Interested! Will sponsor! -- Re: [LUNI] Re: [ChicagoLinux] Chicago Free and Open Source Conference

[Kevin Harriss]

On 8/23/07, JEFF at gerhardt.org <JEFF at gerhardt.org> wrote:
> A suggestion.
>
> This has worked well in other areas of the country.  I suggest that if you
> do not want your conference to be one where people are preaching to the
> choir, that you establish a strong secodary hook to the event.  The obvious
> is gaming.

I agree that we want to diversify the conference but I don't
necessarily think it should be a big hook just have some interesting
talks on various topics.  For example: multimedia on linux, gaming on
linux and various distros would be some good topics.  I think
diversification can be done by having various talks not by smashing 2
conferences together.

> It would also provide the LUGS across Chicago opportunity to share by
> setting up a wine based gaming lan.  Starcraft is having a huge resurgence
> now that the new version has been announced for 08 or 09 and is a game that
> can be played fairly with radically disparaging systems.  Legal licenses can
> be obtained free or near free.

We are planning on having booths and if we do have booths we would
allow local lugs to have booths and they would be free to give talks
at the conference.  I don't think a wine based gaming lan would be
that good of an idea since it would require people to bring their own
machines and plus people would be leaving mid-match to go to talks.


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