===== General hints =====

  * Email the %%FreeBSD%% Foundation at least 2 weeks before the actual event. They might be able to send you a package full of %%FreeBSD%% swag.
  * Prepare a list of tasks so that everyone can find something challenging yet doable:
    * Small utilities are perfect for workshops.
    * Prepare some easy and well-defined tasks for total beginners.
  * Have a backup plan for those participants who did not manage to set up a %%FreeBSD%% machine:
    * Extra laptops running %%FreeBSD%%.
    * Disposable %%FreeBSD%% shell accounts:
      * Local server.
      * Cloud solutions:
        * [[https://www.digitalocean.com/|DigitalOcean]]
  * Inform the %%FreeBSD%% developers about the event, especially:
    * [[/KubilayKocak|KubilayKocak]]
  * Spread the word:
    * [[https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy]]
    * [[https://www.netbsd.org/mailinglists/#regional-pl]]

===== Presentations / slides =====

This is a mix of what might be interesting to Ports primers and BSD developers.

  * Various BSD ports presentations:
    * [[https://www.openbsd.org/papers/pkgsrccon-2010.pdf|"OpenBSD ports...what the heck?!" by Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse (2010, pkgsrcCon, www.openbsd.org)]]
  * Are there any new developments in the %%FreeBSD%% ports infrastructure?
  * How are %%FreeBSD%% Ports dealing with the ever-changing lib[std]c++?
  * What are the teams involved in the %%FreeBSD%% Ports?

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