is locked and we need to get in... [*] [Ask Guadalinex].
• Contact for the IT department at the University for network/bandwidth details. [*] [Ask Guadalinex]. luisbg has emailed Guadalinex 2007-03-26.
• Work out format for talks (eg. 45minutes talk+questions and 15minutes faff/gap between sessions).
• Work out time-table, a Spanish local tells me people have breakfast at 09:00, lunch at 14:00. So if we run 10:00-17:30 that should allow people to travel from Madrid on the morning.
• What do we need for a party?

  • Answer: "<luisbg> everybody there... food, internet, drinks (coffee's and beers) and cool stuff to do"

• Contact the local LUGs. Done GatoLoko (I've wrote to all LUGs listed in http://libroblanco.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_mosforms&Itemid=80) 2007-03-30

• Write a mail "calling for assistance/helpers" and it'll get seen by the spanish linux community.

  • Somebody (PaulSladen?) to draft in English and send to luisbg to translate/copy around everyone.

• Poke Rob/Lifeless about an "ubuntu on tap" (box setup to do net-installs), useful for not only any new users that may be around, but anyone who wants to reinstall, and especially those without functional cd drives,

• Poster for the Ubucon

  • Melissa Draper did a poster that is available for download at ubuntu-spain.org

  • Poster was posted in various places through the university and some computer stores that support us.
• ensure proper promotion on-campus at the University. Easier to target the locals than pursading people to come from Barcelona.
• Publicity:
  • Melissa might be able to do Linux.com, OSTG, Newsforge and they will also publish Press Releases on spec
    • Use material from hopefully interviewing John Mark about experiences of organizing the previous one

  • LWN, (and our own Fridge). <1 months means it's probably too short notice for the paper press.

  • Ask Slashdot: How to throw a party. What do we need, what are your worst install-fest experiences.

  • Ant30 publish a spanish introduction on Barrapunto.com a Slashdot.com style in spanish and on Meneame.net a Digg like system .

• On the day:
  • Organise Posters
  • Direction signs (to Ubucon, Food, Toilets...)
• On-going: Translation, keeping everything in sync.

* - ask guadalinex

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