To add to this, if you wish to take this task on, don't underestimate the work involved. You can't start working on it 2 months before; a safe lead time is 7-9 months.
You should work out the conference rooms and hotel by Jan. 1 at the latest.
Don't plan to take this on unless you're ready to do a lot of work. Martin makes it look easy, but it's not :-)
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:33 AM Martin Roth gaumless@gmail.com wrote:
We are currently looking for a volunteer to host the 2018 North American coreboot conference.
The only real requirements for the location is that it's relatively close to a major airport and that it can hold 30-50 people comfortably. From the feedback we got after the Denver conference, it sounds like a 4 day conference is most desirable, with 2 formal days of presentations, and 2 optional days of hacking.
Main responsibilities would include:
- Booking and setting up the venue (or venues)
- Organizing Lunches, beverages, and snacks
- Organizing after-conference activities
- Setup for Presentations and recording the presentations
Additional tasks that the coreboot project can help with:
- Organizing talks
- Promotion (Website, announcements on the mailing list, and IRC)
- Billing
- Badges
- Swag
If you're interested or have any questions, feel free reply here or to email me off-list.
Thanks. Martin -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
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ron minnich