Is anyone proposing a main track FOSDEM talk?

[Dave Neary]

Hi RK,

For the main track, presentations are usually either "sexy" or are given 
by people who are well known. I think that the presentation you propose 
would not meet the standard. What could you change to "sexy" it up?

Cheers,
Dave.

On 10/10/2012 05:46 PM, R.Kanagaraj (RK) wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> I would like to give a presentation on Introduction to Virtualization
> and the role of oVirt in Virtualization. Please let me know whether it
> will meet the expectation of FOSDEM or not.
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Dave Neary <dneary at redhat.com
> <mailto:dneary at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     TL;DR The FOSDEM call for main track proposals closes soon, and I
>     would like to see one or two oVirt proposals submitted.
>
>     FOSDEM has a great crowd - very techie, very free software friendly,
>     and very interested in new stuff. They have a main auditorium that
>     holds 1000 people and they fill it for talks like "Tales from the
>     Trenches of Kernel Development", "FreePlug - a Linux server in a
>     Plug", "Amateur rocketry"...
>
>     They also have a dazzling array of DevRooms, rooms with a capacity
>     ranging from 30 people up to 300 or 400, on topics like embedded
>     Linux platforms, the Free Desktop, legal topics in free software,
>     telephony, etc. This year, I believe that Itamar proposed a
>     Virtualisation DevRoom, and I hope that it gets accepted
>     (notifications should be going out soon).
>
>     DevRooms all organise their content independently - when they are
>     announced, I'll let people know so that we can get some good
>     submissions in for aligned topics, and if we're running a virt
>     DevRoom, of course I'll help spread the word for that.
>
>     But I would really like to see us run one or two introduction-level
>     presentations on oVirt and virtualisation, aimed at this audience
>     (that is, an audience of people who all own several computers!).
>     Someone who can outline, in 45 minutes, the problems that oVirt
>     solves, the basics of how it works, the community around the project...
>
>     Who do we have who would be willing and able to give such a
>     presentation? The deadline for main track submissions is November
>     1st: https://fosdem.org/2013/call___for_main_speakers.html
>     <https://fosdem.org/2013/call_for_main_speakers.html>
>
>     Thanks!
>     Dave.
>
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