On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Melissa Warnkin < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Kay, > > What kind of project giveaways are you thinking of? Let me know - I'll be > more than happy to accommodate this if I can. Please be sure to contact > brand management if approval is needed!!! > Truthfully, I didn't have anything particular in mind -- I was just wondering about this booth generally. > As Ross mentioned, I'm the primary booth staffer, but there are always a > handful of volunteers that help at the booth (staffing during breaks/lunch > and help with the setup/teardown). Shane will be my sidekick at the booth > this year. If you or others from your project will be attending OSCON and > would like to be present at the booth at a specific time to talk to the > attendees, just let me know. OK, I'll ask about this. I think OpenOffice does have some popular items that have been used at other events. We could always send out a broadcast via social media about "stop by the > ASF's booth at XXX to speak with the reps from Project XXX". That goes for > the other projects as well!! > > It's always great to have someone from the community at the booth to > answer technical questions!! > > Please let me know if you have any further questions. > > Have a great day - speak soon, > > ~Melissa > OK, and thanks for the information. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Ross Gardler <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 11:07 PM > Subject: Re: Apache@ OSCON question > > > We have foundation giveaways but generally not specific projects (the table > isn't big enough;-) > > Usually we just have Melissa staff it and answer general questions about > the ASF. Wherever possible she connects people asking about specific > projects to attendees at the conference. > > In theory we could be more organized giving specific projects a time slot > for example. But we would someone to help Melissa manage this. > > If there is something you would like to do let us know. > > > > > > > > > > > On 19 June 2014 17:08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just saw in the May Board minutes that Apache has applied for a booth > > at OSCON. > > > > Can we get a small update on this? Should projects provide give-aways of > > some sort if we have them? What's typically handled at the Apache booth > > at OSCON. > > > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kay Schenk@Apache OpenOffice “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” -- John Wooden
