Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > Hi all, > > > On Oct 6, 2005, at 6:05 AM, Graham Lauder wrote: > >> Jacqueline McNally wrote: >> >>> >>> I had this as an agenda item >>> (http://council.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg? >>> list=discuss&msgNo=674) >>> for the CC meeting: "4. next OOoCon: I suggest we announce the next >>> OOoCon now, and propose, following Jacqueline's lead, that we make it >>> Lyon.". >>> >>> >> Given that Asia is becoming a large market for OOo would it be >> reasonable to look at somewhere in that region for next year. >> >> Say Singapore for instance... > > The problem is that an OOoCon --that works must include the > developers that do the work, specifically those in Hamburg. They are > willing to travel, of course, but there are time and distance limits. > Sorry, but those are the facts. Heh, it would be good to take them outside their comfort zone for a while, Singapore is very accessible and very comfortable. :)
> > That said, we can and *should* focus on a few key conferences to > showcase OOo, what it can do, and how it can help people, and see if > there are local developers willing to help out. In Singapore, Colin > Charles can probably help us, if his schedule allows, as well as > other community developers. I would suspect from the point of view of the corporate members ie: SUN, Novell and so on that an Asian Conf would be extremely valuable. Singapore is central to India, China, Australasia and Indo China and a very sophisticated market to boot Whether we look at it as an Eastern Conf or the main conf I think it is well worth consideration Cheers Yo -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org Blog: yorick.edublogs.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
