# Building a Ruby track for Linuxfest Northwest **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 23, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-a-ruby-track-for-linuxfest-northwest/73341 "2006-10-23T22:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-a-ruby-track-for-linuxfest-northwest/73341/1 "2006-10-23T22:56:50Z")
Okay, it’s time to get a Ruby track going at Linuxfest Northwest. I’ve talked to the organizers and they say they’re game for it, if they can get enough quality talks. So take an hour or two this week to figure out what you really want to talk about an go submit a proposal using their form at: [http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/dxp/register.dxp?type=Presenter](http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/dxp/register.dxp?type=Presenter) Linuxfest Northwest is a regional, community oriented open source conference. It draws presenters and attendees from Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. This year’s conference is being held Saturday, April 28, 2007 and Sunday, April 29, 2007. You can read more at their website: ``` http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/ ``` This is what they have to say about presentations: This is a call for presentations on all aspects of Linux and open source technology. We welcome both introductory lectures and advanced discussions on software development. . … We will have 90-minute lecture slots. Presenters are asked to speak for 45 to 60 minutes and leave plenty of time for a question and answer period afterward. A DHCP network connection to the Internet will be available for each presentation (please bring your own network cables). An overhead 1024x768 60Hz video projector may be available upon request. (Please feel free to forward this to other appropriate lists/usergroups/whatever.) ---
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-a-ruby-track-for-linuxfest-northwest/73341/2 "2006-10-24T04:44:06Z")
pat eyler wrote: > Linuxfest Northwest is a regional, community oriented > introductory lectures and advanced discussions on > (Please feel free to forward this to other appropriate > lists/usergroups/whatever.) Well, given that it’s here in Portland, and given that I should be at release 1.5 on my big project by then, I’m game. However … My experience has been that such conferences, as did RubyConf 2006, usually draw _way_ more proposals than there are time for. As a result, some clues other than the freely available “calls for papers” as to what people _really_ want to hear about are welcome. Pat, are you bearing any such clues? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-a-ruby-track-for-linuxfest-northwest/73341/3 "2006-10-24T04:54:07Z")
On 10/23/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Linux and open source technology. We welcome both > > > > (Please feel free to forward this to other appropriate > > lists/usergroups/whatever.) > > Well, given that it’s here in Portland, and given that I should be at > release 1.5 on my big project by then, I’m game. However … Well, it’s not too far from Portland, it’s in Bellingham, WA. > My experience has been that such conferences, as did RubyConf 2006, > usually draw _way_ more proposals than there are time for. As a result, > some clues other than the freely available “calls for papers” as to what > people _really_ want to hear about are welcome. Pat, are you bearing any > such clues? Not officially. In the past, they’ve looked been very interested in beginner/getting started talks as well as talks about people doing cool things (for widely varying definitions of cool … I saw one guy presenting on ripping MP3s from vinyl). Sorry I can’t help you more than that. ---
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-a-ruby-track-for-linuxfest-northwest/73341/4 "2006-10-24T05:44:09Z")
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:53:38 +0900 “pat eyler” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Well, it’s not too far from Portland, it’s in Bellingham, WA. Bellingham! Oh I am so there. Now to think up a new talk.