On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 18:47 -0600, Bryen M Yunashko wrote: > On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 16:37 -0800, Sri Ramkrishna wrote: > > The chair of OSCON used to be a GNOME contributor. We can probably ask > > him regarding any confusion on the criteria. I'm not that bullish of > > manning the booth but I will if it will help the cause. > > > > sri > > > > I wouldn't want to see anyone stuck manning the booth. But surely > within Portland and the nearby areas, there are people willing to > volunteer to help staff the booth. A well-scheduled rotation makes > "boothing" enjoyable and gives everyone a chance to do other things > instead of feeling like it is all work and no play. > > As I recall, there's about 3 days of exhibit hall time. And it kicks > off with a general meet n greet within the exhibit hall the first night > incl horsey doors. (No I cannot spell that appetizer word to save my > life!) >
I manned the GNOME booth at OSCON for 3 years. It just seems that the participants there are not really interested in Linux desktops in general. They are all cloud/web apps type of people. The booth would have to be focused on applications or integration with cloud, a11y, or online services to get traction IMHO. A booth for the sake of just showing a GNOME desktop is not very inspiring or useful. sri > Bryen > > > > On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 18:25 -0600, Bryen M Yunashko wrote: > > > On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 18:00 -0800, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > > > > Is it worth registering a booth at OSCON? I guess, if we have > > > > applications to show then perhaps it might be better. We could also > > > > try to get donations for a11y as well. Anyways, let me know what > > > > people think. > > > > > > > > I'd like to to have a meeting on how to deal wtih conferences.. what > > > > conferences we should be going to etc. > > > > > > > > sri > > > > > > I'll be going to OSCON this year on behalf of openSUSE. The procedure > > > has changed this year for getting an OSCON booth (which the procedures > > > have always sucked.) In the past it was first-come, first-served for > > > dotorgs to get a free both. This year, they will open up an application > > > process in March and then consider which ones qualify for a free both. > > > > > > No word on what the criteria will be. > > > > > > OSCON has promised they will contact me as soon as the application > > > process is opened. I'll be sure to let the GNOME team here know when > > > that happens so you guys can figure out a booth. > > > > > > We could also consider doing shared booths in order to increase dotOrg > > > presence at these events. Worth thinking about. > > > > > > Bryen > > > > > > > > > -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
