I agree with your thoughts. Except there is a lot of ocean between those events, I intent to visit FOSDEM but being located where I am NA is not a possibility.
I might be wrong, but it seems comparing apples with oranges (a danish expression) when you compare FOSDEM and apacheCON. I thought FOSDEM was open source in general and apacheCON was solely apache projects ?? Jan. On 10 November 2012 20:19, Rob Weir <rabas...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 10, 2012, at 11:31 AM, jan iversen <jancasacon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Once you get all the answers, will you then publish it (in a "statistic" > > form) ? > > > Let's see how many responses we get. I see it as prompting a > discussion on priorities and what we get out of various kinds of > events. If numbers help then well have numbers. But this much is > certain: many of us will soon will have choices to make, since Fosdem > and Apache NA are at nearly the same time. I think feedback from > those in the project who attended ACE would be valuable. > > -Rob > > > > > > I looked deeply into my pocket for apacheCon, but found it very > expensive, > > so I would really like to hear if it was worthwhile. > > > > We have FOSDEM upcomming in europe, and many like me, may be questioning, > > is that how I should spend my money ? > > > > I think it is very important, that we get the community "floating" and > gain > > momentum, but has anyone thought about making events that did not cost > > 600,- EUR + travel/hotel etc. ?? > > > > This is just a thought, please do not take it offensive that I as a > > newcomer suggest something different , but maybe it is time, we made a > > OpenOffice (I do not write AOO on purpose) gathering, where developers > can > > talk to developers without the overhead of a big conference company !! > > > > I used to do participate in such events, which were highly successful, > so I > > can only recommend it (and would be pleased to help establish such a > > non-commercial event). > > > > Jan. > > > > > > On 10 November 2012 16:58, Rob Weir <rabas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Ross, this isn't a "what if" survey based on what attendees might have > >> done, but didn't. I'm interesting in their actual experiences. But > >> feel free to add a relevant additional question if you feel one is > >> missing. > >> > >> -Rob > >> > >> On Nov 10, 2012, at 10:04 AM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> You missed how useful was it in learning about the ASF > >>> > >>> The problem is that the answers depend on how one approached the event. > >> If > >>> an individual only attended the AOO track then one would not benefit > from > >>> the community track or other project specific tracks for example. > >>> > >>> Ross > >>> > >>> Sent from mobile, forgive terseness and errors > >>> On Nov 9, 2012 8:13 PM, "Rob Weir" <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> > >>>> A few questions for those who attended in Sinsheim from the AOO > >>>> project. I'm hoping these answers will help us decide how to allocate > >>>> resources to future events. > >>>> > >>>> On a scale of 1-5, where 1 is lowest and 5 is highest, how effective > >>>> was attending ApacheCon EU to you for each of the following: > >>>> > >>>> A. Meeting other AOO project members > >>>> > >>>> B. Gaining new information about AOO from the formal presentations. > >>>> > >>>> C. Gaining new information about AOO from informal discussions with > >>>> project members. > >>>> > >>>> D. Gaining new AOO users > >>>> > >>>> E. Recruiting new potential project members > >>>> > >>>> F. Educating others about AOO > >>>> > >>>> G. Learning more about other Apache projects > >>>> > >>>> H. Moving AOO project plans and/or technical decisions forward. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thanks! > >>>> > >>>> -Rob > >> >
