Re: Tuesday 14th IRC meeting notes

[Pockey Lam <pockey beijinglug org>]

Dear all,

I added more questions and now there are 21 questions in total for the 
survey.

http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/survey2011

Pockey

On 09/15/2010 08:11 AM, Brian Cameron wrote:
> I made some minor improvements to the wording at the wiki pages.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On 09/14/10 12:03 PM, Frederic Muller wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Please find the minutes of the meeting:
> >
> > 1. Pockey updated the group on her research and work related the the
> > 2011 conference:
> >   - Air ticket costs from Europe & USA to Asia are available at
> > http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/FlightCost
> >   - AsiaGroup created on wiki for the GNOME Committee members
> >   - GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 survey page located at:
> > http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/survey2011
> >
> > 2. In order to get everybody up to speed and why we were having this
> > urge to turn GNOME.Asia into a GNOME 3 hackfest on GNOME 3 release day
> > we went into the reasoning & objectives (or in other words, the problem
> > we were trying to solve):
> >   - 2 past years of Gnome.asia with poor control over the finance and
> > losing money so we would like to aim at something similar as our first
> > year where we would end up being cash positive
> >   - Since next year is the GNOME 3.0 release, it's a good opportunity to
> > get the buzz our way. Organizing a hackfest on the release day/week
> > could help us to get some GNOME contributors together in Asia set up in
> > a similar manner as a "command center", companies might be willing to
> > sponsor travels, the conference and more if the cost is not over the 
> > roof.
> >   - It would be a great opportunity to take on the successes from
> > Beijing and Taipei were we discovered "hidden" GNOME contributors to
> > build a bigger Asian community
> >
> > 3. The committee then discussed about the survey format:
> > 3.1 Hackfest schedule:
> > Intro: "An event that is focused on making GNOME 3 successful"
> > use quotes from the 1-on-1 discussion (see below) about why others
> > should want to come.
> > 5 hackdays closed to the public+ 1-2 days conference open to the public
> >
> > 3.2 Audience:
> > 1. People actually doing the release.  The marketing and release team
> > will have work to do at this time.
> > 2. Promoting the release, raising attention to it.  Having people talk
> > about it, educate people about it, etc.
> > 3. Celebrating the release
> > 4. Dealing with technical issues on the way.  Responding to users who
> > need help, have questions
> >
> > or in other words:
> > 1. GNOME release team
> > 2. GNOME docs team
> > 3. GNOME marketing team
> > 4. Others who will be involved with the actual mechanics of doing the 
> > launch
> > 5. companies - potential sponsors
> > 6. GNOME contributors living in Asia
> >
> > 3.3 Location:
> > 1. Currently looking at India, Hong Kong, Indonesia
> > 2. Airfare to Indonesia about 20% higher than the other 2 countries.
> > 3. Flight extra cost to Indonesia could be compensated by cheaper resort
> > 4. Utian mentioned an Indonesian resort in bogor:
> > http://www.mitrakonservasi.co.id/ where the local ISP can sponsor the
> > Internet connection.
> > . Max capacity: 120
> > . Final conference days in Bogor city hall to accommodate for a larger
> > audience
> > 5. It is noted that GNOME developers can share rooms during hackfests.
> > 6. Wers offered to talk with his contacts to find more resorts in
> > Indonesia, namely Jakarta, Bogor and Depok area.
> > 7. Resort page created on the wiki at
> > http://live.gnome.org/action/edit/GnomeAsia/ResortVenue
> >
> > 3.4 Survey steps:
> > 1. An initial 1 on 1 discussion should take place once the above topics
> > are filled with:
> >   - The leaders of the GNOME release and  marketing teams
> >   - A few other important people in the community such as people like
> > Owen Taylor, Vincent Untz, Jon McCann, Paul Cutler, etc.
> > 2. An initial release of the question would then be sent to the 10
> > people we want the most
> > 3. If we get good responses, adapt the survey to reflect any feedback we
> > received from the first round and widen it to the whole release and
> > marketing team, etc.
> >
> > 3.5 Survey questions, current suggestions:
> > 1. Do you want to join the upcoming GNOME.Asia 2011? why?
> > 1. Where do you want it to host? a list of countries / cities
> > 1. If there is a one day tour offered to participants, will you join?
> > 1. If yes, what kind of places you would like to go? multiple choice
> > 1. Will you encourage any of your friends, co-workers or colleagues to
> > attend the event?
> >
> > Survey page is here for improvements:
> > http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/survey2011
> >
> >
> > Action Items:
> > 1. Utian to send his GNOME wiki account to Pockey to put in AsiaGroup
> > 2. Ask BharathAcharya to check for resort packages and venues for a
> > capacity of e.g. 200 (in India)
> > 3. Check what Hong Kong could offer (Pockey)
> >
> >
> >
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