<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">All,</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">My apologies for the delay in getting this summary out, but here we go…</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">We had a good 1st meeting last Monday. Here is the outline of what we know so far:</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><span style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas">---------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><span style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas">---------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?-->
<span style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas">Winter 2014 NYC*BUG DayCon</font></span><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> When:<br>
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Saturday, February 1st, 2014
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> (Super Bowl Weekend)
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> 8:30 Doors Open
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> 4:00 'Happy Hour'
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> 5:00 Close
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Where:
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Suspenders
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> 111 Broadway, NY, NY, 10006
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Cost:
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Cash
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> $50.00 @ the door & NYC*BUG meetings or other arranged times (flexible)
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> (higher online)
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> (If significantly higher, how might 'ticket' guarantees be made?)
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> What:
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> TBD
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Who:
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> TBD<br>
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas">TODO:
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas">What - Central Theme
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> * - Decidedly from the perspective of the BSDs in production environments:
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - Pragmatism
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - Externally focused
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> The Challenge:
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - finding where our possible topics meet (VIN diagram style) the speakers we know
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Some of the themes/stacks of the Con:
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - Cloud Providers
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - *BSD offerings
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - Virtualization
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - From Bhyve to VirtualBox
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - It works on *BSD (So, shut up about Linux, etc.)
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - *BSD Use Cases:
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - startups
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - established organizations
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - being forced into the cloud
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - Security (using and/or within the *BSDs)
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - encryption / privacy / anonymity
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - for 'normal' people / everyday routines
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - for the cloud
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - What's on top of what's on top of the kernel?
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - User-land tools
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - Using those user-land tools
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> - "Why *BSD isn't dead, Okan." ;)
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><div style="font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">Establish a naming convention for the biannual format we are moving into.</font></div><div><font face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre; "> </span>- prior to official Announcements about the event</font></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas">Other:
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Operations & Assignments:
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Organizing: Bill T
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Venue/Facilities: Ike L
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Sponsors: George R
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Video: Patrick Mc
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Registration: Okan D
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Web: Okan D (+ anyone with CVS access to fulton)
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Announcements/Communication/Marketing: John R
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Speakers: Bill T
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> Travel
</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"> (Accommodations – how is this usually handled?)</font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?-->
<div><font face="Consolas">Extras:
</font></div><div><font face="Consolas"> Speaker Mentoring
</font></div><div><font face="Consolas"> - This is a means of looking forward to the next Con
</font></div><div><font face="Consolas"> - It pairs up a current speaker with a future speaker</font><span style="font-family: Consolas; "> </span></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas">---------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; "><font face="Consolas">---------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">Whatsoever you're helping with, remember to delegate as needed.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">If you jump into another task, be sure to inquire about what remains to be done lest you repeat completed work.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">Check out the Action Items below, please jump in - let's make this a great Con and establish a good pattern for those that follow.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; ">---</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">Immediate Action Items for the Week of 9/15:</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">* Discuss/Decide the Con's Topic</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><div><font face="Consolas"> - I say we set this due date to 9/30</font></div><div><font face="Consolas"> - that will give us two full weeks to discuss</font></div><div><font face="Consolas"> - thoughts?</font></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">* Is there a Go/No-Go Date for the Con?</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas"> - If, 'Yes', what tasks is that dependent on?</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">* </font><span style="font-family: Consolas; ">Add to/Correct/Edit the Outline above</span></div><div><font face="Consolas">* BSDTV has been approached by BSDNow for an interview – they are interested in getting one of us, yes, a face, on there – any volunteers?</font></div><div><font face="Consolas">* BSDTV will be releasing video soon = promo material</font></div><div><font face="Consolas"> - I will find out the date(s) for that</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Consolas">-bt</font></div><br></div></body></html>