The last two years we had introductory session in BOSUG just before foss.in covering a whole bunch of topics that might be of interest to anyone new to the FOSS world and interested in learning the ropes. A similar session can be planned for this time as well. I welcome those interested to provide your inputs (on http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-bosug).
The participation in these introductory sessions has been many folds more than the regular sessions and hence needs to be a little planned ! :) cheers Shiv