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== Proposed Schedule ==

=== Thu Oct 27 ===

* Workshops

* Food

** Morning snack (workshop hallway)

** Afternoon snack (workshop hallway)

** (Speaker's dinner)

=== Fri Oct 28 ===

* Presentations

* Keynote

* Reception

* Exhibits

* Food

** Morning snack (break room)

** Lunch

** Afternoon snack (break room)

** Reception

=== Sat Oct 29 ===

* Presentations

* Unconference/barcamp

* Exhibits

* Food

** Morning snack (break room)

** Lunch

** Afternoon snack (break room)

== Event Name ==

* Long form:

10th Free Software and Open Source Symposium

and Toronto LinuxFest 2011

* Short form:

FSOSS/LinuxFest 2011
== Sponsorship ==

* See sponsorship document from previous years (foundation for this year)

* Exhibit option

** 6' table (or equivalent space)

** 5A 120V power

** 2 chairs

=== Community Groups ===

* $75

* Includes 2 passes

* Half-table in the community literature hall

=== Sponsorship Levels ===

* See sponsorship spreadsheet

== Presentation and Workshop Proposals ==

* Update CFP wording

* Friday - Technical Focus

** 4 tracks x 6 slots

* Saturday - User Focus

** 4 tracks x ? slots

=== CFP ===

Open to any and all topics related to open source!

This year, we particularly welcome talks on open source :

* Cloud & Virtualization

* Mobile

* Open Source Business Models and Commercialization

* Open Hardware

* Green IT

Talks can be targeted at any audience level from neophyte to expert.

First round of submissions closes June 30.

=== Keynote Possibilities ===

* Linus Torvalds (Linux) ***

* Mark Surman (Mozilla) (CT)

* Mark Shuttleworth (Canonical) (CT)

* Shawn Powers (Linux Journal) (DA)

* Andrew Morton (Linux) (CT)

* Larry Wall (Perl) ***

* Eben Moglen (SFLC) ***

* Michael Geist (UofO) (CT)

* Michael Shaver (Mozilla) (CT)

* Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media) (CT)

* Evan Prodromou (identi.ca) ***

* Jim Whitehurst (Red Hat) (CT)

* Alan Cox (Intel) (CT)

* Jon "Maddog" Hall (Linux International) (CT)

= Action Points =

* Sponsorship package update and distribution to team: chairs

* Distribute package to contacts: team

* Tracking: Tim & Sam

* Sponsorship management: Tim

* Logo update: Chris

* CFP: John