Date:	Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:48:54 -0400
From:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: 2011 Kernel Summit Planning kickoff

Hi all,

It's time to start the planning process for the 2011 Kernel Summit!
This year, the kernel summit will be held in Prague in the Czech
Republic on October 24--26.  This year, the biggest change is that the
conference will be running three days, where the first day will be
dedicated to some kernel subsystem workshops.  The second day will be
focused on development process issues and be more discussion oriented;
for this reason, it will be limited to core kernel developers picked
through a nomination and selection process which as in previous years.
The third day will be more presentation oriented (although hopefully we
will have some discussion); and all kernel summit workshop attendees
will be welcome attend the 3rd day.

The kernel summit is organized by a program committee, but it could just
as easily said that it is organized by the whole Linux Kernel
development community.  Which is to say, its goals are to make Linux
kernel development flow more smoothly, and what we talk about is driven
by the work that is going on in the development community at large.  So
to that end, we need your help!

First off, please see the Kernel Summit 2011 web site, which can be
reached at http://ksummit2011.kernel.org.  This announcement, an
explanation of the process by which we decide which the program
committee decides who is issued invitations to attend the kernel summit,
and much more information, can be found at this web site.

Secondly, please join the ksummit-2011-discuss mailing list and submit
suggestions for topics that you think should be discussed at the kernel
summit --- either specific technical issues which impact the entire
kernel (topics that are specific to a single subsystem are probably
better discussed at the various workshops that are held for a particular
subsystem, such as the Linux Storage and File System workshop, or the
Power Management Summit, etc.), or ideas for process improvements to how
we do our development.  (Hint: if you suggest a topic which the program
committee agrees is an important and vital area for discussion at the
Kernel Summit, and you happen to be a good person to lead or participate
in that discussion, that's one of the ways you can wangle an invite to
the Kernel Summit.  The other way, of course, is to write a lot of good
code and/or take on the responsibilities of being a subsystem or
architecture maintainer.  :-) In addition, for those of you who have
attended the kernel summit in the past, if you have suggestions for how
we can make the kernel summit run more smoothly, please drop a note to
the ksummit-2011-discuss list.  We're always looking for ways we can
improve the kernel summit.

Thirdly, once again, this year we will be asking people to propose
significant/interesting "out of the box" discussion topics.  We will be
inviting the submitters of the 3-5 of the most interesting discussion
topics to come to the kernel summit to help lead those discussions.  The
form for submitting these proposals will also be used for accepting
proposals for presentations of the third day of the summit.  Please send
in proposals by July 22, 2011.

In addition, please examine the list of names which the program
committee will consider for receiving kernel summit invitations.  As
detailed in the description of the Invitation Process, the list is
compiled mechanically using a script which pulls information from the
git source code repository for the kernel.  It is used only as a
starting point; if you can think of people (including yourself) that you
think should be considered by the program committee, please let us know,
either by filling out the nominations form, or by sending e-mail to the
program committee at ksummit-2011-pc.  NOTE: Please send us any
nominations/suggestions by June 30th, 2011.

If you are on the list, please check to make sure there aren't any typos
in your name and that the e-mail address is the one you would prefer to
use for kernel summit related e-mails.  We sometimes have trouble
contacting people that we have chosen to receive an invitation, and you
can make our lives much easier by checking to make sure we have your
correct contact information.

Finally, one of the primary reasons why I started the kernel summit
eleven years ago was because I've found that people work better after
they have had a chance to meet each other face to face.  If you only
know someone via e-mail, it's lot easier to get into flame wars.  But
after you've met someone, broken bread and drunk beer with them, it's
easier to work with them as a colleague and fellow developer.  While the
Linux Kernel development community has grown significantly since March,
2001, this principle still holds true.  So even if you don't end up
getting an invitation to the kernel summit, your participation and
suggestions are incredibly helpful and are an important contribution to
the community.  And either way, I hope we will see you at some of the
upcoming Linux developer conferences and workshops, such as the
LinuxCon. event in Vancouver, and the Linux Plumbers Conference in Santa
Rosa.

Thanks, and I look forward to working with you to make Kernel Summit,
and Linux Kernel development in general, even more successful this year
and in the future.

				Theodore Ts'o

				Chair, Kernel Summit Program Committee
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