[00:43] <GTswagger> bac: billfarrow: bladernr_: BugeyeD: coxn: holstein: IsharaComix: jack_: jack_^: jeffrash: lovelace: _marx_ mhall119: Nivex: ping
[00:43] <GTswagger> Sorry to ping everybody but I'm looking for people willing to give talks at UbuCon at the SouthEast LinuxFest.
[00:43] <GTswagger> Anybody here game?
[00:43] <bladernr_> ummm... pong?
[00:44] <bladernr_> the what at the where?
[00:44] <bladernr_> :-)
[00:44] <_marx_> dang self
[00:44] <GTswagger> There's an UbuCon on Fri and Sun at the 2011 SouthEast LinuxFest.
[00:44] <GTswagger> And due to some unforseen circumstances, at this time if I can't fill it we're pulling the plug.
[00:45] <GTswagger> And I reallllllly don't want to do that this late.
[00:45] <GTswagger> SELF 2011 is June 10th-12th.
[00:45] <_marx_> oh gee
[00:45] <GTswagger> So there's an UbuCon on Fri the 10th and Sun the 12th.
[00:45]  * _marx_ checking calendar
[00:45] <GTswagger> Anybody able to give a talk or recommend somebody who can?
[00:45] <_marx_> i made the first one, missed the second one
[00:46] <bladernr_> so how much of it IS filled?  And I really don't know if there's much I can talk about. :/
[00:46] <bladernr_> akgraner would be an excellent talk!  She should give and extended talk on not trolling that she gave at UDS :-)
[00:46] <GTswagger> bladernr_:  Right now?  One Sunday talk.  But I just started looking.
[00:47] <GTswagger> bladernr_:  akgraner cannot make it due to personal reasons.
[00:47] <_marx_> blown knee at least
[00:47] <GTswagger> Pretty much.
[00:47] <jack_^> GTswagger, is that the one in NC?
[00:47] <jack_^> eeh SC*
[00:47] <bladernr_> GTswagger:  ugh... this close to an event... that's not cool.
[00:48] <GTswagger> bladernr_:  Sorry, it's beyond SELF's control.
[00:48]  * _marx_ goes to ping tarvid in va
[00:48] <bladernr_> GTswagger:  oh no worries. I am just feeling your pain is all... I've been in similar situations before, so I completely sympathize
[00:49] <_marx_> bladernr_: aren't you a hardware tester?
[00:49] <bladernr_> _marx_:  yeah... but I don't know that I could do any sort of interesting talk... maybe.
[00:49] <bladernr_> Oh... actually, maybe I do.
[00:50] <jack_^> you talking about pulling the plug on jus the ubucon?  i have a buddy who does a music production in linux talk. he switches it up between fedora and ubuntu. maybe he'd be game.
[00:50] <bladernr_> crud... GTswagger ping me tomorrow... I may actually have something useful.
[00:50] <GTswagger> jack_^:  Yea, just the UbuCon ... and I'd love that talk.
[00:50] <GTswagger> <--- SELF's Speaker Coordinator
[00:50] <jack_^> yeah its pretty impressive. where is SELF? is it in SC again this year?
[00:50] <GTswagger> Spartanburg, SC Marriott
[00:51] <bladernr_> We're doing something new for Oneiric that we really want to see take off: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFriendly
[00:51] <bladernr_> We == Canonical Hardware Certification
[00:51] <jack_^> GTswagger, do you frequent freenode? I'll give your irc nick so he can message you if interested.
[00:51] <_marx_> ah
[00:51] <mhall119> GTswagger: at this point I'm not sure if I'll be there, otherwise I'd say yes
[00:53] <mhall119> when is self?
[00:53] <_marx_> soon
[00:53] <GTswagger> June 10-12.
[00:53] <mhall119> :(
[00:53] <GTswagger> jack_^:  I'm always in #southeastlinuxfest
[00:53] <mhall119> yeah, that's only like 2 days after school lets out
[00:53] <jack_^> w0rd
[00:54] <bladernr_> GTswagger:  because I'm too lazy to dig through the website right now, is there an attendance fee and do you know if they still have rooms at the venue?
[00:54] <mhall119> I still need to get new tires for my camper and get the A/C fixed before I do any traveling
[00:55] <mhall119> sorry GTswagger
[00:55] <GTswagger> bladernr_:  SELF costs $0 to attend, there are still rooms but we've already expanded our block 4 times and the hotel is near capacity.
[00:55] <bladernr_> GTswagger:  heh... nice (that sounds like what happens at UDS)
[00:56] <bladernr_> GTswagger:  ok, like I said, ping me tomorrow afternoon some time.  I'll see what I can do, if you'd like a talk about Ubuntu Friendly.  It was just announced at UDS, so there is NOTHING in the way of info beyond the blueprints and brief wiki at the moment.
[00:56]  * _marx_ starts plotting gta there but gta back...
[00:57] <GTswagger> bladernr_:  Will do ... and don't feel shy about taking more than one slot.  :)
[00:59] <bladernr_> GTswagger:  meh... not sure I'd have anything more interesting to talk about (or even remotely close to as interesting).  Who cares about hardware certification? :/
[00:59] <bladernr_> heh
[00:59] <bladernr_> GTswagger:  how long are the slots?
[00:59] <GTswagger> One hour.
[00:59] <GTswagger> precisely.
[01:01] <bladernr_> GTswagger:  cool... You may also want to try pinging JFo I don't know if he ever comes in here, but he works on the kernel team and does some good talks as well.  He usually hangs out in #ubuntu-kernel and lives near Asheville, NC so it wouldn't be a stretch for him either.
[01:03] <GTswagger> bladernr_:  I tried him first. :)
[01:03] <GTswagger> He won't be in town it would appear.
[01:03] <bladernr_> GTswagger:  ahhh... so we're all just the backup plan ?? :(
[01:03] <bladernr_> GTswagger:  ^^^ just kidding ;-)
[01:04] <GTswagger> :)
[01:04] <bladernr_> Honestly, I am pretty sure I will still be in town.  I dont "think" I have anything pressing until the end of the month.  Anyway, I need to go eat dinner...
[01:04] <bladernr_> Cheers
[12:25] <BugeyeD> GTswagger: i'm all booked through and past self (i'll be at self, just no time to prepare for a talk). i'm a do'er and not a talk'er anyway, and have stage fright - so we'd prolly have to pressure wash the stage afterward if i were to get up there in the first place ... :)
[12:26] <BugeyeD> unfortunate news, for sure. i've never been to an ubucon before, either. i haven't missed a self though.
[12:26] <BugeyeD> so thanks for what you do.
[18:58] <GTswagger> BugeyeD:  I can provide a pressure washer ... no problem ... when can I pencil you in for?  :)