[01:25] jbicha: JonathanD: julian_c: lfaraone: lubotu1: paulproteus: ping [01:25] Sorry to ping everybody, but I desperately need speakers for the UbuCon at the SouthEast LinuxFest. [01:25] Due to unforseen circumstances, if I can't fill it we'll have to partially or fully cancel UbuCon. [01:26] SELF 2011 is June 10th-12th in Spartanburg, SC ... there is an UbuCon Fri the 10th and Sun the 12th. [01:26] Anybody (aside from the already confirmed maco) game to speak? [01:27] how soon do you need to know for sure? [01:28] jbicha: the sooner the better, but no firm deadline really [01:38] GTswagger: ping me again or email if you don't hear anything from me by this weekend, thanks [01:39] jbicha: k [01:40] I'll do some, but I'm swamped the next couple days & since I haven't presented at a con before, I'll need to figure out [01:40] how much I can commit to reasonably [01:43] jbicha: as much as you would like. [01:43] I humbly recommend, perhaps, 2 talks? [01:43] You can speak early on, see what it's like, and tweak your 2nd to adjust [01:44] how many go to these sessions? I've never been to SELF before [01:45] I think one of my talks will be about contributing to Gnome/Ubuntu docs [01:45] jbicha: I profess I don't know when it comes to UbuCon. Last year we tripled the conference without tripling staff so I was crazy busy. [01:46] SELF general tracks usually had between 20-200+ depending on the talk and appeal [01:46] total attendance is 1,000+ [01:47] ok, I think 2 talks will be ok for me, it'll be a bit nerve-wracking but I need to get experience doing this some time [01:47] excellent [01:48] speakers@southeastlinuxfest.org [01:48] Email the talk title, brief talk description, and a brief bio about yourself. [01:48] and when you would like to speak, perferrably on Sunday. [01:48] I don't think the Friday UbuCon is going to make it based upon me already blasting through my known *buntu contacts. [01:49] but it looks like we'll have a Sunday one [01:51] ha, ubucon in the Fedora room [01:52] that's nice of them to help sponsor though :-) [02:10] where is SELF held? [02:13] GTswagger: hi. [02:13] ah [02:14] GTswagger: I doubt I can. I'm overcommitted financially for conferences as it is. [02:17] and self is a lonnnng drive [02:21] JonathanD: Amtrak. [02:21] You're in DC. [02:21] Aka the one place in the universe Amtrak makes sense. [02:21] I'd consider it, but I'd just be getting back from a conference, and I'm on call at work that weekend. [02:21] JonathanD: Spartanburg's Amtrak is across the street from the hotel. [02:21] bcurtiswx: Spartanburg, SC Marriott [02:26] GTswagger: I'm in Philly :) [02:26] GTswagger: I *probably* won't be able to make it. [02:27] * lfaraone is in DC, but will be doing an unpaid internship throughout June. [02:27] GTswagger: I only hang out here for the free cookies. [02:29] GTswagger: I'll look into the viability of amtrak tomorrow, but I really have no budget for anything until July, so I'd have to figure out where it'd come from. [02:30] JonathanD: no worries [02:30] lfaraone: If your situation changes just give me a shout [02:30] GTswagger: well, I wouldn't know until June 1ish. Is that too late? [02:31] lfaraone: maybe maybe not ... depends on how the tracks fill ... it is plausible there could be slots then [02:35] I might have more left over post camping than I though. [02:35] *thought [02:35] If so I could probably train. [02:37] GTswagger: well, I'll see what I can come up with. [02:40] 229 [02:40] erm [02:41] lfaraone: Internship where?