[NYCBSDCon] Independent Hardware Manufacturers

[Isaac (.ike) Levy]

On September 18, 2013 10:00:57 AM EDT, Okan Demirmen 
<okan at demirmen.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Isaac (.ike) Levy
> <ike at blackskyresearch.net> wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>
> Not at all.  I think your mail does it well too.
>
>> If no objections, does anyone have any direct contacts at Soekris?  I'd
>> really love to see them involved in a similar way.
>
> Not me, but it would be a good idea; if no one else, try Soren himself.

Cool- if the Netgate/BSD Perimiter folks don't have Soekris 
connections, I'll go straight there...

>
> Remember though, we don't have a ton of floor space - we should even
> out hardware vendor vs ISP vs book people vs project corner vs "play
> with xyz here" tables...basically, someone (a volunter here) should
> own "space management" inside Suspenders, or something like that.

I'll happily own "Space Management", as a part of dealing with the venue.

Next week I think I'll go to Suspenders and get the general 
dimensions/tables availability mapped out.
(Anyone join me for a drink while I'm at it? :)

But as far as reaching out goes, please everyone feel free to reach out 
to vendors/manufacturers- I don't want to bottleneck anything on this 
front...

Rocket-
.ike


>
>> Best,
>> .ike
>>
>>
>> --
>> NYC BSD Confrence Involvement
>> pdornier at pcengines.ch
>>
>> --
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> 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
>>
>>
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