[yocto-ab] AB proposal: sending Kevin Strasser to Barcelona

[Osier-mixon, Jeffrey]

Excellent, a definite majority - thanks everyone!

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Ta, Lieu <Lieu.Ta at windriver.com> wrote:
> Yes, from Wind River.
>
> Lieu
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: yocto-ab-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-ab-
>> bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Osier-mixon, Jeffrey
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:10 PM
>> To: yocto-ab at yoctoproject.org
>> Subject: [yocto-ab] AB proposal: sending Kevin Strasser to Barcelona
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Kevin Strasser has been an Intel intern for several months, working on the
>> Yocto Project. One of his duties has been to create a Yocto Project demo for the
>> booth at ELCE/LinuxCon in Barcelona - the amazing blimp that we discussed in
>> the last AB meeting. To that end, he refitted a 3-meter model blimp with an
>> embedded board and a camera and rebuilt the base station, so now the Yocto
>> Project has an incredible demo - a flying blimp, autonomous or controllable
>> remotely, with an on-board streaming camera. The blimp's board is ARM-
>> based (Gumstix) while the base station is based on an Intel Atom, showing the
>> diversity of the project and its commitment to architecture agnosticism. The
>> software is completely open source and available in a Yocto Project repository.
>> I predict it will be a huge hit in Barcelona.
>>
>> Kevin, as the creator of both the blimp electronics and software, knows it
>> intimately. Having him available in Barcelona allows the technical expert on
>> the meta-meson project to be present to run the demo and discuss how it was
>> pulled off, reflecting positively both on the Yocto Project and on Linux. In the
>> booth he can certainly describe repeatedly his process to develop the blimp.
>> Having him there will not only bring that layer's creator in contact with people
>> who may want to create their own layers (and will be impressed that a college
>> student could do this) but will also free up higher-profile Yocto Project
>> engineers from having to explain it repeatedly, so they can explain higher-level
>> things to other people. Not to mention, no one knows the project as well as
>> Kevin.
>>
>> In short, I think we could gain quite a lot from having him there. He can also
>> lend a hand at Dev Day.
>>
>> I propose dedicating some of the 2012 Community travel funds to bring Kevin
>> to Barcelona to represent the Yocto Project's blimp demo. A Yes or No vote
>> over the next two days would be very helpful.
>>
>> thanks
>> --
>> Jeff Osier-Mixon http://jefro.net/blog
>> Yocto Project Community Manager @Intel http://yoctoproject.org
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Jeff Osier-Mixon http://jefro.net/blog
Yocto Project Community Manager @Intel http://yoctoproject.org