Return-path: Received: from merlin.infradead.org ([205.233.59.134]:54779 "EHLO merlin.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757032Ab2CWPVb (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:21:31 -0400 Message-ID: <1332516578.5884.7.camel@sortiz-mobl> (sfid-20120323_162138_625203_1BB9525C) Subject: Re: RFC/CFP -- Linux Wireless (802.11/Bluetooth/NFC) Mini-Summit 2012 (Barcelona?) From: Samuel Ortiz Reply-To: Samuel Ortiz To: "John W. Linville" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:29:38 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20120322192406.GB2432@tuxdriver.com> References: <20120322192406.GB2432@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi John, On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 15:24 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > A number of wireless developers reside in Europe, but our last few > meetings have been held in North America. So, there is a strong desire > to have a European location for this event. Initial contact with the > Linux Foundation suggests that we can co-locate this event with the > LinuxCon Europe event in Barcelona this November. Other suggestions > are welcome as well, of course. Barcelona sounds really good to me. > If we join the LinuxCon Europe event, we would need to decide how to > fund the event. One option would be to charge a separate entry fee for > the mini-summit event, seperate from the LinuxCon EU fee. Those that > do not wish to attend LinuxCon EU may find that attractive. OTOH, > in the past we have simply said that all the mini-summit attendees > had to register for the sponsoring event. That has worked reasonably > well, especially since event speakers would be eligible to attend > the mini-summit for no fee. I would lean toward keeping that approach. I agree here as well. > Given the potential to expand this into a larger event, we would > likely need to be somewhat more formal about having proposals for > speaking slots. In that case, we might require a program committee > for reviewing proposals, etc. Anyone interested in participating in > speaking at the mini-summit or in reviewing speaking proposals should > contact me or reply in this thread. I can do an NFC talk. It would probably make sense to do a generic presentation about the NFC kernel and userspace architecture, since this is the first wireless summit where we have a kernel supporting NFC. Cheers, Samuel.