[advocacy-discuss] Events with OpenSolaris participation ?

[Michal Bielicki]

Sounds good. Jim, should we make it a project ? Event participation & 
advocacy ?
Just a thought to speed things up a bit ;)

cheers

Michal

Deirdre Straughan wrote:
> It could be similar to the barCamp wikis, e.g. see 
> http://barcamp.org/OpenCamp
>
> Each event gets one (long) page that is a catchall for everything 
> about it.
>
>
>
> Michal Bielicki wrote:
>> Jim Grisanzio wrote:
>>   
>>> Michal Bielicki wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Hi Jim,
>>>> you seem to become my base discussion partner for tricky questions 
>>>> ;). So here my list of ideas, not sure which ones are feasible or 
>>>> make enough sense to implement but treat it as a think thank.
>>>>
>>>> - keep a list of all events where OpenSolaris will take part or will 
>>>> be represented, ech with a link to its own page where people could 
>>>> express if they want to help, come visit, take part in running a booth ?
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>> Yep. I think that's good. We can pretty easily list the events if we 
>>> pool our information.
>>>     
>> That seems to have started but we need to add a way for people to 
>> express if they want to help aso ...
>>   
>>>     
>>>> - create a list where people could express their readiness to speak 
>>>> and present at events with their contact details, so organizers of 
>>>> events have a chance to contact them and find out if they would be 
>>>> willing to take part in events
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>> Do you mean another mailing list? Or just a list of people? I'd prefer 
>>> to not create another mailing list unless activity is so overwhelming 
>>> that it needs a new list.
>>>     
>> wiki is what I would envision. actualy only editable to people with an 
>> account at the opensolaris site
>>   
>>>> - create a space where people can add their own events, partly to ask 
>>>> if someone would want to participate as opensolaris.org, or asking 
>>>> for volunteers to help with the event.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>> Good idea. This is where I think the UGs can most help since some of 
>>> them may be at locations where events or conferences will take place. 
>>> In other words, the UGs can help manage our involvement at various 
>>> events.
>>>     
>> yes but only gfor their local event. The pages still will need info 
>> about global events. could also be a perfect way to keep the UG's up to 
>> date with stuff that is maybe being planned for shows in their area ?
>>   
>>>> It would probably also help to have a place where potential sponsors 
>>>> could express their willingness to provide space for some opensolaris 
>>>> advocates to present stuff on their booth ?
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>> I don't know much about sponsorships, but perhaps others do and can 
>>> help with that. Also, we can just give instructions somewhere to have 
>>> potential sponsors to post to advocacy-discuss.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we need a little Events team or an Events project? That's what 
>>> we are talking about here. There is a lot of logistics involved and 
>>> people have to focus on this and actively manage it. I would love for 
>>> that activity to take place on advocacy-discuss, or if need be, on a 
>>> new events list/project where non-Sun community members can not only 
>>> participate but lead as well. Advocacy already sponsors the 
>>> OpenSolaris DevCon lists.
>>>     
>> I'd +1 that unchecked
>> :)
>>
>>   
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>
>>   
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