Re: Apache OFBiz Community Building Tour - Mid-western USA, April 2009

[David E Jones]

I certainly do know of other services providers, however I do not  
represent any. I plan to make these visits non-commercial and only  
mentioned Hotwax because it is a simple fact that it is the company I  
am affiliated with, and I wanted it to be clear that I won't talk  
sales unless someone asks.

For other service providers who want to market through OFBiz, your  
best means of doing so (in my opinion anyway) is just public community  
participation, and I know from talking with various people that they  
have grown their businesses nicely using that as a primary means of  
marketing.

I hope that clears it up...

-David


On Apr 13, 2009, at 4:53 PM, BJ Freeman wrote:

I hope you will also let them know of other sources for support  
besides
hotwax, as the PMC chair.

David E Jones sent the following on 4/13/2009 10:45 AM:
As a follow-on to the April release branch, and to help encourage
community growth and participation for Apache OFBiz, I'm planning a  
tour
of the Mid-western United States. As part of this tour I'd like to  
visit
with individuals and organizations who are current and prospective
users, contributors, and others involved with or interested in OFBiz.

In these visits I will be available to spend 1-3 hours with you and
answer questions about Apache OFBiz and how you can use it most
effectively. I would be happy to speak with individuals or as many
people from your organization as you would like.

If you would like to better leverage opportunities to collaborate  
with
others in the community or there are specific things you'd like to  
see
in OFBiz, or be able to do with OFBiz, this is a great time to chat
about it. Also if you'd like general business level or technical help
with the software I'm happy to go over those sorts of things as well.

I am doing this as the PMC Chair of Apache Open For Business with the
intent of helping grow the community and not in my role as an  
officer of
Hotwax Media. If you are interested in the services of Hotwax I'll be
happy to briefly answer questions and refer you to the Hotwax sales  
people.

Below is the rough schedule I have in mind and the general areas I  
plan
to be in. I'll be changing it as needed to accommodate what people  
are
available for. If you're around these areas and available around  
these
times, please let me know!

17 April (Fri): Omaha NE, Des Moines IA, Kansas City MO
20 April (Mon): St. Louis MO
22 April (Wed): Indianapolis IN, Louisville KY (maybe Chicago IL)
24 April (Fri): Memphis TN, Nashville TN
27 April (Mon): Dallas TX, Oklahoma City OK

Please contact me directly by email if you're interested in a  
visit. If
you know of someone else who might be interested in a visit, please  
make
an introduction and if they are interested I'm happy to play along.  
My
schedule is flexible on this trip so morning, lunch and evening  
visits
along with normal business hours are fine.

There is no fee for this, but I won't refuse a free meal if  
offered. I'm
traveling in a 40' motorhome, so hints for parking somewhat nearby  
are
also appreciated.

I am planning to do this in other areas in the near future, but don't
have firm plans yet. The next likely area will be the north-western  
USA
in July (around the time and place of OSCON which I'll be speaking  
at on
July 23rd in San Jose, CA).

-David