Utah Open Source
Meeting Minutes
27 October 2007
AttendeesClint Savage (herlo)
Will Smith (undertakingyou)
Victor Villa (mindjuju)
Doran Barton (fozz)
Stephen Shaw (decriptor)
Emily Shaw (memilyrae)
General Housekeeping
- Web Based Mail Client on utos.org – undertakingyou
- use Squirrel mail?
- Set up SSL on websites – undertakingyou
- Get Project Management Software (web based) – undertakingyou
- Organizational Tools – Fozz
- Shared Calendar - undertakingyou
Conference Planning
- Conference Details
- Conference Location – Fozz
- Possible locations: West Valley (SLCC) – FREE!; Eccles Center (Ogden); UofU (SLC);
- Union Building (SLC); Miller Conference Center; Davis Conference Center; Celebration Center; Sandy Expo Center; State Capital Building (FREE!); any clients of Wasatch Venture; Hotels, OSTC
- Find out price per attendee, attendee cap
- 3 days, 1 night
- rooms to hold 40-60 people, plus conference hall
- Possible locations: West Valley (SLCC) – FREE!; Eccles Center (Ogden); UofU (SLC);
- Conference Location – Fozz
- Ideas for Keynote
- Possibilities: Tim O'Reilly, Martin Mikos (MySQL), Mark Shuttleworth, Larry Wall, Damien Conley, Miguel De Acasa (Mono), Mad Dog Hall, Nat Freeman (Linux Journal), Eric Raymond, Richard Stallman (Free Software Foundation)
- Clint – ask Nicole from the State to come up with a list of possible government people
- Use Mailing List to get other suggestions
- Possibilities: Tim O'Reilly, Martin Mikos (MySQL), Mark Shuttleworth, Larry Wall, Damien Conley, Miguel De Acasa (Mono), Mad Dog Hall, Nat Freeman (Linux Journal), Eric Raymond, Richard Stallman (Free Software Foundation)
- Sponsors – Decriptor
- IMFlash? Find angle for their involvement
- Conferencing Software (CRM and ERP) – Fozz
- Creative Commons License – Memilyrae
Discussing ads for Sponsors ($x – small package; $y – small package + community display for a year)
Create a post for Room & Board for out-of-town attendees
- Pricing
- $50 for user group members
- User Groups have a membership. Groups have to fill out form to get membership. Attendees have to be validated by the group to get this pricing. Groups receive 25 discounts but can request more.
- Group members MUST participate by either going to the meetings or participate in IRC or be on the mailing list.
- $75 for sponsorship group
- Given to employees and clients
- Money from Sponsors is specifically for the next conference.
- $300 for others
- “Premium” - free tour and other perks
- $50 for user group members
- Possible Topics
- O.S. In politics
Topics from the LDS church – FamilySearch, etc.
- Education/Games for kids using O.S.
- Wives/Kids free on Saturday with a paying attendee ?
- Digital Scrapbooking using O.S.
Other Topics
Other possible meeting locations: KnowlegeBlue, homes
Proposed Changes
- Victor is assigned web development for conference and marketing John is assigned web development for UTOS
Dates to Remember
NEXT MEETING: November 6 at 6:00 (KnowledgeBlue) Call for papers – January 15, 2008