Topics

This is a rough idea of what the areas will be when we do a call for papers.

Criteria

Have a real problem to solve that needs a group to get together.
Pick something that will be a problem in September 2009, not something that either is insolvable on the one hand or that will likely be solved before September 2009 on the other.
Buy-in from relevant maintainers and other high-profile people active in the area.
Get started early obtaining travel funding.

Topics	Approved topics with runners	Good topic needs runner	In Discussion	Notes
Constrained-based power mgmt			X	Mark Gross suggested this, possibly too narrow. Still discussing
V4L-DVB Linux-TV framework, support for hybrid tuners –> Video		X		We need to target Mauro as a runner. ex: make mythtv easier.
Making User-Space I/O Not Suck microconference			X	Possibly should be virtualization, but no decision on whether we want virtualization as a topic
Security microconference	X			Solid topic with runners:jamesrmh and pcmoore).
Configuration Human Interface Guide			X	Ill defined. Need more detail.
Boot/Init microconference	X			Solid topic. Dave Jones is the runner.
Audio microconference		X		Solid topic. But attendance from audio folks required. Lennart will be the runner.
Control Groups microconference			X	Still discussing. Currently people feel it's too narrow, need more evidence that this is a good topic.
Networking		X		Yes, but we need to find runners and an interesting subtopic.
Solid-State Storage and Filesystems		X		Still in discussion, but with btfs and ext4 in the future this might be good.
X-windows	X			Still in discussion on subtopics and will require participation from some red hat engineers.
Embedded Systems	X			Solid topic. Greg KH/David Woodhouse will be the runner. Will probably need to flesh out some
Inter-Distributor Cooperation		X		Potential for good discussion vis a vis bug sharing between distros