[NYCBSDCon] Independent Hardware Manufacturers

[Isaac (.ike) Levy]

Hi All,

While it's on my mind, I'd like to reach out to Pascal from 
PCEngines.ch, to see if they'd like to be involved in the Con in some 
way.  For those who don't know them, they've been enormously supportive 
in the past- of NYCBSDCon, and BSD UNIX in general.  I see these 
independent hardware manufacturers as being special and important to 
the BSD community.  For projects like PFSense, their role is critical, 
in fact.

Without opening us up to BS vendor-driven-conference junk, I would like 
to open up to them for input, (email below).

Does anyone object to me reaching out?

If no objections, does anyone have any direct contacts at Soekris?  I'd 
really love to see them involved in a similar way.

Best,
.ike


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NYC BSD Confrence Involvement
pdornier at pcengines.ch

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Hi Pascal,

A group of us has been putting together NYC BSD Con, a 1-day 
conference, aiming for Feb 1, but a January date is likely.

With that, we'd love to have PCEngines involved- along with vendor 
tables, we have some ideas to have hard-media and machines on-site for 
demo/lightning-sessions for various BSD related tech.  (PFSense petting 
zoo types of things, CARP network setup demos, Embedded installs to 
play with, etc...).  Hands-on with running hardware is always exciting 
for attendees.

With that, we'll be reaching out for sponsors etc..., the most 
pouplar/discussed item from our last conference, were the ALIX
boards you graciously donated, (which we raffled off to attendees).  If 
you think it is good for you guys, we'd love to do something similar 
again.

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With that, I'd also like to open up to any input, ideas, or suggestions 
you would have for the conference itself, PCEngines contribution to BSD 
UNIX is indirectly quite large- and we'd love to see independent 
computer hardware manufacturers represented, and involved!

Best,
.ike