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.
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