• 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:
      • DigitalOcean
• Inform the FreeBSD developers about the event, especially:
  • KubilayKocak
• Spread the word:
  • https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy
  • https://www.netbsd.org/mailinglists/#regional-pl

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

• Various BSD ports presentations:
  • "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?