Cor Nouws wrote:
Hi all,
One idea for improvement: our booth finished at 5 this afternoon. Most
people had left … but still there were visitors, developers around. So
maybe we can plan next year that some people stay longer (and maybe also
arrive later). We will have even better coverage then.
interesting to hear that because it didn't looked so when we have left
at ~4:15pm. One more thing that we can improve ;-)
I very much enjoyed – regards,
+++1
The many many emails in front of the event were definitely a good
investment.
Let me thank you all who where there and helped to make the OO.org
presence at FOSDEM successful. Without you all it wouldn't have been
possible and it again makes it clear why community work is really a lot
of fun.
I share the overall impression that it was a good event and that we have
present our project quite well.
The booth ...
Our booth was always staffed very well and i think questions were always
answered satisfying. Sophie made it comfortable and served coffee and
cookies for the people behind and in front of the booth. It helped
especially me on Sunday morning to wake up after the second long night
and too many beers ;-)
Mechthilde never got tired to answer questions with a motivation that
was really awesome. I never have met her and also Michael in person
before. I really enjoyed it.
Our merchandising stuff was well accepted and we were able to collect
useful donations that we can use for further activities. It shows that
it is well invested money and we should take that into account for
future events. From my point of view it has a double effect. People want
it and they don't hesitate to give a donation for it. And not seldom
much more than the minimal requested production price. And on the other
side they promote our product/project by wearing the shirts or using
cups etc.
The DevRoom ...
My impression was that more end users were there and that it is really
hard to attract new "core" developers.
I used the session slot from Robert (who was sick) to make an informal
discussion session. We mainly answered questions related to Java
development. From my point of view some interesting and useful
discussion. Not really surprising for me but it showed again that people
are interested to use OO.org in the backend for server applications.
Most often for conversion or printing jobs. But also scripting and
extensions development is of interest.
My workshop was an experiment to bring some more practical stuff to the
attendees. I have a mixed feeling because some people left the room
because they hadn't a laptop that was a prerequisite that i already
mentioned in the abstract. Others who really worked through the lab
documentation appreciated the detailed lab documentation ... I think it
is better placed at events where i can provide some hardware environment
as well or completly online (i will publish it asap).
Nevertheless i think the DevRoom was good and we should of course do it
again. We have one year to lower the entry barrier for new developers
and we should really work on it.
I volunteer to organize our presence next year as well because i had a
lot of fun and i got of course motivated to make it better the next time ;-)
Juergen
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