Hi All, I'm personally very interested in bringing Flock to Toronto; I led the effort to bring FUDcon (the predecessor event) to Toronto in December 2009 and the success of that event, the first community-hosted FUDcon, led to the FUDcon bid process that in turn evolved into the Flock process. I've been thinking about a follow-up event ever since. However, I don't think the time is quite right yet, especially if we want to do this with support from Seneca CDOT... - CDOT is a possible venue for a Toronto Flock, since we would have the space and resources (network, A/V, foodservice) available in the summer. However, the campus is still ripped up with construction, the subway extension is not yet open, and CDOT is undergoing some internal reorganization. - The last North American Flock was in this corner of the continent (just across the lake in Rochester, NY). - Tourism resources (hotel space, etc) may be impacted by the sesquicentennial this summer. - The bid time is short (~5 weeks). If we put together a coalition of interested parties (GTAlug, CDOT, other groups) and aim at the next North American Flock (2019), we should have plenty of time to put together a really solid bid, including a nice new subway between accommodation, presentation venues, and social activities. I'm very open to other perspectives and ideas on this, if there's a strong case for doing this in 2017 -- discussion welcome. -Chris On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Scott Sullivan via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
I've reached out to Chris Tyler at Seneca/CDOT.
He's joined the list and would be best able to explain what resources are available along with some compelling reasons to delay our bid for the 2019 flock.
On 15/01/17 04:01 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
| From: Charles Profitt via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | | A while back I sent an email to the list asking if anyone was | potentially interested in having Flock in the Kitchener / Waterlook | area. | | Today the Flock bid process officially opened. | | https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/flock-2017-bids-due- 28-feb-2017/
Flock is a successor to FUDCon. In 2009 FUDCon was hosted by CDOT of Seneca at York. I enjoyed it a lot. Several TLUG folks attended but I don't remember if any presented or organized. The CDOT people did a great job.
CDOT seems to be good at this. They do a great job with FSOSS each year. I don't remember any other regular local Linux event. I have no idea if they are willing to or would be allowed to repeat. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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