FSCONS 2011/Planning

Dates

When do we want FSCONS 2011? Around November sounds sensible, but we need to make sure it doesn't conflict with so much else.

Please put stuff that could compete with FSCONS here, so we get a view of what dates to avoid...

Crew

Who wants to help out with the organisation? People needed for everything from drupal development or marketing to moving furniture.

Manifest

Please read our FSCONS Manifest.

Milestones

Preparation

Due in 10 days (01/21/11 00:00:00)

Bootstrap

Due in 7 weeks (02/28/11 00:00:00)

Initialise

Due in 3 months (03/28/11 00:00:00)

Live

Due in 4 months (04/30/11 00:00:00)

Logistics

Due in 8 months (08/31/11 00:00:00)

Exec-planning

Due in 9 months (09/30/11 00:00:00)

Verification

Due in 10 months (10/31/11 00:00:00)

Bug-Fix

Due in 10 months (11/10/11 00:00:00)

Clean-Up

Due in 12 months (12/31/11 00:00:00)

Post-conf

Due in 13 months (01/31/12 00:00:00)

Ideas

Drop whatever ideas you have here, including for speakers and topics.

Suggestion for themes/tracks (and examples of topics):

• Commons - Common (noun), a pasture subject to common use What commons do we have historically, and what new commons emerge?
• Accessibility - Are societies accessible to every human, regardless of visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities? What role can technology play, in increasing accessibility? Are on-line services less or more accessible than physical? What about culture?
• Education - Challenges, possibilities and lessons learned
• Journalism - how has journalism evolved with the www?
• Future of devices - Will everybody have access to the world's collected knowledge and wisdom in their pockets, or will devices be more targeted towards entertainment?
• Societies - What defines a society? What is the relationship between a state and a society? How do societies evolve?