The 20th BSDCan will include tutorials on PF, running your own email, TLS, BGP, and NSH, as well as two days of talks on everything from systems administration, networking, and programming.
This means that I won't attend, speak at, or promote conferences that do not have a robust #PublicHealthPolicy .
It's a hard line for me. Because if you cannot enforce public health measures, I have absolutely no faith that you will enforce your Codes of Conduct, to protect folks from harassment.
If you consider yourself an inclusive conference with a diverse community and you don't have a public health policy. You aren't as inclusive as you think you are.
@josh#BSDCan has maintained their strong policy, which is great. There have been other #BSD conferences with a strong #HealthPolicy, but has been patchy & organising teams have dropped the ball in subsequent years, like EuroBSDConf. Some leadership was needed, instead of leaving it to local organisers.
Likewise, #LinuxAustralia could have stepped in & set the tone for their events, but failed to.
#Python is the only large community I've noticed taking a consistently correct approach to this.
Lots of good stuff, some not-so-good. Trying to be more thoughtful than commenting "yeah, what so-and-so said" but sometimes folks who reviewed earlier basically nailed it.
That tutorial on running your own email is sheer trash panda BS, though.
If you too have #BSD (#OpenBSD, #FreeBSD, #NetBSD or related) material you want to present and would like to go to #Ottawa end May to start of June to do that and hang out with other BSD people, go to https://www.bsdcan.org/2024/papers.php and follow the submission instructions until Monday February 12th.
BSDCan 2024 will be held 31 May - 1 June (Fri-Sat), 2024 in Ottawa, at the University of Ottawa. It will be preceded by two days of tutorials on 29-30 May (Wed-Thu).
BSDCan 2024 will be held 31 May - 1 June (Fri-Sat), 2024 in Ottawa,
at the University of Ottawa. It will be preceded by two
days of tutorials on 29-30 May (Wed-Thu).
Also: do not miss out on the Goat BOF on Tuesday 28 May.
For the safety of speakers and attendees, this conference will again
follow the mask policy outlined at https://bsdcan.org.