[kde-usa] [kde-promo] KDE Cascadia

[Celeste Lyn Paul]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Claudia Rauch <rauch at kde.org> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
>
> On 12 October 2011 23:52, Carl Symons <carlsymons at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There were a few emails about the possibility of having a North
>> American KDE meeting in Bellingham. This message is a more formal
>> proposal and request for comment.
>>
>> Proposal: A national KDE meeting (such as CampKDE), April 28 & 29,
>> 2012, in conjunction with LinuxFest Northwest (LFNW -
>> http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/).
>>
>> LFNW is the oldest community-driven FOSSFest in North America. Held
>> annually at Bellingham Technical College (BTC -
>> http://www.btc.ctc.edu/), 2012 will be the 13th LFNW. It is a grass
>> roots event with appeal for the local community, regional FOSS techies
>> and internationally known presenters. The Fest includes a wide variety
>> of between 80 and 100 presentations, a low key expo and a Saturday
>> evening party with beer, soft drinks and food. There is no admission
>> charge to Fest events, a reasonably-priced lunch is served by the
>> Culinary Arts Department of the College.
>>
>> The LFNW organizing group has already enthusiastically approved
>> including a KDE-specific program, and within the past few days, the
>> BTC sponsors agreed.
>>
>> There would be no venue charge.
>>
>> A volunteer staff of organizers and BTC students is available to
>> produce the KDE conference.
>>
>> Travel was raised as a potential obstacle to this being a national
>> event. Allegiant Airlines flies directly into Bellingham from major
>> cities on the US West coast. The main hotel and conference venue are
>> close to the airport. Travel could be a challenge and somewhat more
>> expensive than travel to a major city, but it's doable.
>>
>> With an exhibit at both OSCON (July 2011) and LinuxCon (August 2011),
>> LFNW organizers promoted the national presence of FOSSFests (handout
>> attached), as well as collaboration between FOSSFests on common
>> interests. By associating KDE with these community-driven conferences,
>> North American KDE gatherings could move easily from location to
>> location.
>>
>> I propose that the event be called "KDE Cascadia", a national
>> gathering with a regional flavor.
>>
>> (Cascadia...cas CAD ia; cas - "a" like cat, cad - "a" like wait, ee uh)
>> It sounds almost like casKDEa. Poetry!
>>
>> Cascadia is the region of the NW North American continent that
>> includes British Columbia in Canada, and northern California, Oregon
>> and Washington in the U.S. It is home to Vancouver, BC (about 2
>> million people), Seattle (3 million), Portland (2 million) and
>> Bellingham, host of LinuxFest Northwest (LFNW), the original
>> community-driven FOSSFest in the U.S. The name comes from the Cascade
>> Mountain Range that runs from British Columbia Canada to California.
>> It's purdy (http://www.google.com/search?gcx=c&q=cascade+mountains&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1225&bih=648)
>>
>> I prefer "KDE Cascadia" to "CampKDE" or "KDE + [something about North
>> America, something about U.S. and Canada]"
>>
>> The idea of KDE Cascadia came from the announcement for "Drupal on the
>> Bayou" (http://www.drupalonthebayou.com/), a national Drupal meeting
>> in New Orleans, a national conference with a regional flavor.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Ok to proceed?
>>
> What do others think? Should we discuss this with the board? Are there
> any other alternative plans for a Camp KDE 2012?

The last time Camp KDE 2012 came up, Jeff said he was in the process
of working an additional proposal out. Jeff, is there anything still
going on with this?

~ Celeste


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> Claudia
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Celeste Lyn Paul
KDE Usability Project
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