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Meetbsd12
1. Introducing
BSDevents.org
Dru Lavigne
Director of Community Development, iXsystems
MeetBSD California, November 4, 2012
2. Goals
Provide more information than bsdevents@ (e.g.
maps, more details than fit in a tweet)
Provide calendar to assist event organizers and
attendees with scheduling
Provide up-to-date list of user groups
Provide central area for announcing upcoming
events and accessing BSD presentations
3. Features
Blog: announces CFPs, upcoming conferences,
presentations, and user group meetings about a
week in advance, tweeted to bsdevents@
Calendar: lists upcoming conferences with BSD
related presentations and/or booths
4. Features
Presentations: known BSD presentations are
ogranized by year and event; includes icons to
indicate at a glance the type of presentation
media
User Groups: list of known BUGs (or UUGs)
categorized by country, state/province, and city
5. Features
Presentations: known BSD presentations are
ogranized by year and event; includes icons to
indicate at a glance the type of presentation
media
User Groups: list of known BUGs (or UUGs)
categorized by country, state/province, and city
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10. How You Can Help
Submit information about missing user groups or
listed groups which no longer meet
If you have a BSD-related presentation, make
sure it is uploaded to the conference's website or
a public site (such as your own website or
slideshare) and that the URL is listed at
bsdevents.org
Let us know if you have an upcoming BSD
presentation at a non-BSD event
11. How You Can Help
Submit information about upcoming conferences
which are not already listed on the calendar
Let us know about CFPs so that we can
encourage more BSD submissions. If you see a
CFP, consider a submission!
Contact us if you are putting together an event or
booth and need swag
12. Questions?
Contact:
dru@freebsd.org
URL to Slides:
http://slideshare.net/dlavigne/meetbsd12
