Over this long weekend, a number of people have told me about their plans to participate at FOSS.IN/2005 by giving talks, holding mini-confs and discussion/meetings, workshops, etc. This is great, because that’s what the event will be all about.
Unfortunately it isn’t going to be much fun if you are the only one who comes to your party. 
The big idea about FOSS.IN is not individual components like talks, but groups of activities centred around a topic. If you have been on the FOSS.IN mailing list, you of course know about this, but if you are new to the concept, here’s a quick primer: