[advocacy-discuss] Events with OpenSolaris participation ?

[Michal Bielicki]

Still no mention of the LinuxTag occurance of OpenSolaris on the Events 
on the front page.
:)

Michal Bielicki wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>   
>>>       
>> -- 
>>
>> best regards,
>> Deirdré Straughan
>>
>> Sr. Web Producer, Storage Platform Software Group
>> Sun Microsystems
>>
>> Wikis: Storage Admin 
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>> <http://blogs.sun.com/storage/> - internal blog: Un Posto al Sole 
>> <http://blogs.sfbay.sun.com/deirdre/>
>>
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