Scale-planning March 2017

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SCaLE 16x ?
by Don Thomas 07 May '17

07 May '17

Do we have the dates for SCaLE 16x? Thanks, -- Don Thomas, CISSP, CISA Southern California Linux Expo - Security Track Coordinator

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wifi SSID WAS Re: Signage
by Zach Underwood 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

This year we had 4 SSID, public 5ghz, public 2.4ghz, staff 5ghz, staff 2.4ghz. I think that we could drop the staff 2.4ghz and only use the the staff 5ghz one since staff(noc and AV only) for the most part have newer devices that support 5ghz. As for as hiding staff SSID that is a waste of time, I dont think many, if any of the public was thinking they needed to join to the staff network. At some point you cant fix stupid. I think the biggest problem with SSID was the amount of non SCALE ssid showing up, where this was the biggest problem was on the expo floor where at any given time there was 20+ SSIDs. On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:56 AM, Lori Barfield <itdirector(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:58 PM, David Lang <david(a)lang.hm> wrote: > >> On Thu, 9 Mar 2017, Lei Zhang wrote: >>> >>> >>> 1) What is the WiFi password? We eventually put up a shirt with the >>> password on it. >>> 2) Which WiFi do I connect to? There were several SSIDs with SCALE in >>> the name. >>> >> >> IMHO, the only SSIDs that should be visible are the ones we intend people >> to connect to. In the past the others were hidden. > > > there is so much wisdom to this suggestion. > > 3) Where is Ballroom X? (GH especially) >>> 4) Where is Room NNN? >>> >> >> having a map of the buildings as part of the signage rotation would >> probably be a good thing. >> Is it worth enough to loose 1/3 of the horizontal space to have a map up >> all the time (rotating between the two buildings) while the schedule >> rotation scrolls by on the rest of the screen? > > > if we could somehow have a "You are here" spot, that would be perfect. > > >> 5) What are the expo hall hours? (Usually when it's not open yet) Or a >>> similar question from exhibitors for when they can go in for set up. >>> >> >> similar issues as to when game night opens >> > > maybe have one extra sign on an easel at registration, with these three > schedules? i can't tell you how many times i saw someone running back to > the welcome gate to read the expo hours. by the time we think to ask the > question, we're already at the expo doors. > > ...lori > > _______________________________________________ > Scale-planning mailing list > Scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org > https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning > -- Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) My website <http://zachunderwood.me> advance-networking.com

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Game Night
by Lori Barfield 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

hey, what did you all think of the new VR Realm activity? it was so popular, i think we have to bring it back. only with many times more equipment. do you have any creative ideas about it? any other feedback you'd like to give about our signature Game Night activity? ...lori

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SCALE 101 / helping new attendees
by Lei Zhang 12 Mar '17

12 Mar '17

In another thread, Chris Smith said "A recurring theme I observed this year with people new to SCALE was that they weren't as aware of SCALE's offerings as one might hope." Should we make a "new to SCALE" guide on the website and link to it in the registration emails? Should we take 1-2 pages near the front of the printed program and put the "new to SCALE" guide there? Did anyone go to the SCALE 101 talk? [1] Was it useful? Should we have held it on Friday, instead or ran a second session on Friday? [1] https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/presentations/scale-101

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Re: [Scale-planning] SCALE 101 / helping new attendees
by ldangmlist＠gmail.com 11 Mar '17

11 Mar '17

Caryl, that is a cute infographic. If we can come up with the content you want to express, I can see if I can sweet-talk one of my LUG members into doing the art; she is good with that style and we have enough lead time that I might be able to fit it in her queue. Though the high school students I mentor are also great at drawing cute cartoons, so that's another avenue. Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Caryl Bigenho" <cbigenho(a)hotmail.com> To: "SCALE Planning List" <scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org> Subject: [Scale-planning] SCALE 101 / helping new attendees Date: Sat, Mar 11, 2017 2:35 PM Hi... I just came across this cute graphic on the CUE Los Angeles FB page. It is to help first-timers get the most out of next week's National CUE Conference in Palm Springs. Something similar could be made up and put in the program. Here is a link to the graphic: https://www.facebook.com/cue.losangeles/photos/rpp.164746903599002/13978054… Caryl From: Scale-planning <scale-planning-bounces(a)lists.linuxfests.org> on behalf of Mx Siltanen <mrsiltanen(a)gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 12:26:22 PM To: SCALE Planning List Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] SCALE 101 / helping new attendees I really like the short video idea, we definitely can use a few to help give people an idea of what SCALE is all about. On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:03 AM, Christopher Smith <cbsmith(a)gmail.com> wrote: I too tend not to watch long videos. I mostly prefer to just read. Everyone is different though. I was just going for hitting more modalities with minimalist effort. In reality, before you arrive at a conference, you've at least somewhat locked in your plans and your schedule. I figure a talk at the conference might be too late for many newbies. So, a video of said talk that you check out well before you attend would fit the bill. If someone wants to put together some short length videos on the subject, I would definitely support that idea. --Chris On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:43 AM, ldangmlist(a)gmail.com <ldangmlist(a)gmail.com> wrote: I don't have the time or attention span to watch videos that are more than a couple of minutes long. Perhaps we can do quick video clips, which can become advertisements for next year. At my workplace, HR did a series of short videos on specific topics aimed at new employees. That is a lot easier to digest than a long video that tries to cover everything. It also helps that it had good production values. Lan Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Christopher Smith" <cbsmith(a)gmail.com> To: "SCALE Planning List" <scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org> Subject: [Scale-planning] SCALE 101 / helping new attendees Date: Sat, Mar 11, 2017 1:31 AM I say we email out the video of the talk to at least new attendees. On Mar 10, 2017 12:51 AM, "Phil Dibowitz" <phil(a)ipom.com> wrote: On 03/09/2017 09:37 PM, Lei Zhang wrote: > In another thread, Chris Smith said "A recurring theme I observed this > year with people new to SCALE was that they weren't as aware of > SCALE's offerings as one might hope." > > Should we make a "new to SCALE" guide on the website and link to it in > the registration emails? > > Should we take 1-2 pages near the front of the printed program and put > the "new to SCALE" guide there? > > Did anyone go to the SCALE 101 talk? [1] Was it useful? Should we have > held it on Friday, instead or ran a second session on Friday? Gonna answer these in reverse. The SCALE 101 talk, like last year, was not well attended (about 15 people, including those that filtered in late), but the panel / Q&A portion was incredibly interactive, nearly everyone asked questions or commented, and nearly all of them either stayed late to thank me or found me later to do so. Ilan had a suggestion that we do this between the keynote and the first session, in the keynote room. It's a good suggestion, but we'd probably have to move the keynote slightly earlier to account for the panel, which I think is the magic of it all (since I think the breaks are only half hour). This would I think be more useful than stuff in the program which people don't read as it is. -- Phil Dibowitz phil(a)ipom.com Open Source software and tech docs Insanity Palace of Metallica http://www.phildev.net/ http://www.ipom.com/ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss -- Chris _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning

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Re: [Scale-planning] SCALE 101 / helping new attendees
by ldangmlist＠gmail.com 11 Mar '17

11 Mar '17

I don't have the time or attention span to watch videos that are more than a couple of minutes long. Perhaps we can do quick video clips, which can become advertisements for next year. At my workplace, HR did a series of short videos on specific topics aimed at new employees. That is a lot easier to digest than a long video that tries to cover everything. It also helps that it had good production values. Lan Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Christopher Smith" <cbsmith(a)gmail.com> To: "SCALE Planning List" <scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org> Subject: [Scale-planning] SCALE 101 / helping new attendees Date: Sat, Mar 11, 2017 1:31 AM I say we email out the video of the talk to at least new attendees. On Mar 10, 2017 12:51 AM, "Phil Dibowitz" <phil(a)ipom.com> wrote:On 03/09/2017 09:37 PM, Lei Zhang wrote: > In another thread, Chris Smith said "A recurring theme I observed this > year with people new to SCALE was that they weren't as aware of > SCALE's offerings as one might hope." > > Should we make a "new to SCALE" guide on the website and link to it in > the registration emails? > > Should we take 1-2 pages near the front of the printed program and put > the "new to SCALE" guide there? > > Did anyone go to the SCALE 101 talk? [1] Was it useful? Should we have > held it on Friday, instead or ran a second session on Friday? Gonna answer these in reverse. The SCALE 101 talk, like last year, was not well attended (about 15 people, including those that filtered in late), but the panel / Q&A portion was incredibly interactive, nearly everyone asked questions or commented, and nearly all of them either stayed late to thank me or found me later to do so. Ilan had a suggestion that we do this between the keynote and the first session, in the keynote room. It's a good suggestion, but we'd probably have to move the keynote slightly earlier to account for the panel, which I think is the magic of it all (since I think the breaks are only half hour). This would I think be more useful than stuff in the program which people don't read as it is. -- Phil Dibowitz phil(a)ipom.com Open Source software and tech docs Insanity Palace of Metallica http://www.phildev.net/ http://www.ipom.com/ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning

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SCaLE stats
by der.hans 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

moin moin, do we have a repo of SCaLE stats? Things like total number of attendees along with breakdown of checkins per day, number of expo booths ( and vendor/group listings ), number of tracks per day, etc. I've seen a tech roundup most years. Thanks again to the tech team for all the work they put in and for the follow up reports. ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # "Communications without intelligence is noise; # Intelligence without communications is irrelevant." # Gen. Alfred. M. Gray, USMC

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SCaLE App
by Derek 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

Hey everyone! I understand there is a conversation starting about replacing Guidebook in favor of a SCaLE mobile app. I'm just getting started doing mobile apps and I'd like to volunteer to work on that project as it would make a great portfolio piece for me. I did some development work on the A/V camera control system for this past SCaLE and I have some ideas on how to we can do something great for this project as well. Let me know what you think! -- /Derek Nowicki Knowiki Apps 818-262-9565/

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Pasadena feedback
by der.hans 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

moin moin, Like last year, I overheard many many comments about how great the location is. Most comments were about food options and having walkable areas, but many were also about the PCC venue itself. I personally think the location is awesome. I made a personal trip to LA after SCaLE last year and intentionally stayed in Pasadena. My family loved it as well. I can't compare options in other cities as I don't know the area. I can say having a more open walkable area is great. It's definitely more family friendly. Having lots of restaurant options was a refreshing change last year :). I also like the PCC venue. We have better sizing options with the ballrooms. Having two buildings isn't much of a problem and is a significant improvement over two floors, narrow hallways and a single staircase. The one big negative is that attendees are spread out to more hotels. It was great having most of us in one place with evening hallway track near the presentation rooms and in the hotel lobby and bar before Pasadena. Last year I stayed at the Westin. The walk back and forth wasn't bad, but I enjoyed being onsite at the Sheraton this year. We had mini-hallway track at the Sheraton every night. Having other local options does make it easy to interact with local friends who weren't at the conference. I met with a friend I haven't seen in many years and we had a great evening catching up. There's a pretty good chance he'll attend next year as he was impressed by the schedule :). Thanks to everyone who worked to make SCaLE happen and especially those who had significant extra work due to the change of venue! ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # Strangers are friends just waiting to happen!

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Signage
by Lei Zhang 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

What can we do to improve signage? How was the digital signage this year? The printed signs on easels? What were the hardest things to find, aside from SCALE t-shirts? ;) Below are some frequent questions at registration I remember answering. Possibly an indicator of what we didn't have signs for. 1) What is the WiFi password? We eventually put up a shirt with the password on it. 2) Which WiFi do I connect to? There were several SSIDs with SCALE in the name. 3) Where is Ballroom X? (GH especially) 4) Where is Room NNN? 5) What are the expo hall hours? (Usually when it's not open yet) Or a similar question from exhibitors for when they can go in for set up. 6) Do you validate parking? 7) Is there SCALE-provided lunch? (Usually at lunch time) 8) Where is the Starbucks? (Cofffeeeeeeee)

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