[Yocto-Advocacy] OE/Yocto "thing" update 2018-11-28

[Nicolas Dechesne]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 11:05 PM Philip Balister <philip at balister.org> wrote:
>
> On 11/28/2018 04:10 PM, Trevor Woerner wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I am organizing an OE/Yocto "event" at the upcoming SCaLE conference[1]
> > under the conviction OE/Yocto needs to expand beyond ELC/E, and OED{A|E}M.
> > Here is an update on my progress.
> >
> >
> > Agenda: 1) naming, 2) advertising, 3) date, 4) speakers
> >
> > 1) Naming
> > So far we haven't, as of yet, 100% settled on a name for the event. I think
> > the top contenders include "OE/Yocto Summit" and "OE/Yocto Mini-Conf", with
> > and without the word "User" thrown in there as well (e.g. "OE/Yocto User
> > Summit").
> >
> > Ideas? Votes? Suggestions?
>
> OpenEmbedded/Yocto Project Mini Conf

OpenEmbedded and Yocto Project Mini Conf?

>
> We hate abbreviations :)
>
> >
> >
> > 2) Advertising
> > We need a place to advertise this. I'll be sending out an email to the
> > various OE/Yocto mailing lists (my proposed lists are:
> > yocto at yoctoproject.org and openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org) but
> > the more advertising the better. I don't get the impression there will be
> > any advertisement on the SCaLE website itself, other than to make people
> > aware of a general "Embedded Track" occurring at the conference. Would it
> > be possible/okay to create a page on the OE wiki about it? What about
> > something on a Yocto page/wiki?
> >
>
> I can add the event to the OE wiki and link to page for you to edit.

we can advertise on yoctoproject website and various social media. We
had discussed about setting up its own website, iirc, but in the
interest of time, and because it's the first time, maybe a wiki page
can be enough this time...

>
> >
> > 3) Date
> > Although SCaLE itself is a 4-day event, this OE/Yocto-specific thing will
> > be 1-day in length. While still not 100% cast in stone, this event is very
> > likely to occur on Sunday, March 10, 2019.
> >
>
> Truly a great day!
>
> >
> > 4) Speakers
> > So far I've just been contacting some people directly to test the waters
> > and gauge interest. I have not yet sent out a general request for talks.
> >
> > For this first such event, my goal is to target "users" of OE/Yocto
> > (instead of core developers) and invite them to share their experiences
> > (both good and bad) as part of their initial forays into this project. I'm
> > keen to reach people who are new, and get their feedback before they learn
> > all the "tribal knowledge". I would every much like to see future such
> > events targeted towards core developers. But as a first attempt I'm
> > interested in a user conference.
>
> The questions we've been struggling with are: Who attends SCALE, What do
> they need to know/learn about OE and How can we serve their needs best.
> I've never been to SCALE, so I am terrible at judging this.
>
> Thanks for organizing this. I am really interested to see how it turns
> out and if my questions get answered.
>
> Philip
>
> >
> > As such the current list of people I've contacted includes:
> > Alistair Francis, Western Digital, RISC-V
> > Jon Mason, the ARM<->Yocto liaison
> > Rich Persaud, OpenXT
> > Katrina Prosise, Togan Labs
> >
> > We have space for 6 talks if they are 40-minute in length, otherwise we
> > could have more talks if a bunch of shorter ones are proposed.
> >
> > Alistair has already committed and confirmed a 40-minute talk. Nothing 100%
> > confirmed from the rest quite yet, and spaces are still available.
> >
> > I don't have a hard deadline yet for proposals, my goal is that these talks
> > be relevant when they are given in March. As such, I don't want to set a
> > hard date too far before the event. I'll want to firm things up by late
> > January or early February.
> >
> > The intention is that these talks will be recorded, and posted online at
> > some point.
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >     Trevor
> >
> >
> > [1] https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/17x
> >
> >
> >
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