We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen.
Just let me know! Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
===
Track: Containers - From Dev to Prod Abstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with the promise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companies deriving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and the surrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developer experience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. and what it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology. Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
===
This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max.
Thanks, Ilan
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of those working to address this issue. However I believe that this track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
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Hi Ilan, Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators. Caryl * Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again. Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.) A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen. Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan, The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it. That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track? With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP. Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions === Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use. In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
=== This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking. If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max. Thanks,Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference ChairSouthern California Linux Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan@linuxfests.org Email ---Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TXSCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote: Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation both on the presentation and attendance side?
<quote who="Caryl Bigenho"> Hi Ilan, Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators. Caryl * Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again. Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.) A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen. Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan, The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it. That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track? With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP. Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions === Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use. In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
=== This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking. If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max. Thanks,Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference ChairSouthern California Linux Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan@linuxfests.org Email ---Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TXSCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote: Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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Hi Ken,
OSSIE specific attendance is hard to predict. Some talks are rather popular, and some are not. On an average, I think 35-45 people attend the talks. The really popular ones approach three figures.
The way I have handled OSSIE talks has been a mix of CFP submissions and curated/invited talks. 5-6 talks are generally the target.
Bala.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote:
I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation both on the presentation and attendance side?
<quote who="Caryl Bigenho"> Hi Ilan, Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators. Caryl * Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again. Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.) A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen. Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan, The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it. That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track? With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP. Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions === Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use. In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
=== This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking. If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max. Thanks,Ilan
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote: Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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Hi Bala,
Thank you for this information. Will use it as a gauge.
<quote who="Hriday Balachandran"> Hi Ken,
OSSIE specific attendance is hard to predict. Some talks are rather popular, and some are not. On an average, I think 35-45 people attend the talks. The really popular ones approach three figures.
The way I have handled OSSIE talks has been a mix of CFP submissions and curated/invited talks. 5-6 talks are generally the target.
Bala.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote:
I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation both on the presentation and attendance side?
<quote who="Caryl Bigenho"> Hi Ilan, Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators. Caryl * Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again. Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.) A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen. Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan, The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it. That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track? With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP. Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions === Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use. In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
=== This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking. If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max. Thanks,Ilan
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote: Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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Ya, we've also had OSSIE sessions with 5-10 people in the room. So as you can imagine the range varies depending on the topic, etc.
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On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Hriday Balachandran < bala@socallinuxexpo.org> wrote:
Hi Ken,
OSSIE specific attendance is hard to predict. Some talks are rather popular, and some are not. On an average, I think 35-45 people attend the talks. The really popular ones approach three figures.
The way I have handled OSSIE talks has been a mix of CFP submissions and curated/invited talks. 5-6 talks are generally the target.
Bala.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote:
I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation both on the presentation and attendance side?
<quote who="Caryl Bigenho"> Hi Ilan, Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators. Caryl * Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again. Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.) A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen. Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan, The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it. That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track? With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP. Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions === Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use. In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
=== This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking. If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max. Thanks,Ilan
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote: Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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Hi Folks,
To summarize our discussion so far, Kenneth Wyrick and I will work on having an OSSIE track for SCaLE. Others who wish to help us are welcome to join in.
We need to decide what day would be best for OSSIE, or whether it might be extended over more than one day. If extended, what days.
We need to explore the possibility of getting one of the local community colleges on board to grant college credit (typically one unit with a small fee) to attendees who attend a specified number of hours and certain specified events/presentations at SCaLE.
We need to line up speakers to fill the OSSIE slots. Joe Renzullo has already volunteered and his topic sounds very interesting. (Thank you Joe!)
We need to study the interests shown in the various recent and coming CUE meetings and conferences to see what topics are most timely now and try to find ways open source can meet those interests… then look for speakers we could use on those topics. One topic we should definitely look into is "Why open source in education?"
When we have all of our "ducks in a row" we need to begin an earnest publicity campaign to reach teachers (through CUE and other organizations) and others who might be interested.
We need to see whether there is any possibility of a sponsor for OSSIE who might be able to fund some really interesting speaker.
For example: Matt and Kaitlyn Hova (who live in Nebraska) would possibly be a terrific keynote type presentation that would be of interest to any and all attendees (not just OSSIE). Kaitlyn is going to be doing a talk for TED-Med. She also plays one of their 3-D printed violins (they call it a "Hovalin") as part of her presentation. What if we had her (maybe both of them) as a speaker(s), say on Friday, and printed one of their hovalins during the course of SCaLE. I don't know how long it would take, but the cost to make it is about $70, which I think includes strings, bridge, pegs, etc. Maybe it could be a raffle prize. How does this relate to OSSIE? STEAM at its best! STEAM is STEM with an A added for Arts!
Fill in the blanks…. there are lots!
Caryl From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:21:13 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
Ya, we've also had OSSIE sessions with 5-10 people in the room. So as you can imagine the range varies depending on the topic, etc.
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference ChairSouthern California Linux Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan@linuxfests.org Email ---Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TXSCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Hriday Balachandran bala@socallinuxexpo.org wrote: Hi Ken, OSSIE specific attendance is hard to predict. Some talks are rather popular, and some are not. On an average, I think 35-45 people attend the talks. The really popular ones approach three figures. The way I have handled OSSIE talks has been a mix of CFP submissions and curated/invited talks. 5-6 talks are generally the target. Bala. On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote: I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and
how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation
both on the presentation and attendance side?
<quote who="Caryl Bigenho">
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You
have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started
right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best
and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track
shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in
the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan
Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will
have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
* Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit
for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in
salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700
To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org
Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About
the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track
it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If
we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look
like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy
to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers
on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we
hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have
trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the
conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to
keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like
everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be
entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given
up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help
organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to
make it happen.
Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track
the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for
might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had
requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around
it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find
a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant
for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk
that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a
developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each
track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one
paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that
track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those
tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions
submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
===
Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to
prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability,
flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry
and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value
from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer
experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding
ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess
its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging
containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better
developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource
utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in
tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and
orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to
truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta
Narayanan, Netflix
===
This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of
content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead,
reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to
have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads
per track max.
Thanks,Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference ChairSouthern California Linux
Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan@linuxfests.org Email
---Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's
upcoming events:DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA
Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TXSCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 -
Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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the following are links that may help us identify presentations and or support. I think it needs to have an international theme since there's a lot going on outside of the US. The goal is to discover the most recent information.
https://opensource.com/education/16/7/open-solution-improving-21st-century-e...
https://sourceforge.net/directory/home-education/os:linux/
http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/ossoptionseducation <quote who="Caryl Bigenho"> Hi Folks,
To summarize our discussion so far, Kenneth Wyrick and I will work on having an OSSIE track for SCaLE. Others who wish to help us are welcome to join in.
We need to decide what day would be best for OSSIE, or whether it might be extended over more than one day. If extended, what days.
We need to explore the possibility of getting one of the local community colleges on board to grant college credit (typically one unit with a small fee) to attendees who attend a specified number of hours and certain specified events/presentations at SCaLE.
We need to line up speakers to fill the OSSIE slots. Joe Renzullo has already volunteered and his topic sounds very interesting. (Thank you Joe!)
We need to study the interests shown in the various recent and coming CUE meetings and conferences to see what topics are most timely now and try to find ways open source can meet those interests… then look for speakers we could use on those topics. One topic we should definitely look into is "Why open source in education?"
When we have all of our "ducks in a row" we need to begin an earnest publicity campaign to reach teachers (through CUE and other organizations) and others who might be interested.
We need to see whether there is any possibility of a sponsor for OSSIE who might be able to fund some really interesting speaker.
For example: Matt and Kaitlyn Hova (who live in Nebraska) would possibly be a terrific keynote type presentation that would be of interest to any and all attendees (not just OSSIE). Kaitlyn is going to be doing a talk for TED-Med. She also plays one of their 3-D printed violins (they call it a "Hovalin") as part of her presentation. What if we had her (maybe both of them) as a speaker(s), say on Friday, and printed one of their hovalins during the course of SCaLE. I don't know how long it would take, but the cost to make it is about $70, which I think includes strings, bridge, pegs, etc. Maybe it could be a raffle prize. How does this relate to OSSIE? STEAM at its best! STEAM is STEM with an A added for Arts!
Fill in the blanks…. there are lots!
Caryl From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:21:13 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
Ya, we've also had OSSIE sessions with 5-10 people in the room. So as you can imagine the range varies depending on the topic, etc.
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference ChairSouthern California Linux Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan@linuxfests.org Email ---Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TXSCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Hriday Balachandran bala@socallinuxexpo.org wrote: Hi Ken, OSSIE specific attendance is hard to predict. Some talks are rather popular, and some are not. On an average, I think 35-45 people attend the talks. The really popular ones approach three figures. The way I have handled OSSIE talks has been a mix of CFP submissions and curated/invited talks. 5-6 talks are generally the target. Bala. On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote: I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and
how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation
both on the presentation and attendance side?
<quote who="Caryl Bigenho">
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You
have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started
right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best
and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track
shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in
the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan
Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will
have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
* Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit
for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in
salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700
To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org
Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About
the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track
it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If
we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look
like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy
to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers
on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we
hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have
trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the
conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to
keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like
everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be
entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given
up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help
organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to
make it happen.
Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track
the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for
might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had
requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around
it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find
a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant
for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk
that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a
developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each
track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one
paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that
track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those
tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions
submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
===
Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to
prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability,
flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry
and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value
from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer
experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding
ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess
its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging
containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better
developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource
utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in
tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and
orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to
truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta
Narayanan, Netflix
===
This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of
content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead,
reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to
have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads
per track max.
Thanks,Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference ChairSouthern California Linux
Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan@linuxfests.org Email
---Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's
upcoming events:DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA
Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TXSCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 -
Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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please review the following to see if it's something that you'd join us in producing.
thanks.
http://www.stevehargadon.com/ who
<quote who="Kenneth Wyrick"> the following are links that may help us identify presentations and or support. I think it needs to have an international theme since there's a lot going on outside of the US. The goal is to discover the most recent information.
https://opensource.com/education/16/7/open-solution-improving-21st-century-e...
https://sourceforge.net/directory/home-education/os:linux/
http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/ossoptionseducation <quote who="Caryl Bigenho"> Hi Folks,
To summarize our discussion so far, Kenneth Wyrick and I will work on having an OSSIE track for SCaLE. Others who wish to help us are welcome to join in.
We need to decide what day would be best for OSSIE, or whether it might be extended over more than one day. If extended, what days.
We need to explore the possibility of getting one of the local community colleges on board to grant college credit (typically one unit with a small fee) to attendees who attend a specified number of hours and certain specified events/presentations at SCaLE.
We need to line up speakers to fill the OSSIE slots. Joe Renzullo has already volunteered and his topic sounds very interesting. (Thank you Joe!)
We need to study the interests shown in the various recent and coming CUE meetings and conferences to see what topics are most timely now and try to find ways open source can meet those interests… then look for speakers we could use on those topics. One topic we should definitely look into is "Why open source in education?"
When we have all of our "ducks in a row" we need to begin an earnest publicity campaign to reach teachers (through CUE and other organizations) and others who might be interested.
We need to see whether there is any possibility of a sponsor for OSSIE who might be able to fund some really interesting speaker.
For example: Matt and Kaitlyn Hova (who live in Nebraska) would possibly be a terrific keynote type presentation that would be of interest to any and all attendees (not just OSSIE). Kaitlyn is going to be doing a talk for TED-Med. She also plays one of their 3-D printed violins (they call it a "Hovalin") as part of her presentation. What if we had her (maybe both of them) as a speaker(s), say on Friday, and printed one of their hovalins during the course of SCaLE. I don't know how long it would take, but the cost to make it is about $70, which I think includes strings, bridge, pegs, etc. Maybe it could be a raffle prize. How does this relate to OSSIE? STEAM at its best! STEAM is STEM with an A added for Arts!
Fill in the blanks…. there are lots!
Caryl From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:21:13 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
Ya, we've also had OSSIE sessions with 5-10 people in the room. So as you can imagine the range varies depending on the topic, etc.
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference ChairSouthern California Linux Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan@linuxfests.org Email ---Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TXSCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Hriday Balachandran bala@socallinuxexpo.org wrote: Hi Ken, OSSIE specific attendance is hard to predict. Some talks are rather popular, and some are not. On an average, I think 35-45 people attend the talks. The really popular ones approach three figures. The way I have handled OSSIE talks has been a mix of CFP submissions and curated/invited talks. 5-6 talks are generally the target. Bala. On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote: I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and
how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation
both on the presentation and attendance side?
<quote who="Caryl Bigenho">
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You
have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started
right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best
and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track
shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in
the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan
Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will
have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
* Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit
for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in
salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700
To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org
Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About
the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track
it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If
we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look
like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy
to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers
on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we
hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have
trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the
conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to
keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like
everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be
entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given
up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help
organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to
make it happen.
Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track
the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for
might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had
requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around
it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find
a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant
for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk
that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a
developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each
track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one
paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that
track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those
tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions
submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
===
Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to
prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability,
flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry
and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value
from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer
experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding
ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess
its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging
containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better
developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource
utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in
tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and
orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to
truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta
Narayanan, Netflix
===
This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of
content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead,
reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to
have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads
per track max.
Thanks,Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference ChairSouthern California Linux
Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan@linuxfests.org Email
---Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's
upcoming events:DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA
Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TXSCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 -
Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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Hi Caryl,
At this point we're only able to commit to 1 room for 1 day. We'd also still need some of the items we discussed earlier in thread to confirm OSSIE again.
1) Track Leads (sounds like we have this) 2) A track abstract describing the audience and types of sessions you want to see.
It'd also be great to understand how we see this complimenting other similar tracks, like the work being done in OSSIE.
Thanks for your efforts here.
Ilan
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Folks,
To summarize our discussion so far, Kenneth Wyrick and I will work on having an OSSIE track for SCaLE. Others who wish to help us are welcome to join in.
We need to decide what day would be best for OSSIE, or whether it might be extended over more than one day. If extended, what days.
We need to explore the possibility of getting one of the local community colleges on board to grant college credit (typically one unit with a small fee) to attendees who attend a specified number of hours and certain specified events/presentations at SCaLE.
We need to line up speakers to fill the OSSIE slots. Joe Renzullo has already volunteered and his topic sounds very interesting. (Thank you Joe!)
We need to study the interests shown in the various recent and coming CUE meetings and conferences to see what topics are most timely now and try to find ways open source can meet those interests… then look for speakers we could use on those topics. One topic we should definitely look into is "Why open source in education?"
When we have all of our "ducks in a row" we need to begin an earnest publicity campaign to reach teachers (through CUE and other organizations) and others who might be interested.
We need to see whether there is any possibility of a sponsor for OSSIE who might be able to fund some really interesting speaker.
For example: Matt and Kaitlyn Hova (who live in Nebraska) would possibly be a terrific keynote type presentation that would be of interest to any and all attendees (not just OSSIE). Kaitlyn is going to be doing a talk for TED-Med. She also plays one of their 3-D printed violins (they call it a "Hovalin") as part of her presentation. What if we had her (maybe both of them) as a speaker(s), say on Friday, and printed one of their hovalins during the course of SCaLE. I don't know how long it would take, but the cost to make it is about $70, which I think includes strings, bridge, pegs, etc. Maybe it could be a raffle prize. How does this relate to OSSIE? STEAM at its best! STEAM is STEM with an A added for Arts!
Fill in the blanks…. there are lots!
Caryl
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:21:13 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
Ya, we've also had OSSIE sessions with 5-10 people in the room. So as you can imagine the range varies depending on the topic, etc.
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events: DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Hriday Balachandran < bala@socallinuxexpo.org> wrote:
Hi Ken,
OSSIE specific attendance is hard to predict. Some talks are rather popular, and some are not. On an average, I think 35-45 people attend the talks. The really popular ones approach three figures.
The way I have handled OSSIE talks has been a mix of CFP submissions and curated/invited talks. 5-6 talks are generally the target.
Bala.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote:
I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation both on the presentation and attendance side?
<quote who="Caryl Bigenho"> Hi Ilan, Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators. Caryl * Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again. Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.) A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen. Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan, The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it. That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track? With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP. Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions === Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use. In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
=== This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking. If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max. Thanks,Ilan
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote: Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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fyi - suggest reaching out to people who maybe interested in assisting / attending via twitter, for example this gentleman recently tweeted a linux.com article on a related topic https://twitter.com/EdTechChris
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hi Caryl,
At this point we're only able to commit to 1 room for 1 day. We'd also still need some of the items we discussed earlier in thread to confirm OSSIE again.
- Track Leads (sounds like we have this)
- A track abstract describing the audience and types of sessions you want
to see.
It'd also be great to understand how we see this complimenting other similar tracks, like the work being done in OSSIE.
Thanks for your efforts here.
Ilan
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Folks,
To summarize our discussion so far, Kenneth Wyrick and I will work on having an OSSIE track for SCaLE. Others who wish to help us are welcome to join in.
We need to decide what day would be best for OSSIE, or whether it might be extended over more than one day. If extended, what days.
We need to explore the possibility of getting one of the local community colleges on board to grant college credit (typically one unit with a small fee) to attendees who attend a specified number of hours and certain specified events/presentations at SCaLE.
We need to line up speakers to fill the OSSIE slots. Joe Renzullo has already volunteered and his topic sounds very interesting. (Thank you Joe!)
We need to study the interests shown in the various recent and coming CUE meetings and conferences to see what topics are most timely now and try to find ways open source can meet those interests… then look for speakers we could use on those topics. One topic we should definitely look into is "Why open source in education?"
When we have all of our "ducks in a row" we need to begin an earnest publicity campaign to reach teachers (through CUE and other organizations) and others who might be interested.
We need to see whether there is any possibility of a sponsor for OSSIE who might be able to fund some really interesting speaker.
For example: Matt and Kaitlyn Hova (who live in Nebraska) would possibly be a terrific keynote type presentation that would be of interest to any and all attendees (not just OSSIE). Kaitlyn is going to be doing a talk for TED-Med. She also plays one of their 3-D printed violins (they call it a "Hovalin") as part of her presentation. What if we had her (maybe both of them) as a speaker(s), say on Friday, and printed one of their hovalins during the course of SCaLE. I don't know how long it would take, but the cost to make it is about $70, which I think includes strings, bridge, pegs, etc. Maybe it could be a raffle prize. How does this relate to OSSIE? STEAM at its best! STEAM is STEM with an A added for Arts!
Fill in the blanks…. there are lots!
Caryl
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:21:13 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
Ya, we've also had OSSIE sessions with 5-10 people in the room. So as you can imagine the range varies depending on the topic, etc.
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On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Hriday Balachandran < bala@socallinuxexpo.org> wrote:
Hi Ken,
OSSIE specific attendance is hard to predict. Some talks are rather popular, and some are not. On an average, I think 35-45 people attend the talks. The really popular ones approach three figures.
The way I have handled OSSIE talks has been a mix of CFP submissions and curated/invited talks. 5-6 talks are generally the target.
Bala.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote:
I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation both on the presentation and attendance side?
<quote who="Caryl Bigenho"> Hi Ilan, Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators. Caryl * Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again. Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.) A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen. Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan, The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it. That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track? With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP. Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions === Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use. In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
=== This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking. If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max. Thanks,Ilan
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote: Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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Hi Folks…. A message I sent earlier today went out with the wrong email address so I will paste it into this one at the bottom. Meanwhile, Kenneth… why don't we poll some of the educators and parents we know and see what topics they would like to have at OSSIE/SCaLE? Then we can take the ones that are favorites and that are feasable and work from there. One day would probably be OK. I just suggested more because a college might require it for credit. But, perhaps attending some other sessions on other days would be acceptable to them too. We will have to see. Kenneth, do you have any contacts at Trade Tech or ELAC? I can try to see what school CUE-LA has used in the past for this sort of thing. Here's my earlier message, pasted in: ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.comTo: SCALE Planning List scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.orgCc: Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 11:04:18 -0700Subject: RE: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track OSSIE for 2017Thanks for reaching out to Steve Hargadon, Kenneth! He is very active in ed-tech events and probably will have some good ideas for us. I am not too sure about his interest in OSSIE. But, maybe he will be on board with the idea. Also, thanks for the great list of links… I will read them over in the next day or two. I am currently immersed in "Camp Grandma and Grandma" with our 5-year-old granddaughter. She is pretty demanding of our time! I have introduced her to ScratchJr and that does keep her occupied for a little while. If we do decide to include an international focus, we will need to find a way to make it attractive to local folks as well. Perhaps Steve could help us have some online sharing from people in other countries… that is the sort of thing he does very well. More later when I have had a chance to follow up on your links. One more thing… CUE used to have an open source track… they hid it in a back room, but I may be able to get the names of some recent presenters if they are still including it. A few years back there was one person in charge of ed-tech in the Newhall school district but I don't know if he is still there or not. We could check. He managed to get the district to use Moodle instead of BlackBoard when they were pretty much the only games in town. Now there are a lot of other options. I wonder what he would recommend today?
From: mrsiltanen@gmail.com Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 14:59:44 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
fyi - suggest reaching out to people who maybe interested in assisting / attending via twitter, for example this gentleman recently tweeted a linux.com article on a related topichttps://twitter.com/EdTechChris
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote: Hi Caryl, At this point we're only able to commit to 1 room for 1 day. We'd also still need some of the items we discussed earlier in thread to confirm OSSIE again. 1) Track Leads (sounds like we have this)2) A track abstract describing the audience and types of sessions you want to see. It'd also be great to understand how we see this complimenting other similar tracks, like the work being done in OSSIE. Thanks for your efforts here.
Ilan
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Folks,
To summarize our discussion so far, Kenneth Wyrick and I will work on having an OSSIE track for SCaLE. Others who wish to help us are welcome to join in.
We need to decide what day would be best for OSSIE, or whether it might be extended over more than one day. If extended, what days.
We need to explore the possibility of getting one of the local community colleges on board to grant college credit (typically one unit with a small fee) to attendees who attend a specified number of hours and certain specified events/presentations at SCaLE.
We need to line up speakers to fill the OSSIE slots. Joe Renzullo has already volunteered and his topic sounds very interesting. (Thank you Joe!)
We need to study the interests shown in the various recent and coming CUE meetings and conferences to see what topics are most timely now and try to find ways open source can meet those interests… then look for speakers we could use on those topics. One topic we should definitely look into is "Why open source in education?"
When we have all of our "ducks in a row" we need to begin an earnest publicity campaign to reach teachers (through CUE and other organizations) and others who might be interested.
We need to see whether there is any possibility of a sponsor for OSSIE who might be able to fund some really interesting speaker.
For example: Matt and Kaitlyn Hova (who live in Nebraska) would possibly be a terrific keynote type presentation that would be of interest to any and all attendees (not just OSSIE). Kaitlyn is going to be doing a talk for TED-Med. She also plays one of their 3-D printed violins (they call it a "Hovalin") as part of her presentation. What if we had her (maybe both of them) as a speaker(s), say on Friday, and printed one of their hovalins during the course of SCaLE. I don't know how long it would take, but the cost to make it is about $70, which I think includes strings, bridge, pegs, etc. Maybe it could be a raffle prize. How does this relate to OSSIE? STEAM at its best! STEAM is STEM with an A added for Arts!
Fill in the blanks…. there are lots!
Caryl From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:21:13 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
Ya, we've also had OSSIE sessions with 5-10 people in the room. So as you can imagine the range varies depending on the topic, etc.
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference ChairSouthern California Linux Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan@linuxfests.org Email ---Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TXSCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Hriday Balachandran bala@socallinuxexpo.org wrote: Hi Ken, OSSIE specific attendance is hard to predict. Some talks are rather popular, and some are not. On an average, I think 35-45 people attend the talks. The really popular ones approach three figures. The way I have handled OSSIE talks has been a mix of CFP submissions and curated/invited talks. 5-6 talks are generally the target. Bala. On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote: I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and
how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation
both on the presentation and attendance side?
<quote who="Caryl Bigenho">
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You
have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started
right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best
and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track
shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in
the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan
Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will
have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
* Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit
for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in
salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700
To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org
Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About
the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track
it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If
we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look
like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy
to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers
on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we
hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have
trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the
conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to
keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like
everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be
entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given
up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help
organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to
make it happen.
Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track
the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for
might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had
requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around
it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find
a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant
for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk
that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a
developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each
track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one
paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that
track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those
tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions
submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
===
Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to
prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability,
flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry
and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value
from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer
experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding
ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess
its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging
containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better
developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource
utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in
tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and
orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to
truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta
Narayanan, Netflix
===
This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of
content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead,
reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to
have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads
per track max.
Thanks,Ilan
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Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan@linuxfests.org Email
---Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's
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Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TXSCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 -
Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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<quote who="Caryl Bigenho"> Hi Folks…. A message I sent earlier today went out with the wrong email address so I will paste it into this one at the bottom. Meanwhile, Kenneth… why don't we poll some of the educators and parents we know and see what topics they would like to have at OSSIE/SCaLE? Then we can take the ones that are favorites and that are feasable and work from there. One day would probably be OK. I just suggested more because a college might require it for credit. But, perhaps attending some other sessions on other days would be acceptable to them too. We will have to see. Kenneth, do you have any contacts at Trade Tech or ELAC? I can try to see what school CUE-LA has used in the past for this sort of thing. Here's my earlier message, pasted in: ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.comTo: SCALE Planning List scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.orgCc: Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 11:04:18 -0700Subject: RE: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track OSSIE for 2017Thanks for reaching out to Steve Hargadon, Kenneth! He is very active in ed-tech events and probably will have some good ideas for us. I am not too sure about his interest in OSSIE. But, maybe he will be on board with the idea. Also, thanks for the great list of links… I will read them over in the next day or two. I am currently immersed in "Camp Grandma and Grandma" with our 5-year-old granddaughter. She is pretty demanding of our time! I have introduced her to ScratchJr and that does keep her occupied for a little while. If we do decide to include an international focus, we will need to find a way to make it attractive to local folks as well. Perhaps Steve could help us have some online sharing from people in other countries… that is the sort of thing he does very well. More later when I have had a chance to follow up on your links. One more thing… CUE used to have an open source track… they hid it in a back room, but I may be able to get the names of some recent presenters if they are still including it. A few years back there was one person in charge of ed-tech in the Newhall school district but I don't know if he is still there or not. We could check. He managed to get the district to use Moodle instead of BlackBoard when they were pretty much the only games in town. Now there are a lot of other options. I wonder what he would recommend today?
From: mrsiltanen@gmail.com Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 14:59:44 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
fyi - suggest reaching out to people who maybe interested in assisting / attending via twitter, for example this gentleman recently tweeted a linux.com article on a related topichttps://twitter.com/EdTechChris
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote: Hi Caryl, At this point we're only able to commit to 1 room for 1 day. We'd also still need some of the items we discussed earlier in thread to confirm OSSIE again. 1) Track Leads (sounds like we have this)2) A track abstract describing the audience and types of sessions you want to see. It'd also be great to understand how we see this complimenting other similar tracks, like the work being done in OSSIE. Thanks for your efforts here.
Ilan
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Folks,
To summarize our discussion so far, Kenneth Wyrick and I will work on having an OSSIE track for SCaLE. Others who wish to help us are welcome to join in.
We need to decide what day would be best for OSSIE, or whether it might be extended over more than one day. If extended, what days.
We need to explore the possibility of getting one of the local community colleges on board to grant college credit (typically one unit with a small fee) to attendees who attend a specified number of hours and certain specified events/presentations at SCaLE.
We need to line up speakers to fill the OSSIE slots. Joe Renzullo has already volunteered and his topic sounds very interesting. (Thank you Joe!)
We need to study the interests shown in the various recent and coming CUE meetings and conferences to see what topics are most timely now and try to find ways open source can meet those interests… then look for speakers we could use on those topics. One topic we should definitely look into is "Why open source in education?"
When we have all of our "ducks in a row" we need to begin an earnest publicity campaign to reach teachers (through CUE and other organizations) and others who might be interested.
We need to see whether there is any possibility of a sponsor for OSSIE who might be able to fund some really interesting speaker.
For example: Matt and Kaitlyn Hova (who live in Nebraska) would possibly be a terrific keynote type presentation that would be of interest to any and all attendees (not just OSSIE). Kaitlyn is going to be doing a talk for TED-Med. She also plays one of their 3-D printed violins (they call it a "Hovalin") as part of her presentation. What if we had her (maybe both of them) as a speaker(s), say on Friday, and printed one of their hovalins during the course of SCaLE. I don't know how long it would take, but the cost to make it is about $70, which I think includes strings, bridge, pegs, etc. Maybe it could be a raffle prize. How does this relate to OSSIE? STEAM at its best! STEAM is STEM with an A added for Arts!
Fill in the blanks…. there are lots!
Caryl From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:21:13 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
Ya, we've also had OSSIE sessions with 5-10 people in the room. So as you can imagine the range varies depending on the topic, etc.
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On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Hriday Balachandran bala@socallinuxexpo.org wrote: Hi Ken, OSSIE specific attendance is hard to predict. Some talks are rather popular, and some are not. On an average, I think 35-45 people attend the talks. The really popular ones approach three figures. The way I have handled OSSIE talks has been a mix of CFP submissions and curated/invited talks. 5-6 talks are generally the target. Bala. On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote: I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and
how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation
both on the presentation and attendance side?
<quote who="Caryl Bigenho">
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You
have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started
right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best
and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track
shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in
the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan
Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will
have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
* Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit
for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in
salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700
To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org
Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About
the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track
it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If
we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look
like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy
to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers
on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we
hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have
trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the
conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to
keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like
everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be
entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given
up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help
organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to
make it happen.
Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track
the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for
might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had
requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around
it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find
a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant
for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk
that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a
developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each
track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one
paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that
track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those
tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions
submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
===
Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to
prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability,
flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry
and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value
from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer
experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding
ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess
its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging
containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better
developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource
utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in
tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and
orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to
truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta
Narayanan, Netflix
===
This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of
content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead,
reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to
have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads
per track max.
Thanks,Ilan
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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(FYI: Bala is traveling this week, so he might be delayed in replying to this with his feedback on numbers and experience the past few years. I imagine he'll reply in a few days when he's back)
Happy to see Caryl and Kennth both excited about keeping the OSSIE track alive. If those interested in OSSIE want to come back with a proposal on what the track should look like moving forward and how best to fill the both the program and the seats in the room I'm sure we could get behind having it again.
I do like the the idea of finding a way to offer continuing education credits for teachers, as that would likely draw them in similar to how we've done this for the legal track.
For context/background, the original mission of OSSIE was to help Educators find ways to use OpenSource in the classroom, specifically in K-12 environments but occasionally we covered high education. This was from around the time all the CA schools had vouchers for use in purchasing tech as part of the Microsoft Law suits, while at the same time having reduced budgets due to cuts. Our vision at the time had been to send teachers back to school with lesson plans they could use in their class rooms as a way to drive free software use in schools, and get students involved early.
In terms of specific numbers:
* OSSIE has always been a 1 day track. Depending on the year the day has varied between either Friday, or the weekend days.
* Attendees. I'd need to dig to find specific number of attendees the past few years. Shyam or Bala who are on list might have it handy. I think a reasonable goal would be to have 30-40 attendees in the track. Our smallest room is 60~ theater style, most rooms hold 150+ theater style.
* # of submissions by year:
2016 - 4 2015 - 4 2014 - 7 2013 - 3
Some initial questions I can think of for us to discuss are:
* Where does OSSIE fit with regards to SCALE TNG? They're likely complimentary and can support each other in someway.
* Is our goal to reach educators, students, parents or some combination there of?
* What day is best for each of the mentioned audiences? (teachers vs parents vs students)
* If we want educators, how can we better reach them and encourage them to attend? Happy to share what we've done in the past.
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
--- Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events: DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
- Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
If teachers are unwilling to take a day off, and unwilling to burn a weekend day,
How about a 1/2 day track on a Thur which runs late? It doesn't need to be a large room?
Or perhaps we can rebrand the track and call it a Open Source STEM/STEAM education track for a day?
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
(FYI: Bala is traveling this week, so he might be delayed in replying to this with his feedback on numbers and experience the past few years. I imagine he'll reply in a few days when he's back)
Happy to see Caryl and Kennth both excited about keeping the OSSIE track alive. If those interested in OSSIE want to come back with a proposal on what the track should look like moving forward and how best to fill the both the program and the seats in the room I'm sure we could get behind having it again.
I do like the the idea of finding a way to offer continuing education credits for teachers, as that would likely draw them in similar to how we've done this for the legal track.
For context/background, the original mission of OSSIE was to help Educators find ways to use OpenSource in the classroom, specifically in K-12 environments but occasionally we covered high education. This was from around the time all the CA schools had vouchers for use in purchasing tech as part of the Microsoft Law suits, while at the same time having reduced budgets due to cuts. Our vision at the time had been to send teachers back to school with lesson plans they could use in their class rooms as a way to drive free software use in schools, and get students involved early.
In terms of specific numbers:
- OSSIE has always been a 1 day track. Depending on the year the day has
varied between either Friday, or the weekend days.
- Attendees. I'd need to dig to find specific number of attendees the
past few years. Shyam or Bala who are on list might have it handy. I think a reasonable goal would be to have 30-40 attendees in the track. Our smallest room is 60~ theater style, most rooms hold 150+ theater style.
- # of submissions by year:
2016 - 4 2015 - 4 2014 - 7 2013 - 3
Some initial questions I can think of for us to discuss are:
- Where does OSSIE fit with regards to SCALE TNG? They're likely
complimentary and can support each other in someway.
- Is our goal to reach educators, students, parents or some combination
there of?
- What day is best for each of the mentioned audiences? (teachers vs
parents vs students)
- If we want educators, how can we better reach them and encourage them to
attend? Happy to share what we've done in the past.
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events: DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
- Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
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I like both of those suggestions. maybe 2 1/2 days and label it Open Source STEM/STEAM Education then maybe we could come up with some sub-categories i.e. project based, linked learning, etc.
<quote who="Mx Siltanen"> If teachers are unwilling to take a day off, and unwilling to burn a weekend day,
How about a 1/2 day track on a Thur which runs late? It doesn't need to be a large room?
Or perhaps we can rebrand the track and call it a Open Source STEM/STEAM education track for a day?
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
(FYI: Bala is traveling this week, so he might be delayed in replying to this with his feedback on numbers and experience the past few years. I imagine he'll reply in a few days when he's back)
Happy to see Caryl and Kennth both excited about keeping the OSSIE track alive. If those interested in OSSIE want to come back with a proposal on what the track should look like moving forward and how best to fill the both the program and the seats in the room I'm sure we could get behind having it again.
I do like the the idea of finding a way to offer continuing education credits for teachers, as that would likely draw them in similar to how we've done this for the legal track.
For context/background, the original mission of OSSIE was to help Educators find ways to use OpenSource in the classroom, specifically in K-12 environments but occasionally we covered high education. This was from around the time all the CA schools had vouchers for use in purchasing tech as part of the Microsoft Law suits, while at the same time having reduced budgets due to cuts. Our vision at the time had been to send teachers back to school with lesson plans they could use in their class rooms as a way to drive free software use in schools, and get students involved early.
In terms of specific numbers:
- OSSIE has always been a 1 day track. Depending on the year the day has
varied between either Friday, or the weekend days.
- Attendees. I'd need to dig to find specific number of attendees the
past few years. Shyam or Bala who are on list might have it handy. I think a reasonable goal would be to have 30-40 attendees in the track. Our smallest room is 60~ theater style, most rooms hold 150+ theater style.
- # of submissions by year:
2016 - 4 2015 - 4 2014 - 7 2013 - 3
Some initial questions I can think of for us to discuss are:
- Where does OSSIE fit with regards to SCALE TNG? They're likely
complimentary and can support each other in someway.
- Is our goal to reach educators, students, parents or some combination
there of?
- What day is best for each of the mentioned audiences? (teachers vs
parents vs students)
- If we want educators, how can we better reach them and encourage them
to attend? Happy to share what we've done in the past.
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events: DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
- Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
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I don't know if we'll have space for multiple rooms. Let's focus on defining what we want this track to cover and where it compliments other tracks like SCALE TNG.
On Aug 2, 2016 1:16 PM, "Kenneth Wyrick" kmw@caltek.net wrote:
I like both of those suggestions. maybe 2 1/2 days and label it Open Source STEM/STEAM Education then maybe we could come up with some sub-categories i.e. project based, linked learning, etc.
<quote who="Mx Siltanen"> If teachers are unwilling to take a day off, and unwilling to burn a weekend day,
How about a 1/2 day track on a Thur which runs late? It doesn't need to be a large room?
Or perhaps we can rebrand the track and call it a Open Source STEM/STEAM education track for a day?
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
(FYI: Bala is traveling this week, so he might be delayed in replying to this with his feedback on numbers and experience the past few years. I imagine he'll reply in a few days when he's back)
Happy to see Caryl and Kennth both excited about keeping the OSSIE track alive. If those interested in OSSIE want to come back with a proposal on what the track should look like moving forward and how best to fill the both the program and the seats in the room I'm sure we could get behind having it again.
I do like the the idea of finding a way to offer continuing education credits for teachers, as that would likely draw them in similar to how we've done this for the legal track.
For context/background, the original mission of OSSIE was to help Educators find ways to use OpenSource in the classroom, specifically in K-12 environments but occasionally we covered high education. This was from around the time all the CA schools had vouchers for use in purchasing tech as part of the Microsoft Law suits, while at the same time having reduced budgets due to cuts. Our vision at the time had been to send teachers back to school with lesson plans they could use in their class rooms as a way to drive free software use in schools, and get students involved early.
In terms of specific numbers:
- OSSIE has always been a 1 day track. Depending on the year the day has
varied between either Friday, or the weekend days.
- Attendees. I'd need to dig to find specific number of attendees the
past few years. Shyam or Bala who are on list might have it handy. I think a reasonable goal would be to have 30-40 attendees in the track. Our smallest room is 60~ theater style, most rooms hold 150+ theater style.
- # of submissions by year:
2016 - 4 2015 - 4 2014 - 7 2013 - 3
Some initial questions I can think of for us to discuss are:
- Where does OSSIE fit with regards to SCALE TNG? They're likely
complimentary and can support each other in someway.
- Is our goal to reach educators, students, parents or some combination
there of?
- What day is best for each of the mentioned audiences? (teachers vs
parents vs students)
- If we want educators, how can we better reach them and encourage them
to attend? Happy to share what we've done in the past.
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events: DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
- Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
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Jumping in on this conversation - I'd be interested in proposing a talk for this track!
This summer, I taught 60 students (ages 8-14) in a summer enrichment program how to program using Minecraft and Python. We ran code on Raspberry Pi systems, used Linux hosts for class-wide servers for the students to collaborate, and demonstrated how to interact with the game world and generate large structures by defining the basic geometric solids as functions that the students could use via a simple API.
It was hugely successful, and I am working on curriculum based on it that I am in talks with my university (UNM in Albuquerque) to roll out to our CS4All teacher-training program.
I can also inquire as to the (very good!) idea of getting teacher credits approved for conference attendance/participation. Several of my family members work in the Pasadena Unified School District, and I imagine that this would draw a great deal of interest from middle and high school teachers at the campuses which have STEM/STEAM programs.
I also very much like the idea of broadening this to parents who are interested in resources for working with their own kids - about 10 of the families whose students I taught this summer have followed up with me post-program to ask for more information and "next steps" they can take with their kids.
-Joe Renzullo PhD Student, Computer Science, University of New Mexico Software Engineer (Academic Part Time), JPL
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@linuxfests.org wrote:
I don't know if we'll have space for multiple rooms. Let's focus on defining what we want this track to cover and where it compliments other tracks like SCALE TNG.
On Aug 2, 2016 1:16 PM, "Kenneth Wyrick" kmw@caltek.net wrote:
I like both of those suggestions. maybe 2 1/2 days and label it Open Source STEM/STEAM Education then maybe we could come up with some sub-categories i.e. project based, linked learning, etc.
<quote who="Mx Siltanen"> If teachers are unwilling to take a day off, and unwilling to burn a weekend day,
How about a 1/2 day track on a Thur which runs late? It doesn't need to be a large room?
Or perhaps we can rebrand the track and call it a Open Source STEM/STEAM education track for a day?
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
wrote:
(FYI: Bala is traveling this week, so he might be delayed in replying to this with his feedback on numbers and experience the past few years. I imagine he'll reply in a few days when he's back)
Happy to see Caryl and Kennth both excited about keeping the OSSIE track alive. If those interested in OSSIE want to come back with a proposal on what the track should look like moving forward and how best to fill the both the program and the seats in the room I'm sure we could get behind having it again.
I do like the the idea of finding a way to offer continuing education credits for teachers, as that would likely draw them in similar to how we've done this for the legal track.
For context/background, the original mission of OSSIE was to help Educators find ways to use OpenSource in the classroom, specifically in K-12 environments but occasionally we covered high education. This was from around the time all the CA schools had vouchers for use in purchasing tech as part of the Microsoft Law suits, while at the same time having reduced budgets due to cuts. Our vision at the time had been to send teachers back to school with lesson plans they could use in their class rooms as a way to drive free software use in schools, and get students involved early.
In terms of specific numbers:
- OSSIE has always been a 1 day track. Depending on the year the day has
varied between either Friday, or the weekend days.
- Attendees. I'd need to dig to find specific number of attendees the
past few years. Shyam or Bala who are on list might have it handy. I think a reasonable goal would be to have 30-40 attendees in the track. Our smallest room is 60~ theater style, most rooms hold 150+ theater style.
- # of submissions by year:
2016 - 4 2015 - 4 2014 - 7 2013 - 3
Some initial questions I can think of for us to discuss are:
- Where does OSSIE fit with regards to SCALE TNG? They're likely
complimentary and can support each other in someway.
- Is our goal to reach educators, students, parents or some combination
there of?
- What day is best for each of the mentioned audiences? (teachers vs
parents vs students)
- If we want educators, how can we better reach them and encourage them
to attend? Happy to share what we've done in the past.
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events: DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
- Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
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Good idea, Joe…. I also mentioned parents in my earlier post. Many of the regular attendees (and their spouses) are parents and would probably enjoy some breaks from the "heavier stuff" (that is not to say that education is "lighter stuff") to learn about OSSIE resources they could use with their family. I know we don't have a budget, but since Kenneth mentioned STEM/STEAM I looked at some possibilities. Wouldn't it be great if we could get this couple from Nebraska to come to SCaLE and talk about their 3-D printed violin? They are hoping to do other instruments so schools can use them. The problem is, it costs $450* to buy the printed parts or $600 for the whole violin. But… it only costs about $70 for materials to print it and the design is open source and is, of course… free. They say it can be done on a desktop 3-D printer! https://opensource.com/life/16/5/hovalin Also, CUE-LA has several upcoming events. We can see what they are doing for those to get some ideas. I got an email from them today and will forward a link to their newsletter. Many of their interests are in propriatory software, but there are many good things we could introduce them to that are open source. Here is a link to the newsletter: CUELA August Events & Updates http://bit.ly/2ah2Qdp http://bit.ly/2ah2Qdp Caryl * You can buy several good Chinese-made traditional wood violins for that price so it isn't feasable for schools… but the $70 one is.
From: joerenzullo@gmail.com Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 13:56:26 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
Jumping in on this conversation - I'd be interested in proposing a talk for this track!
This summer, I taught 60 students (ages 8-14) in a summer enrichment program how to program using Minecraft and Python. We ran code on Raspberry Pi systems, used Linux hosts for class-wide servers for the students to collaborate, and demonstrated how to interact with the game world and generate large structures by defining the basic geometric solids as functions that the students could use via a simple API.
It was hugely successful, and I am working on curriculum based on it that I am in talks with my university (UNM in Albuquerque) to roll out to our CS4All teacher-training program.
I can also inquire as to the (very good!) idea of getting teacher credits approved for conference attendance/participation. Several of my family members work in the Pasadena Unified School District, and I imagine that this would draw a great deal of interest from middle and high school teachers at the campuses which have STEM/STEAM programs.
I also very much like the idea of broadening this to parents who are interested in resources for working with their own kids - about 10 of the families whose students I taught this summer have followed up with me post-program to ask for more information and "next steps" they can take with their kids.
-Joe Renzullo PhD Student, Computer Science, University of New Mexico Software Engineer (Academic Part Time), JPL
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@linuxfests.org wrote: I don't know if we'll have space for multiple rooms. Let's focus on defining what we want this track to cover and where it compliments other tracks like SCALE TNG.
On Aug 2, 2016 1:16 PM, "Kenneth Wyrick" kmw@caltek.net wrote: I like both of those suggestions. maybe 2 1/2 days and label it Open
Source STEM/STEAM Education then maybe we could come up with some
sub-categories i.e. project based, linked learning, etc.
<quote who="Mx Siltanen">
If teachers are unwilling to take a day off, and unwilling to burn a
weekend day,
How about a 1/2 day track on a Thur which runs late? It doesn't need to be
a large room?
Or perhaps we can rebrand the track and call it a Open Source STEM/STEAM
education track for a day?
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
wrote:
(FYI: Bala is traveling this week, so he might be delayed in replying to
this with his feedback on numbers and experience the past few years. I
imagine he'll reply in a few days when he's back)
Happy to see Caryl and Kennth both excited about keeping the OSSIE track
alive. If those interested in OSSIE want to come back with a proposal on
what the track should look like moving forward and how best to fill the
both the program and the seats in the room I'm sure we could get behind
having it again.
I do like the the idea of finding a way to offer continuing education
credits for teachers, as that would likely draw them in similar to how
we've done this for the legal track.
For context/background, the original mission of OSSIE was to help
Educators find ways to use OpenSource in the classroom, specifically in
K-12 environments but occasionally we covered high education. This was
from around the time all the CA schools had vouchers for use in
purchasing
tech as part of the Microsoft Law suits, while at the same time having
reduced budgets due to cuts. Our vision at the time had been to send
teachers back to school with lesson plans they could use in their class
rooms as a way to drive free software use in schools, and get students
involved early.
In terms of specific numbers:
- OSSIE has always been a 1 day track. Depending on the year the day has
varied between either Friday, or the weekend days.
- Attendees. I'd need to dig to find specific number of attendees the
past few years. Shyam or Bala who are on list might have it handy. I
think
a reasonable goal would be to have 30-40 attendees in the track. Our
smallest room is 60~ theater style, most rooms hold 150+ theater style.
- # of submissions by year:
2016 - 4
2015 - 4
2014 - 7
2013 - 3
Some initial questions I can think of for us to discuss are:
- Where does OSSIE fit with regards to SCALE TNG? They're likely
complimentary and can support each other in someway.
- Is our goal to reach educators, students, parents or some combination
there of?
- What day is best for each of the mentioned audiences? (teachers vs
parents vs students)
- If we want educators, how can we better reach them and encourage them
to
attend? Happy to share what we've done in the past.
Ilan Rabinovitch
Conference Chair
Southern California Linux Expo
877-831-2569 x110 Voice
818-442-1865 Mobile
ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's
upcoming events:
DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA
Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX
SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going?
You
have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started
right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work
best
and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track
shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved
in
the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan
Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will
have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
- Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of
credit
for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases
in
salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700
To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org
Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About
the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a
track
it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years.
If
we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to
look
like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be
happy
to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from
teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the
one
hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as
they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off
for
the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they
prefer
to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
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Am 02. Aug, 2016 schwätzte Joe Renzullo so:
moin moin Joe,
do you want to do a talk on how to run such a class or host a lab or yes? :)
A friend also teaches a summer class for kids. I talk to him about his graphics classes. He might also teach programming in the summer curriculum. I know he teaches programming at the community college.
ciao,
der.hans
Jumping in on this conversation - I'd be interested in proposing a talk for this track!
This summer, I taught 60 students (ages 8-14) in a summer enrichment program how to program using Minecraft and Python. We ran code on Raspberry Pi systems, used Linux hosts for class-wide servers for the students to collaborate, and demonstrated how to interact with the game world and generate large structures by defining the basic geometric solids as functions that the students could use via a simple API.
It was hugely successful, and I am working on curriculum based on it that I am in talks with my university (UNM in Albuquerque) to roll out to our CS4All teacher-training program.
I can also inquire as to the (very good!) idea of getting teacher credits approved for conference attendance/participation. Several of my family members work in the Pasadena Unified School District, and I imagine that this would draw a great deal of interest from middle and high school teachers at the campuses which have STEM/STEAM programs.
I also very much like the idea of broadening this to parents who are interested in resources for working with their own kids - about 10 of the families whose students I taught this summer have followed up with me post-program to ask for more information and "next steps" they can take with their kids.
-Joe Renzullo PhD Student, Computer Science, University of New Mexico Software Engineer (Academic Part Time), JPL
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@linuxfests.org wrote:
I don't know if we'll have space for multiple rooms. Let's focus on defining what we want this track to cover and where it compliments other tracks like SCALE TNG.
On Aug 2, 2016 1:16 PM, "Kenneth Wyrick" kmw@caltek.net wrote:
I like both of those suggestions. maybe 2 1/2 days and label it Open Source STEM/STEAM Education then maybe we could come up with some sub-categories i.e. project based, linked learning, etc.
<quote who="Mx Siltanen"> If teachers are unwilling to take a day off, and unwilling to burn a weekend day,
How about a 1/2 day track on a Thur which runs late? It doesn't need to be a large room?
Or perhaps we can rebrand the track and call it a Open Source STEM/STEAM education track for a day?
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
wrote:
(FYI: Bala is traveling this week, so he might be delayed in replying to this with his feedback on numbers and experience the past few years. I imagine he'll reply in a few days when he's back)
Happy to see Caryl and Kennth both excited about keeping the OSSIE track alive. If those interested in OSSIE want to come back with a proposal on what the track should look like moving forward and how best to fill the both the program and the seats in the room I'm sure we could get behind having it again.
I do like the the idea of finding a way to offer continuing education credits for teachers, as that would likely draw them in similar to how we've done this for the legal track.
For context/background, the original mission of OSSIE was to help Educators find ways to use OpenSource in the classroom, specifically in K-12 environments but occasionally we covered high education. This was from around the time all the CA schools had vouchers for use in purchasing tech as part of the Microsoft Law suits, while at the same time having reduced budgets due to cuts. Our vision at the time had been to send teachers back to school with lesson plans they could use in their class rooms as a way to drive free software use in schools, and get students involved early.
In terms of specific numbers:
- OSSIE has always been a 1 day track. Depending on the year the day has
varied between either Friday, or the weekend days.
- Attendees. I'd need to dig to find specific number of attendees the
past few years. Shyam or Bala who are on list might have it handy. I think a reasonable goal would be to have 30-40 attendees in the track. Our smallest room is 60~ theater style, most rooms hold 150+ theater style.
- # of submissions by year:
2016 - 4 2015 - 4 2014 - 7 2013 - 3
Some initial questions I can think of for us to discuss are:
- Where does OSSIE fit with regards to SCALE TNG? They're likely
complimentary and can support each other in someway.
- Is our goal to reach educators, students, parents or some combination
there of?
- What day is best for each of the mentioned audiences? (teachers vs
parents vs students)
- If we want educators, how can we better reach them and encourage them
to attend? Happy to share what we've done in the past.
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events: DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
- Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
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Hi Caryl,
Happy to hand this off to you. If you need any help, do let me know.
Bala.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Ilan,
Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators.
Caryl
- Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen.
Just let me know! Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
===
Track: Containers - From Dev to Prod Abstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with the promise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companies deriving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and the surrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developer experience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. and what it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology. Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
===
This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max.
Thanks, Ilan
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of those working to address this issue. However I believe that this track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
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Am 01. Aug, 2016 schwätzte Caryl Bigenho so:
moin moin,
Some focus on [grand-]parents and students is great. Getting the PTA excited about Free Software will get Free Software into the schools.
STEAM alongside TNG would be great. Perhaps target labs rather than presentations.
In regards to continuing education credits, those are available and popular for the science tracks at the Phoenix ComiCon. Perhaps San Diego has them as well, so you might have a more local contact who is used to running with this type of event.
ciao,
der.hans
Hi Ilan, Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will have a wider audience than just professional educators. Caryl
- Maybe we could get a unit of college credit for folks who attend the entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in salary.
From: ilan@socallinuxexpo.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700 To: scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org; bala@socallinuxexpo.org Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again. Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.) A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen. Just let me know!Caryl
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan, The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it. That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track? With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP. Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions === Track: Containers - From Dev to ProdAbstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use. In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developerexperience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. andwhat it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology.Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
=== This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking. If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max. Thanks,Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference ChairSouthern California Linux Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan@linuxfests.org Email ---Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TXSCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote: Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page
(http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
Juan
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fyi - this maybe useful to look at in preparation of this
https://opensource.com/life/16/7/future-education-open?sc_cid=701600000011jJ...
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen.
Just let me know! Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
===
Track: Containers - From Dev to Prod Abstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with the promise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companies deriving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and the surrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developer experience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. and what it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology. Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
===
This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max.
Thanks, Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org http://linuxfests.org's upcoming events: DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of those working to address this issue. However I believe that this track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
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thanks for this link. opensource.com pop onto my radar when i did a search for open source software.
I'm currently on: https://www.apereo.org/content/projects-communities
getting familiar with the various projects and formulating what to say to each of them along with and introduction and invitation to participate in an OSSIE track.
I really wish we had a better place than this to organize, update and track information without it all being stuck in and throughout various e-mails.
<quote who="Mx Siltanen"> fyi - this maybe useful to look at in preparation of this
https://opensource.com/life/16/7/future-education-open?sc_cid=701600000011jJ...
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen.
Just let me know! Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
===
Track: Containers - From Dev to Prod Abstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with the promise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companies deriving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and the surrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developer experience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. and what it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology. Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
===
This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max.
Thanks, Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org http://linuxfests.org's upcoming events: DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of those working to address this issue. However I believe that this track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
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I am having a great time browsing through the hyper-linked web of agencies, programs, initiatives and more while looking for open source learning resources. i'm feeling like we need to not limit this track to software.
I am motivate to post, now, based on currently exploring the concepts and links on: http://nextgenlearning.org/topics/open-educational-resources
I'm also seeing that there's more traction for open education in higher ed while I am seeing some k-12. But, again we really do need a better system for collaborating on this than an e-mail listserv. So, many of my thoughts are not being shared because they are not specific to open source software in education.
<quote who="Mx Siltanen"> fyi - this maybe useful to look at in preparation of this
https://opensource.com/life/16/7/future-education-open?sc_cid=701600000011jJ...
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen.
Just let me know! Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
===
Track: Containers - From Dev to Prod Abstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with the promise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companies deriving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and the surrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developer experience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. and what it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology. Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
===
This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max.
Thanks, Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org http://linuxfests.org's upcoming events: DevOps Days SV - June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of those working to address this issue. However I believe that this track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
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Hi Kenneth,
I agree (imho) we should not limit it to software, as the concepts evolving from FOSS lead to some great associated topics. I think we should be able to keep it rooted to FOSS and still be able to cover those related topics.
I was thinking it would be nice to bring some of the best topics from the open source related events which are on the east coast or in the EU here, as it is hard for many working in the education field to travel that far away due to time and budgetary issues.
Also, if we can identify user groups/meetup groups which cover this sort of topics and ask them to participate that would be very good.
Note, there is a tech4good group which I have attended which maybe worth looking closer at the other chapters. They are affiliated with NTEN. https://www.nten.org/
Thank you Matti
On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote:
I am having a great time browsing through the hyper-linked web of agencies, programs, initiatives and more while looking for open source learning resources. i'm feeling like we need to not limit this track to software.
I am motivate to post, now, based on currently exploring the concepts and links on: http://nextgenlearning.org/topics/open-educational-resources
I'm also seeing that there's more traction for open education in higher ed while I am seeing some k-12. But, again we really do need a better system for collaborating on this than an e-mail listserv. So, many of my thoughts are not being shared because they are not specific to open source software in education.
<quote who="Mx Siltanen"> fyi - this maybe useful to look at in preparation of this
https://opensource.com/life/16/7/future-education-open?sc_ cid=701600000011jJVAAY
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen.
Just let me know! Caryl
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On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
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Track: Containers - From Dev to Prod Abstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with the promise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companies deriving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and the surrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developer experience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. and what it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology. Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
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This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max.
Thanks, Ilan
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of those working to address this issue. However I believe that this track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
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