LibrePlanet: Conference/2010

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Hi! Welcome to the planning page for LibrePlanet Conference 2010!

LibrePlanet Conference will be held March 19th-21st in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the Harvard University Science Center. You can see photos from last years conference here [1]

LibrePlanet is a three day free software meeting of the minds/hack-a-thon. This year we'll also be hosting a GNU Hackers Meeting and a track featuring presentations from women in free software, see increasing women's participation in free software. Plus we will have an address from the GNU project founder and FSF Board president Richard M. Stallman.

We have space for only 250 attendees, so please register soon to secure your place! FSF members attend for free with non-members paying $60 -- so why not become a member? Everyone who attends receives a LibrePlanet 2010 t-shirt.

Why you should attend: 

* Learn about the latest developments with the GNU operating system.
* Lightining talks and presentations from key free software projects
* Participate in group hacking projects or campaigns discussions -- bring your laptop.
* Learn about practical steps in free software advocacy.

So, if you've got something you want to hack on or a workshop you'd like to see or a presentation you would like to give, let us know!

Thursday, March 18th (Evening) -- Informal dinner and drinks among the people in town so far, and an initial introduction for GNU maintainers and developers attending the GNU Hackers Meeting.

Friday, March 19th -- Hands-on hacking, bug-squashing, and documentation work on projects which will be announced in advance (please bring a laptop), simultaneous with a full day of GNU Hackers Meeting events

Saturday, March 20th -- Address by RMS, and keynotes from other free software and GNU speakers

Saturday Evening, March 20th -- The LibrePlanet social

Sunday, March 21st -- Lightning talks and presentations by attendees covering free software projects, practical steps in advocacy and diversity, and a GNU track with maintainers presenting on both their own projects and ideas for improving GNU overall

Of course, if you're not quite ready to commit your ideas to this page, feel to come visit us in #libreplanet on freenode or email membership@fsf.org :)


Who's coming

(RSVP by adding your name here. Ideally, create a user page for yourself using the template.)

Attendees

If you'd rather not be listed here, please RSVP by sending an email to membership@fsf.org instead, thanks!

Payment for non-members

The conference is free for members, but costs $60 for non-members. Membership is $120 for the year -- just $60 for students. Join or just pay for the conference.

Communicating with other conference-goers

Follow conference microblogging with the !libreplanet group at http://identi.ca.

Or join us in #libreplanet on the Freenode IRC network.

Directions

We're back in the Harvard Science Center, which is easily accessible from Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA. The red arrows will bring you in from either of the two northern exits from the Harvard Square T-stop.

http://static.fsf.org/fsforg/img/harvardsquaremapwitharrows.png

Parking suggestions and directions for getting to Harvard as a whole are available on Harvard's web site.

However, if you are driving to the Boston area, your best bet is probably to park in one place (like your hotel) and use public transportation to get around while you are here. Scroll down the page for more information on available public transportation.


Getting to Harvard Square via the MBTA (aka "The T")

  1. Subway: Take the Red Line to the Harvard Square Station, which is a short walk from the campus. You can map out the building's location using its street address: 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA or looking for it from Harvard Yard.
  2. Bus: Routes #66 (Allston), #71 (Watertown), #73 (Belmont), #68 (MIT East Campus), #69 (Lechmere), #72 (North Cambridge), #74 (Belmont), #76 (Belmont), #77 (Arlington), #78 (Arlmont), #86 (Somerville), #96 (Medford), and #1 (South Boston) all go to Harvard Square.

Airport Information

The closest airport is Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). From any airport terminal, look for signs for the Silver Line T stop. The Silver Line is a subway line that is actually a bus. Take the Silver Line to the South Station stop on the Red line. From there, follow the directions for the subway to Harvard.

Accommodations

Here are some suggestions, but if you've found an even better deal -- please post it!

  • Harvard Square Hotel is very close and economical for a Harvard Square hotel. ($179 plus tax of 12.45% per night)

Hostels

These are about 5km from the conference venue, but have prices of $50 or less.

Other hostels a little further out can be found at HostelWorld.com.

Room Sharing with Other Attendees

Please say if you're coming for all three days or which days you're coming if you are only joining us for part of the time.

Bulent Basaran coming for three days.

Hackday

Ideas for Friday's hackday should go here, thanks!


Free and Open Machine

This should be an on going project to suggest congenial manufacturers, support people starting out, and to provide a path to easy configuration and good performance. Personally, I think FSF should be able to sell a fully configured machine off the shelf.

We should identify components for a machine that would best free us. Last year there was this suggestion: Open Machine

Looking for consensus and expert opinion on the following:

  • CPU
  • Motherboard and BIOS (someone from CoreBoot interested ?)
  • Drives
  • Graphics
  • Wireless
  • Audio components
  • Distributions

Edit this page to include your name and email address with your ideas or contact vogelrl at fsf dot org Manufacturer participation appreciated.

Sunday's Tracks

Increasing women's participation in free software

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