One of the aspects we should not forget is that, though the track is only six talks long, the event lasts for 2 days. So there is ample opportunity to meet, talk about and promote both OFBiz and specific solutions and approaches.
Best regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Pierre Smits <[email protected]> wrote: > It is more about how we market our participation/presentation, than how > the organiser (LF) and/or the ASF market the event. We have an opportunity > here to introduce OFBiz to a variety of potential adopters in the European > market space. > > Of course there a kind of chicken-and-egg situation here. People won't > attend (won't pay) if the OFBiz track is not appealing. And we can be > certain that if the submitted talks don't appeal to the organiser (both in > quantity and quality) the talks won't get accepted. > > We must offer a value for money if we want to succeed at this. > > Best regards, > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > Based Manufacturing, Professional > Services and Retail & Trade > http://www.orrtiz.com > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Sharan-F <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Jacopo >> >> I agree that we need to make it attractive to both community and potential >> attendees although it's currently being marketed as 2 distinct events in >> the >> same week (but you can go to both by paying a supplement). >> >> My understanding is that the Linux Foundation will definitely be selecting >> the presentations for the Apache Big Data event but that PMCs will have >> influence over the content in the ApacheCon Core event (see following >> quote). >> >> >PMCs that suggest tracks (half tracks) for "apacheCon: Core" will >> > decide the content, with only an outside oversight. >> >> Thanks >> Sharan >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/New-Format-for-Apachecon-EU-2015-Event-tp4669146p4669479.html >> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > >
