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Fedora is returning to the annual Southern California Linux Expo!
What, When, and Where?
Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) is a yearly Linux, free software, and open source conference that takes place in Los Angeles. Find out more about this event at: [1]
SCaLE 21x – the 21th year of the Southern California Linux Expo – takes place on March 14th-17th, 2024, in Pasadena, CA.
Why does Fedora attend SCaLE?
SCaLE covers a region that spans the west coast, but also includes many guests worldwide. We as Ambassadors see the event as a focal point that draws visitors from all over the state of California and around the world. Since this event is the only one of its kind in this geographical area, we provide Fedora outreach and education to the Greater Los Angeles area. Most of the attendees are from locations that have and participate in Linux User Groups locally as well as from neighboring states and countries.
Each year, we bring forth the vision that Fedora is more than just another distribution. We interact with guests to see how they find Fedora useful, versatile, and feature-rich in their daily lives and bring the Fedora community together. Also the venue is in proximity to LAX, drawing locals, neighboring communities, and international guests.
What is the focus of the event?
We plan to provide booth demonstrations of the distribution and to entertain feedback and discussion. Our goal is to educate attendees about the various spins and environments available. General topics may include: GNOME 40 improvements, Linux Kernel 5.11 improvements, PipeWire, Toolbox, Btrfs transparent compression,
How does our attendance at this event build users of or contributors to specific Fedora solutions and why are those particular solutions strategically important?
Our enthusiasm to educate inspires guests to contribute their time and expertise to teach and help with Fedora and to give back to the community.
How does our attendance at this event build users of or contributors to the Fedora platform's overall measured success?
Our outreach and networking fosters awareness that Fedora provides a positive addition to the Linux realm.
Booth visitors have the opportunity to provide verbal and written input about Fedora.
Registration
Full event registration covers booth exhibitors, including Fedora volunteers.
Activities
Fedora traditionally has a handful of speakers at the event. If you'd like to give a talk, the Call For Papers is open until Nov 1st, 2023.
Speakers
Speakers, add your name, topic, and link here:
| Date and Time | Location | Speaker | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Mar 16th 2024, 14:30-15:30 Pacific | Room 212 | Scott Williams/Perry Rivera/Brian Monroe | Exploring Immutable Linux Desktops with Fedora |
| Thu, Mar 14th 2024, 10:00-13:00 Pacific | Ballroom F | Cali Dolfi/James Kunstle | Insight out of CHAOSS: Community Data Analysis Tool Workshop |
| Thu, Mar 14th 2024, 14:00-17:00 Pacific | Room 211 | Shaun McCance/Carl George | CentOS Classroom and Packaging Workshop |
| Fri, Mar 15th 2024, 15:45-16:45 Pacific | Ballroom H | Kevin Howell | Visualizing Kubernetes with Generated Diagrams |
| Sat, Mar 16th 2024, 15:45-16:45 Pacific | Ballroom B | Neal Gompa/Davide Cavalca | Bringing Fedora Linux to Apple Silicon Macs with Asahi Linux |
| Sat, Mar 16th 2024, 14:30-15:30 Pacific | Ballroom F | Cali Dolfi/Dawn Foster | From Data Tsunami to Actionable Insights |
| Sat, Mar 16th 2024, 14:30-15:30 Pacific | Ballroom A | Kevin Howell | Automating Development Environments with Ansible & Chezmoi |
| Sat, Mar 16th 2024, 14:30-15:30 Pacific | Ballroom C | Panel, including Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller | Automating Development Where Does the Linux Desktop Go from Here? |
| Sun, Mar 17th 2024, 13:45-14:45 Pacific | Room 212 | Davide Cavalca | Making Fedora Linux (more) reproducible |
| Sun, Mar 17th 2024, 11:45-12:45 Pacific | Room 106 | Neal Gompa | Popping kernels for Linux distributions |
Booth
The exhibition hall is traditionally open Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
- Fedora is in booth 110.
- Red Hat is in booth 401.
Booth and Fedora Activity Day Setup Schedule
| Date | Time | Location | Task | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/14: Thursday | 9:00 AM | Exhibit Hall | Assemble and Set Up Tablecloth, Banner | |
| 3/15: Friday | 10-10:30 AM (Setup: 9:30 AM) | Ballroom TBD | Set up laptop for presentation: Fedora Highlights | Speaker: TBD |
| 3/15: Friday | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM | Ballroom TBD | Set up laptop for presentation: How You Can Help with Fedora | Speakers: TBD |
| 3/15: Friday | 11:00AM-12:00 PM | Ballroom TBD | Set up laptop for presentation: Work Session and General Meetup | Facilitators: TBD |
| 3/15: Friday | 12:30 PM | Exhibit Hall | Set up laptops and displays | |
| 3/15: Friday | 2:00 PM | Expo Hall Opens | ||
| 3/15: Friday | 6:00 PM | Expo Hall Closes | Pack up laptops and displays | |
| 3/16: Saturday | 9:00 AM | Exhibit Hall | Set up laptops and displays | |
| 3/16: Saturday | 10:00 AM | Expo Hall Opens | ||
| 3/16: Saturday | 6:00 PM | Expo Hall Closes | Pack up laptops and displays | |
| 3/17: Sunday | 9:00 AM | Exhibit Hall | Set up laptops and displays | |
| 3/17: Sunday | 10:00 AM | Expo Hall Opens | ||
| 3/17: Sunday | 2:00 PM | Expo Hall Closes | Pack up laptops and displays | All Remaining Ambassadors Please Help Out...Thanks! |
Fedora Activity Day
Fedora Activity Day will be taking place on Friday, March 14th, Ballroom TBD. Time is Friday, 10a-12p PST.
Fedora Activity Day Setup Schedule:
See Setup Schedule Above. Fedora Activity Day has been rolled up into the Setup Schedule for clarity.
Fedora Volunteers
21X Event Owner: Alex Acosta
21X Alternate Event Owner: Perry Rivera
Volunteers, add your name to the table below:
| Name | Thurs (14th) | Fri (15th) | Sat (16th) | Sun (17th) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Monroe | X | X | X | X | I'm 100% down for helping. I'm also close by. Will receive/return event box. Talk approved |
| Perry Rivera | TBD | X | X | X | I'm interested in participating, but may be called away to Red Hat booth or caregiving duties. |
| Alex Acosta | X | X | X | X | I'm interested in participating, whole event (all days), I'm planning on submitting a talk even though I'm still uncertain on the topic. If you think a Fedora activity day or a joint talk is a possibility I'd be glad to participate as well. |
| Scott Williams | X | X | X | X | Do you use your powers for good or for awesome? |
| Iván Chavero | X | X | X | X | Comments here |
General Pricing
- Parking: $20-$24 [as of 8/27/21] [2]
- TBD Hotel: $184/night + $27.97 (city taxes) (TBD) --> $211.97 [as of x/xx/xx] Hotel
Budget proposal
This table represents the proposed budget to the Fedora Mindshare Committee. Note that the amount budgeted for is final, i.e. what you write here is final. You would not be reimbursed for more than what is proposed and approved here.
Please estimate all prices in USD. Use latest market rates for approximate conversions from MXN to USD on xe.com.
| No | Name | FAS | Airfare ($USD) | Fuel ($USD) | Hotel ($USD) | Parking ($USD) | Incidentals¹ ($USD) | Total ($USD) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Acosta | aacosta | $750 | $0 | $620 | $0 | $120 | $1490 | Sharing room with Iván Chavero |
| 2 | Iván Chavero | ichavero | $750 | $0 | $620 | $0 | $120 | $1490 | Sharing room with Alejandro Acosta |
| 3 | Perry Rivera | lajuggler | $0 | $75 | $729 | $208 | $0 | $1012 | Parking: 4 days ($52*4=$208) |
| 4 | Scott Williams | vwbusguy | $0 | $120 | $729 | $208 | $0 | $1057 | Parking: 4 days ($52*4=$208) |
| 5 | Brian Monroe | paradoxguitarist | $0 | $120 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $120 | |
| Totals | -- | -- | $1500 | $315 | $2698 | $416 | $240 | $5169 | -- |
¹ — Taxi, meals, visas, travel insurance, other minor incidentals. Confirm other expense types with Community Architect before proposing here.
Budget actuals
This table compares the proposed budget spend with the actual budget spend for post-event accounting.
Please estimate all prices in USD. Use latest market rates for approximate conversions from MXN to USD on xe.com.
| Name | Budgeted airfare ($USD) | Actual airfare ($USD) | Budgeted fuel ($USD) | Actual fuel ($USD) | Budgeted hotel ($USD) | Actual hotel ($USD) | Budgeted parking ($USD) | Actual parking ($USD) | Budgeted incidentals¹ ($USD) | Actual incidentals¹ ($USD) | Budgeted total ($USD) | Actual total ($USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Acosta | $750 | $670.412 | $0 | $0 | $620 | $1,214.253 | $0 | $0 | $120 | $134.604 | $1490 | $2,019.26 |
| Iván Chavero | $750 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $620 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $120 | $0 | $1490 | $0 |
| Perry Rivera | $0 | $0 | $75 | $18.84 | $729 | $729.05 | $208 | $105 | $3004 | $94.37 | $1312 | $947.26 |
| Scott Williams | $0 | $0 | $120 | $TBD | $729 | $TBD | $208 | $TBD | $0 | $0 | $1057 | $TBD |
| Brian Monroe | $0 | $0 | $120 | $TBD | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $120 | $TBD |
| Totals | $1500 | $TBD | $315 | $TBD | $2698 | $TBD | $416 | $TBD | $240 | $TBD | $5169 | $TBD |
¹ — Taxi, meals, visas, travel insurance, other minor incidentals. Confirm other expense types with Community Architect before proposing here.
2 - $11,433.08 MXN pesos at exchange rate 1 USD = 17.053770 MXN at time of flight booking (02/21/2024)
3 - Original plan was to share room with Iván Chavero and split the bill. Ivan couldn't make it so aacosta paid for the whole hotel bill
4 - Budget adjustment for meals at $75/day [not including community meals]
Streaming
TBD
Event Reports
Iván Chavero's [TBD]
Brian Monroe's [TBD]
Scott William's [TBD]