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Modified: marketing/www/ooocon2008/cfl/dundalk.html marketing/www/ooocon2008/cfl/indox.html marketing/www/ooocon2008/cfl/venue_1.html Log: Slight change of format File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/ooocon2008/cfl/ ========================================= File [added]: cfl.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/ooocon2008/cfl/cfl.html?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup Added lines: 168 ---------------- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>OOoCon 2008 Call for Location</title> <!-- Include the common CSS stylesheet --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/marketing.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../ooocon.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="MyContent"> <a href="/conference/index.html"><img style= "border: 0px solid; margin-right: 25px; float: right;" src= "/conference/OpenOfficeConference_Logo_s.gif" alt= "OpenOffice.org Conference logo" /></a> <h1>OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2008)</h1> <h2>Call for Location</h2><br style="clear: left;" /> <div id="midtabs"> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> <li><a href="venue_1.html">Venue_1</a></li> <li><a href="venue_1.html">Venue_2</a></li> <li><a href="venue_1.html">Venue_3</a></li> <li><a href="venue_1.html">Venue_4</a></li> <li><a href="vote.html">Vote Now</a></li> <li class="th"><a href="cfl.html">Call for Location</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="contentpart" id="contextualinformation"> <br /> <br /> </div> <h2>Call for Location</h2> <p>The OpenOffice.org Community is now accepting proposals for hosting its next annual international conference, OOoCon 2008. Since the first conference in 2003, OOoCon has been held in Germany, Slovenia, France, and Spain - could your local OpenOffice.org community rise to the challenge in 2008?</p> <p>Hosting OOoCon is challenging, rewarding, exhilarating, exhausting ... and can provide a huge publicity boost for OpenOffice.org in the host country. There is no fixed date for OOoCon, although the past five conferences have been held in the autumn / fall.</p> <p>Proposals should be submitted to the conference mailing list before midnight UTC on February 10th 2008 and must follow the following guidelines:</p> <h2>Key Question</h2> <p>In 400 words or less, answer this question</p> <ul> <li>Why is your location and the date you propose the best for OOoCon 2008?</li> </ul> <h2>Mandatory Information</h2> <p>Your proposal MUST include</p> <ul> <li>Location (country, city, conference center/university)</li> <li>Proposed Date(s)</li> <li>Team Lead (main contact person)</li> <li>Team Members (all members should be willing and able to commit at least 3 hours per day to planning the conference during the last two weeks before OOoCon 2008)</li> <li>Local events that are taking place in parallel (or right before/after)</li> <li>Special visa or entry requirements, e.g. vaccinations</li> </ul> <h2>Your proposal COULD include</h2> <ul> <li>Large local OpenOffice.org deployments (for user keynotes and success stories)</li> <li>Names of local OpenOffice.org developers (for developer sessions)</li> <li>Names of local OpenOffice.org vendors/partners (potential sponsors)</li> <li>Travel costs (e.g. flight costs from the following cities: London, Paris, Rome, Beijing, Sydney, New York, Hamburg, Dublin, San Francisco, Cape Town, Tokyo)</li> <li>Accomodation costs (youth hostel, hotel)</li> </ul> <h2>Supplementary Information</h2> <p>User feedback from previous conferences suggest that the ideal location will:</p> <ul> <li>have a strong local OpenOffice.org community</li> <li>attract strong sponsor support</li> <li>have a low-cost/free conference centre with conference venues close together</li> <li>have facilities where people can pass the time, socialise, and mingle with other conference delegates close to the conference building(s)</li> <li>have a range of low-cost accomodation with easy/cheap transport to the conference location</li> <li>attract the largest number of community contributers</li> <li>facilitate the attendance of a large number of Sun's OpenOffice.org developers (who are in Hamburg, Germany)</li> <li>be accessible by cheap flight and train tickets</li> <li>be aligned with a large IT event (e.g. CeBIT, Systems, Comdex)</li> <li>provide low-cost broadband Internet access (e.g. wireless LAN in the rooms)</li> <li>allow for video and audio streaming (e.g. via the support of a company)</li> </ul> <h2>Submitting a Proposal</h2> <p>Proposals should be sent to the mailing list <a href= "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>.</p> <p>The deadline for submissions is midnight UTC on February 10th 2008. Shortly after that date we will publish the applications and call for votes from community members.</p> <p>Information about previous OpenOffice.org Conferences can be found at: <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference";>the Conference Website</a></p> <p>Thank you and good luck with your proposals!</p> <p>The OpenOffice.org Conference Team</p> </div> </body> </html> File [changed]: dundalk.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/ooocon2008/cfl/dundalk.html?r1=1.1&r2=1.2 Delta lines: +83 -85 --------------------- --- dundalk.html 2008-02-09 12:04:48+0000 1.1 +++ dundalk.html 2008-02-09 15:19:23+0000 1.2 @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ <li><a href="venue_1.html">Venue_4</a></li> <li><a href="vote.html">Vote Now</a></li> + + <li><a href="cfl.html">Call for Location</a></li> + </ul> </div> @@ -188,29 +191,46 @@ <h3>Names of local OpenOffice.org vendors/partners (potential sponsors)</h3> - <p>The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Dermot Ahern T.D., has - agreed to support the bid for OOoCon 2008 in Louth, Ireland and I have - attached a letter of his willingness to proactively support the - conference.</p> + <p>Ireland is the 2nd largest exporter of software in the world and many + of the world's large software corporations having a European Headquarters + or significant presence in Ireland including Google, Sun Microsystems, + IBM, Microsoft, Iona, PayPal, SugarCRM and others.</p> - <p>The Minister said, <em>I am delighted to support this important event - in the global open source calendar. Recent events in global markets - underline the need for all types of businesses and organisations to - ensure their competitiveness and the open standards and technical - innovation promoted by events such as OOoCon are a key strategy in this - area. I would be delighted and honoured to open this event should - Ireland's bid be successful. As one of the largest software exporters in - the world, it is appropriate that we share both our expertise and our - famous Irish hospitality with the open source software community from - around the world at this conference.</em></p> + <p>OOoCon 2008 Ireland would have an opportunity to call on speakers from + both Government, Education and Industry sources to raise the profile of + OpenOffice and promote it's use on the island of Ireland.</p> - <p>The location of the conference (Louth is on the border with Northern - Ireland) is also of huge importance and support for the conference has - been organised on a cross-border basis.</p> + <p>Indeed one of the Government Institutions (http://www.opw.ie) have + rolled out OpenOffice to over 600 users and may be prepared to give a + Public Sector view at the conference.</p> - <p>The Minister added, <em>As a border county, Louth is ideally placed to - showcase the economic potential of peace and political stability on our - island.</em></p> + <p>Names of local OpenOffice.org vendors and potential sponsors:</p> + + <ul> + <li>IBM</li> + + <li>Sun</li> + + <li>Google</li> + + <li>Horizon Open Systems</li> + + <li>SugarCRM</li> + + <li>OpenApp</li> + + <li>MOR Solutions</li> + + <li>InterTradeIreland (North-South Government Body)</li> + + <li>Tourism Ireland (North-South Government Body)</li> + + <li>Irish Government (various Departments)</li> + + <li>Failte Ireland (Tourism and Conference Body)</li> + + <li>Louth Local Authorities (local Government)</li> + </ul> <h3>Travel costs</h3> @@ -265,60 +285,65 @@ <p>User feedback from previous conferences suggest that the ideal location will:</p> - <h3>have a strong local OpenOffice.org community</h3> - - <p>Response</p> - - <h3>attract strong sponsor support</h3> - - <p>Ireland is the 2nd largest exporter of software in the world and many - of the world's large software corporations having a European Headquarters - or significant presence in Ireland including Google, Sun Microsystems, - IBM, Microsoft, Iona, PayPal, SugarCRM and others.</p> - - <p>OOoCon 2008 Ireland would have an opportunity to call on speakers from - both Government, Education and Industry sources to raise the profile of - OpenOffice and promote it's use on the island of Ireland.</p> + <ul> + <li>have a strong local OpenOffice.org community</li> - <p>Indeed one of the Government Institutions (http://www.opw.ie) have - rolled out OpenOffice to over 600 users and may be prepared to give a - Public Sector view at the conference.</p> + <li>attract strong sponsor support</li> - <p>Names of local OpenOffice.org vendors and potential sponsors:</p> + <li>have a low-cost/free conference centre with conference venues close + together</li> - <ul> - <li>IBM</li> + <li>have facilities where people can pass the time, socialise, and + mingle with other conference delegates close to the conference + building(s)</li> - <li>Sun</li> + <li>have a range of low-cost accomodation with easy/cheap transport to + the conference location</li> - <li>Google</li> + <li>attract the largest number of community contributers</li> - <li>Horizon Open Systems</li> + <li>facilitate the attendance of a large number of Sun's OpenOffice.org + developers (who are in Hamburg, Germany)</li> - <li>SugarCRM</li> + <li>be accessible by cheap flight and train tickets</li> - <li>OpenApp</li> + <li>be aligned with a large IT event (e.g. CeBIT, Systems, Comdex)</li> - <li>MOR Solutions</li> + <li>provide low-cost broadband Internet access (e.g. wireless LAN in + the rooms)</li> - <li>InterTradeIreland (North-South Government Body)</li> + <li>allow for video and audio streaming (e.g. via the support of a + company)</li> + </ul> - <li>Tourism Ireland (North-South Government Body)</li> + <h3>Government support</h3> - <li>Irish Government (various Departments)</li> + <p>The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Dermot Ahern T.D., has + agreed to support the bid for OOoCon 2008 in Louth, Ireland and I have + attached a letter of his willingness to proactively support the + conference.</p> - <li>Failte Ireland (Tourism and Conference Body)</li> + <p>The Minister said, <em>I am delighted to support this important event + in the global open source calendar. Recent events in global markets + underline the need for all types of businesses and organisations to + ensure their competitiveness and the open standards and technical + innovation promoted by events such as OOoCon are a key strategy in this + area. I would be delighted and honoured to open this event should + Ireland's bid be successful. As one of the largest software exporters in + the world, it is appropriate that we share both our expertise and our + famous Irish hospitality with the open source software community from + around the world at this conference.</em></p> - <li>Louth Local Authorities (local Government)</li> - </ul> + <p>The location of the conference (Louth is on the border with Northern + Ireland) is also of huge importance and support for the conference has + been organised on a cross-border basis.</p> - <h3>have a low-cost/free conference centre with conference venues close - together</h3> + <p>The Minister added, <em>As a border county, Louth is ideally placed to + showcase the economic potential of peace and political stability on our + island.</em></p> - <p>Response</p> - <h3>have facilities where people can pass the time, socialise, and mingle - with other conference delegates close to the conference building(s)</h3> + <h3>Social</h3> <p>At the end of a long working day, clocking off comes as a welcome relief and nobody on the planet knows how to work hard and play hard like @@ -370,38 +395,11 @@ longer</li> </ul> - <h3>have a range of low-cost accomodation with easy/cheap transport to - the conference location</h3> - - <p>Response</p> - - <h3>attract the largest number of community contributers</h3> - - <p>Response</p> - - <h3>facilitate the attendance of a large number of Sun's OpenOffice.org - developers (who are in Hamburg, Germany)</h3> - - <p>Response</p> - - <h3>be accessible by cheap flight and train tickets</h3> - - <p>Response</p> - - <h3>be aligned with a large IT event (e.g. CeBIT, Systems, Comdex)</h3> - - <p>Response</p> - - <h3>provide low-cost broadband Internet access (e.g. wireless LAN in the - rooms)</h3> + <h3>broadband Internet access</h3> <p>Free WiFi / Broadband access will be available in all Campus meeting facilities, Hostels and Hotels.</p> - <h3>allow for video and audio streaming (e.g. via the support of a - company)</h3> - - <p>Response</p> </div> </body> </html> File [changed]: indox.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/ooocon2008/cfl/indox.html?r1=1.2&r2=1.3 Delta lines: +7 -0 ------------------- --- indox.html 2008-02-09 11:21:51+0000 1.2 +++ indox.html 2008-02-09 15:19:23+0000 1.3 @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ <li><a href="venue_1.html">Venue_4</a></li> <li><a href="vote.html">Vote Now</a></li> + + <li><a href="cfl.html">Call for Location</a></li> </ul> </div> @@ -76,6 +78,11 @@ <strong>please don't vote</strong> - we want OOoCon to be held where the maximum number of people can attend.</p> + <p>Teams were asked to provide information in a <a href="cfl.html">Call + for Location</a>. Their replies have been presented in the same format to + make it easy to compare one with another. Some teams have provided more + complete answers than others.</p> + <p>There are four locations to choose from this year. Please read the details of each venue carefully and then vote for the one which you could attend. If you are fortunate enought to be able to travel to more than File [changed]: venue_1.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/ooocon2008/cfl/venue_1.html?r1=1.2&r2=1.3 Delta lines: +22 -39 --------------------- --- venue_1.html 2008-02-09 11:35:05+0000 1.2 +++ venue_1.html 2008-02-09 15:19:23+0000 1.3 @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ <li><a href="venue_1.html">Venue_4</a></li> <li><a href="vote.html">Vote Now</a></li> + + <li><a href="cfl.html">Call for Location</a></li> </ul> </div> @@ -113,55 +115,36 @@ <p>User feedback from previous conferences suggest that the ideal location will:</p> - <h3>have a strong local OpenOffice.org community</h3> - - <p>Response</p> - - <h3>attract strong sponsor support</h3> - - <p>Response</p> - - <h3>have a low-cost/free conference centre with conference venues close - together</h3> - - <p>Response</p> - - <h3>have facilities where people can pass the time, socialise, and mingle - with other conference delegates close to the conference building(s)</h3> - - <p>Response</p> - - <h3>have a range of low-cost accomodation with easy/cheap transport to - the conference location</h3> - - <p>Response</p> - - <h3>attract the largest number of community contributers</h3> - - <p>Response</p> + <ul> + <li>have a strong local OpenOffice.org community</li> - <h3>facilitate the attendance of a large number of Sun's OpenOffice.org - developers (who are in Hamburg, Germany)</h3> + <li>attract strong sponsor support</li> - <p>Response</p> + <li>have a low-cost/free conference centre with conference venues close + together</li> - <h3>be accessible by cheap flight and train tickets</h3> + <li>have facilities where people can pass the time, socialise, and + mingle with other conference delegates close to the conference + building(s)</li> - <p>Response</p> + <li>have a range of low-cost accomodation with easy/cheap transport to + the conference location</li> - <h3>be aligned with a large IT event (e.g. CeBIT, Systems, Comdex)</h3> + <li>attract the largest number of community contributers</li> - <p>Response</p> + <li>facilitate the attendance of a large number of Sun's OpenOffice.org + developers (who are in Hamburg, Germany)</li> - <h3>provide low-cost broadband Internet access (e.g. wireless LAN in the - rooms)</h3> + <li>be accessible by cheap flight and train tickets</li> - <p>Response</p> + <li>be aligned with a large IT event (e.g. CeBIT, Systems, Comdex)</li> - <h3>allow for video and audio streaming (e.g. via the support of a - company)</h3> + <li>provide low-cost broadband Internet access (e.g. wireless LAN in + the rooms)</li> - <p>Response</p> + <li>allow for video and audio streaming (e.g. via the support of a + company)</li> + </ul> </div> </body> </html> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
