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My Thoughts on building a stronger SCALE
by Mx Siltanen 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Hi, 1) Enterprise Class on a Startup budget with Open Source tech. It has always been implied to me, yet I think we should explicitly state it. Perhaps as a tag for selected talks, perhaps as a track,.. ( I've been working on building out a network on a budget and a consultant has offered very expensive enterprise class options which imho break the budget - thus I've been thinking a lot about this topic. ) 2) As all sorts of great talks are available online thus we need to increase the value of personally attending SCALE. 2A) Networking - people - in person networking We need to pay more attention to how to increase the value of in-person interactions at SCALE. BOFs and Key signing are good for this. One speaker last year recommended a SCALE lunch option, perhaps an extra charge for it. ( Thur and Fri tracks often have sponsors for lunch - perhaps we can find ways to increase the value of lunch sponsors with banners or a lunch time presentation to increase the chances of sponsored lunches. ) Selection of speakers - perhaps a little bit of a focus on speakers which people would like to meet in person for business or other purposes. ( the idea is to have a good mix of presenters from the larger pro-open source community ) 2B) Prizes - yes they shouldn't be the reason to attend SCALE, yet everyone likes a reward for doing so. We should look at various additional options to increase rewarding in person attendance. One tactic other conferences I assist with is to give out prizes at the end of the event to those in attendance, perhaps during a evening reception. I know we've been doing this with Sat night, and that is good, yet perhaps we can also do some of it during the last hour of the expo hall on would make a great opportunity for making it a formal prize give away time from the vendors ( please see 2c ) 2C) Sunday Expo Hall needs to remain strong to increase in person attendance Sunday as well as reward exhibitor sponsors. I would like to see a presentation break during the last 60-45min of the expo hall when prizes will be given away by the exhibitors. This would end the exhibit hall with a stronger finish imho and give people a good reason for a final visit on Sunday to drop their cards off to the exhibitors. We can workout procedural details a bit, perhaps assigning time slots for exhibitors to give their prizes away to those in attendance, perhaps having a central stage on the expo floor where the prizes are given away. I know some of the exhibitors are already giving out prizes at their booths on the last day, a little coordination I think will make it better - as some of the good prizes are given out while presentations are in progress and thus having a presentation break during the last hour of the expo hall imho would be nice. The most important is to give value to the exhibitors, speakers, and attendees for attending SCALE in person. Keeping Sunday strong imho is critical. Thank You Matti

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sticker vendor
by Lori Barfield 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

hi, scale-planning. we are hoping to sponsor SCaLE again next year and we need to swag up on this year's budget. does anyone have a preferred sticker vendor they'd like to suggest? ...lori

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Please pass the word along, App Sec Cali Jan 23-25 in Santa Monica + SCALE
by Mx Siltanen 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Hi, AppSec Cali is coming up Jan 23-25, 2017. The organizers will have a 1/2 table for us there to promote SCALE 15x. They also have a 20% off code for us which we are allowed to pass along to our community. App Sec Cali is a great event which I highly recommend, and the price is very reasonable thanks to the sponsors they get. Below is the invite they sent us Thank You Matti ==== Join us at the upcoming AppSec Cali 2017 Event - Jan. 23-25 in Santa Monica. Please see attached flyer/link for distribution to the SCALE15x Community. Share the event via twitter, email and digital posting etc. The chapter discount is a 20% off for your community. Use discount code *SCALE20O**FF*. Prices increases December 1, 2016. Current discounted price $240 for the 2 day event. Good thru November 30, 2016. Also, a flat student discounted price of $99 with valid student ID is offered on the registration page. No Code Necessary. The discounts Do Not Include any of the Training Sessions Monday Jan, 23. All Training Sessions priced separately at listed rate. .. Thank you for your support. See you there! Best, Dave David Wettenstein AppSec California 2017 - Organizer 818.304.4007 cell https://2017.appseccalifornia.org PS. Discounted Hotel Rate Limited Availability

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SCALE CFP Closing on 11/15
by Ilan Rabinovitch 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Hi Folks, A quick reminder that the SCALE CFP is closing in 10 days. We appreciate any help you can offer in spreading the word to your favorite open-source projects, communities and user groups/meetups. http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp Regards, Ilan

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Announcement: Splitting the Tech team into two - Networks and Server Infrastructure
by Hriday Balachandran 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Hello folks, Over the past few months, there was been a lot of activity behind the scenes in the tech channel to figure out the state of things and how to move forward after the attrition of some of the key members. Before we go further, I want to highlight some of the progress we have made in the last few months : 1) We have moved the servers from ACTUSA to Rackspace. 2) We have moved the DNS to route53 (Amazon). 3) We have moved all the configuration of the servers to Chef, and everything has been published in our public github channel ( https://github.com/socallinuxexpo). 4) Some work still remains on finalizing a network infrastructure model for SCALE 15X. We had a tentative plan with Ubiquity gear, but that fell through, so we are a little behind on this task. These tasks look trivial when itemized in this manner, but for the several of us that worked on these tasks, they were pretty daunting at first. To that end, many of us have come to realize that while they are related, the management of the server infrastructure and the network infrastructure require vastly different skill sets. The former is a year long activity, and the latter primarily activates a few weeks before the show and major activity ends the day the show is done. Therefore, we have decided to split the team into two - one for server infrastructure, and the other for network infrastructure. Phil D will take over the server infrastructure team, and I will let him announce his key team members. I will continue to handle the network team until we find a more permanent replacement. As always, I welcome your comments. If you are interested in working with Phil on the new team, please reach out to him at phil(a)socallinuxexpo.org Thanks, Bala

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OpenBCI
by Mx Siltanen 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

This would be cool to have at SCALE 15x https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL7yoSEvZ_6ug6F_8QRz-IhrkWESPjeaS8&v=c7v…

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Re: [Scale-planning] SCALE CFP Closing on 11/15
by Hriday Balachandran 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

Heh, it's all good. I respond to both :) On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 1:58 PM Avni Khatri via Scale-planning < scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org> wrote: > I mean Bala! Sorry about that. > > Avni > > > On Monday, November 14, 2016 3:50 PM, Avni Khatri via Scale-planning < > scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org> wrote: > > > Thanks, Hriday. +1 from Kids on Computers for having 1-2 dedicated rooms > for OSSIE. > > Avni Khatri > President, Kids on Computers > http://kidsoncomputers.org/blog/ > > > On Monday, November 14, 2016 1:23 PM, Hriday Balachandran < > bala(a)socallinuxexpo.org> wrote: > > > Hi Caryl, > > I think we can manage a booth. On rooms, one's probably easy. Two will get > interesting, so let's see what we can do about that. > > Bala. > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho(a)hotmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Ilan, et al, > > We never heard back from you re our request for a possible *2 rooms* for > OSSIE at SCaLE 15X. So.... I'll ask again! Our thinking is that one room > could be for talks (we already have enough speakers to fill a one day > schedule) and the other for a "hands on/meet the speaker-expert" room with > such things as 3-D printing, software and hardware demos, etc. But.... we > would be happy to settle for just one room if that is all that is available > for OSSIE. Actually, a large (double) booth like we have had before as a > .org could double as a "second room." > > The folks are getting anxious because there is no place to file their > proposals in any of the regular tracks. Can we tell them they will be OK > for the OSSIE track? The only downside I see to this is that there may be > other folks who could contribute to the track that might not have a chance. > Let's see how things go at 15X and maybe plan to expand OSSIE for 16X. > > To reiterate... yes, OSSIE-SoCal/Unleash Kids/olpc 2.0/etc would like a > booth at SCaLE 15X! > > Thanks! > Caryl (for the OSSIE team) > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Scale-planning <scale-planning-bounces@lists. linuxfests.org > <scale-planning-bounces(a)lists.linuxfests.org>> on behalf of Ilan > Rabinovitch <ilan(a)linuxfests.org> > *Sent:* Saturday, November 5, 2016 12:50:32 PM > *To:* SCALE Planning List > *Subject:* [Scale-planning] SCALE CFP Closing on 11/15 > > Hi Folks, > > A quick reminder that the SCALE CFP is closing in 10 days. We appreciate > any help you can offer in spreading the word to your favorite open-source > projects, communities and user groups/meetups. > > http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/ scale/15x/cfp > <http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp> > > Regards, > Ilan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Scale-planning mailing list > Scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org > https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning > > > > _______________________________________________ > Scale-planning mailing list > Scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org > https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Avni Khatri via Scale-planning <scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org> > To: SCALE Planning List <scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org>, Caryl > Bigenho <cbigenho(a)hotmail.com> > Cc: Avni Khatri <avni321(a)yahoo.com>, Adam Holt <holt(a)unleashkids.org> > Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:58:33 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] SCALE CFP Closing on 11/15 > _______________________________________________ > 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 CFP Closing on 11/15
by Avni Khatri 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

I mean Bala! Sorry about that. Avni On Monday, November 14, 2016 3:50 PM, Avni Khatri via Scale-planning <scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org> wrote: Thanks, Hriday. +1 from Kids on Computers for having 1-2 dedicated rooms for OSSIE. Avni KhatriPresident, Kids on Computershttp://kidsoncomputers.org/blog/ On Monday, November 14, 2016 1:23 PM, Hriday Balachandran <bala(a)socallinuxexpo.org> wrote: Hi Caryl, I think we can manage a booth. On rooms, one's probably easy. Two will get interesting, so let's see what we can do about that. Bala. On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho(a)hotmail.com> wrote: Hi Ilan, et al, We never heard back from you re our request for a possible 2 rooms for OSSIE at SCaLE 15X. So.... I'll ask again! Our thinking is that one room could be for talks (we already have enough speakers to fill a one day schedule) and the other for a "hands on/meet the speaker-expert" room with such things as 3-D printing, software and hardware demos, etc. But.... we would be happy to settle for just one room if that is all that is available for OSSIE. Actually, a large (double) booth like we have had before as a .org could double as a "second room." The folks are getting anxious because there is no place to file their proposals in any of the regular tracks. Can we tell them they will be OK for the OSSIE track? The only downside I see to this is that there may be other folks who could contribute to the track that might not have a chance. Let's see how things go at 15X and maybe plan to expand OSSIE for 16X. To reiterate... yes, OSSIE-SoCal/Unleash Kids/olpc 2.0/etc would like a booth at SCaLE 15X! Thanks! Caryl (for the OSSIE team) From: Scale-planning <scale-planning-bounces@lists. linuxfests.org> on behalf of Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan(a)linuxfests.org> Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2016 12:50:32 PM To: SCALE Planning List Subject: [Scale-planning] SCALE CFP Closing on 11/15 Hi Folks, A quick reminder that the SCALE CFP is closing in 10 days. We appreciate any help you can offer in spreading the word to your favorite open-source projects, communities and user groups/meetups. http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/ scale/15x/cfp Regards,Ilan _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning(a)lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning

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FYI - Aaron Swartz Day and International Hackathon
by Mx Siltanen 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

FYI - this may interest some here, especially those in SF as there is a special event Sat: Aaron Swartz Day and International Hackathon http://www.aaronswartzday.org/

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FYI - SCALE 15x now listed as a sponsor to So Cal Code Camp LA, coming up Nov 12-13, 2016
by Mx Siltanen 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

FYI - SCALE 15x now listed as a sponsor to So Cal Code Camp LA, coming up Nov 12-13, 2016 What does this mean to us for possible action items: 1) Links back to https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/ Thus if we want to update that landing page, now is a good time to consider what we would like to do. 2) As a part of the partners, we are expected to help promote the event. I have been assisting them with community outreach, and I would like to see us do a little more. A) Twitter - we should send a tweet encouraging participation. B) Email newsletter - no is a good time to send a message out to people reminding them about SCALE 15x call for papers as well as the new date, we can also include - something on our partners at So Cal Code Camp. [ I am happy to write the email newsletter announcement if someone would like to proof it and make any adjustments as needed. ] 3) So Cal Code Camp LA - STILL has available rooms for presentations, IF anyone associated with SCALE would like to do a presentation, I HIGHLY encourage it. You can then use that presentation to help promote SCALE by announcing when you wrap it up.. "Learn more at SCALE"... Thank You Matti

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