[GTALUG] Flock bids are now open

[Chris Tyler]

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 at 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 at 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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