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+title: GUADEC Denver 2024
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+# GUADEC (formerly GNOME Users and Developers European Conference)
+
+## Event Details
+- **Date:** July 19-24, 2024
+- **Location:** Denver, CO, USA
+- **Type:** Lanyard Sponsor
+## Overview
+According to the event description, "GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops."  The Rocky Linux community was delighted to sponsor this event and support the project, given that GNOME is the user interface that comes packaged with our operating system by default.  
+
+## Highlights
+- A construction worker walked into a bar carrying two pieces of asphalt. He said to the bartender, "I'll take two drinks please—one for me, and one for the road." Community Team Lead Krista Burdine [told a few bad construction jokes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9mpdQIsmdE) and spoke about "Before they can come, you have to build it: making your project accessible to new contributors."
+- As our first official connection with the GNOME community, we had a little introducing to do. A little charcuterie and drinks at a local eatery served as a great connecting point. Krista had the chance to attend a Diverse Women in Tech type after-hours dinner, and really enjoyed conversing with women of similar experience and interests.
+- This was the first time Ryan Sipes has talked publicly about [the rebirth of Thunderbird](https://youtu.be/pWw1A1aKfh8?feature=shared), since he and his team figured out how to engage the community to contribute to their continued existence. Truly one of the most inspiring keynotes that could have been presented in an open source community. It lit a fire for us to engage our community with the same enthusiasm. 
+
+## Outcome
+This was the first time in a few years that the GNOME community had a meetup in the US, and we were pleased to be part of it. The purpose of the GNOME Foundation is to empower people with the technical tools to manage their personal computing experience. Our Community Team Lead contributed to that effort by speaking about making community accessible to new users.
+
+## Additional Resources
+- [GNOME Community](https://welcome.gnome.org/))
+- Krista Burdine [LinkedIn post](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kristaburdine_rockylinuxcommunity-newuserswelcome-rockyevents-activity-7220104306459385856-ONIa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) about the trip
+
+## Did we meet you there?
+*Please add your name, a link to your public posts about the event, your GitHub handle, or whatever other relevant information you want to include.*

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+title: Flock to Fedora Report 2024
+authors: Krista Burdine, Community Team Lead
+---
+# Flock to Fedora
+
+## Details:
+- **Date:** August 7-10, 2024
+- **Location:** Rochester, New York, USA
+- **Sponsor:** Gold Level
+- **Attended:** Neil Hanlon (Infrastructure); Krista Burdine (Community)
+
+## Overview:
+Flock to Fedora is an annual event hosted by Fedora for the purpose of team building and community development. The event includes annual reports on the State of Fedora and What Does Red Hat Want, workshops hosted by different SIGs and working groups within the Fedora project to prepare for the upcoming year, keynotes and speakers on Fedora related topics, and nightly community building activities.
+
+Rocky Linux sponsors this event as part of our commitment to contribute upstream. As the ultimate enterprise Linux upstream, our support of Fedora can benefit the entire EL neighborhood which includes CentOS Stream, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and any downstream projects of all three.
+
+## Highlights:
+- **From the Main Stage:** We enjoyed hearing from Joseph Gayoso about Marketing Team Hopes & Dreams, including the plan and execution of growing the Fedora channel on Mastodon.
+- **Hackfests:** 
+Neil attended the Infra and Releng Hackfest. 
+Krista attended the Fedora DEI Team Hackfest and participated in plans for the upcoming Week of Diversity event in March 2025.
+- **After Hours:** Nighttime events always seem to provide the best memories.
+National Museum of Play: Each attendee was given tokens to play in the arcade. Connecting after hours in a place that celebrates play.
+Rocky Social: Krista and Neil connected with some Rocky fans; over a few beers we brainstormed expanding the Rocky footprint in new directions.
+## Outcome:
+It’s no secret that the first few years of Rocky’s existence, creating space for a new community-driven EL in an established landscape, have included some fractious moments. The challenges made us dig into what fosters a community that can achieve the most good.
+
+Our conclusion has been to lean into our place within the Enterprise Linux neighborhood of open source projects, and serve our community while being the best neighbor possible. We realized we need to be more transparent about our upstream support, through being contributors of the upstream projects, calling out issues and bug reports submitted from our project maintainers, and through straight-up financial support of events like Flock and the recurring CentOS Connect conference.
+
+Flock to Fedora provides a neutral location to rub shoulders IRL with other members of the downstream EL community. When we interact in person it becomes easier to realize we are working toward a similar goal of providing a quality open source product that is supported by the community but suitable for enterprise use. Our various projects are not opponents to be pitted against one another, but co-laborers supporting the value of Enterprise Linux.
+
+The Rocky Linux team leads appreciated the networking, support, and respect shared by the Fedora community. So long, Rochester. Until next time, fellow Fedorans.
+## Additional Resources:
+[Flock to Fedora main page](https://fedoraproject.org/flock/2024/)
+[Upcoming Rocky Linux Events](https://wiki.rockylinux.org/events/)
+
+