[CentOS-promo] Brucon 2009

[Benny Ketelslegers]

>
>Bert Desmet wrote:
>>* hi,
*>>*
*>>* I am searching for some Belgian CentOS contributors who want to go to
*>* *>*brucon.org. I would want to make a combined booth (Fedora -CentOS), if
*>>* that is possible for the organisation. so let me know what you think
*>>* about it.
*>>*
*>>* regards,
*>>* Bert desmet
*>*
>*
>Hi Bert,
>
>Are you talking about http://www.brucon.org ?
>If so I really doubt that a booth can be obtained for free , as just the
>conference ticket price is around 250euros (less if early bird ticket
>though : http://www.brucon.org/index.php/Tickets) .
>Have you more informations about that event ? It doesn't seem to
>involve/push opensource and surely can't be compared to the Fosdem ;-)
>BTW what does Frédéric Hornain think of that event ? Frédéric tends to
>be the official Fedora ambassador in belgium (i didn't know that there
>was another one ..) who organizes such events ...


Disclosure: I'm one of the Brucon organizers.

My take on the request. I didn't want anyone, including the sponsors to
start with booths. This was going to be a non-commercial event unlike
infosecurity.be.

This is why I'm not in favor of any booths. But I'm in favor of 'hacking'
communities. Toool.nl and various hackerspaces.org will be present like
Randomdata, HSB, Syn²cat and /tmp/lab.

They get some 'space' to promote their community. So some presence in the
hacklounge. A small desk where they can show some of the stuff they hack
together. Some of them will give workshops.

Our prices range from 50€ (students) to 180€ which is about the price of a
combo-ticket to Rock Werchter. Consider us a "tech" festival but with comfy
chairs and wifi to sit in.

The concept is a little bit Defcon/CCCongress style but with our own little
twist. The event is shaped by the volunteers and since it's the first
edition, a lot has still to be defined.

If you have any comments or suggestions, drop me a message.
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