Awesome idea. Some thoughts :
Good sponsors could be companies that are currently using mod_perl.
Perhaps a recruiting / job fair area etc might be nice. Spa.com would
probably want to participate in this sort of capacity. Given the
current high demand for mod_perl folks, having a display of just how
MANY people are using it would serve a dual purpose, converting
people to mod_perl ( 'Look, LOTS of people want to hire these people
for much money. Wow, I should learn it' ) and allowing the companies
using the technology direct access to the people doing it.
Sorry for the sparse reply, I just think this is a cool idea and want
to help as much as I can. Everyone here in engineering is pretty
excited about the idea.
John Armstrong
VP, Technology
spa.com
>
> >Well, this is a follow up by the Camelot folks (Hi Stewart and Jeff)
> >So please comment on this one too, thanks!!!
> >
> >Regarding the scriptwebdev conference, I mentioned
> >this to Terry and Jeff again and they would like to
> >see an outline/plan for how this event might work.
> >For example, what would the tracks be exactly? Who are
> >some of the major vendors that we could target for
> >booths/sponsorships? What media/magazines could we
> >target specifically? What competitive events should
> >we schedule against or worry about? Could this event
> >stand on its own or should it be a module/add-on to
> >the ApacheCon show? While I realize we already
> >discussed some of these issues in Orlando, it would be
> >nice to have an official proposal from you that
> >addressed some of these things on paper. Please note
> >that planning a conference can be extremely time
> >consuming/complicated (the devil is in the details)
> >and we need as much ammunition as possible in order to
> >consider doing this.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >-stewq
> >
> >
