Dear all,
Please find below
the agenda of upcoming IRC meeting.
This will be our last IRC meeting for the Hackfest / Summit,
and we will be able to host one face to face in Bangalore ;-)
As usual, in order to
save
time for the irc meeting, let's update our action item status by
email in advance.
Please also note that I will be travelling to Hong Kong to get my
VISA to Bangalore i.e. I may not be able to join.
Fred volunteered to host the meeting, thanks!
Schedule:
Date: Mar 22 Tuesday
Time: 1400 UTC (1 hour)
Channel: #asia-summit at GIMPnet server
Planned Agenda:
- Previous action items update
- Call for Local Sponsors update
- Public registration status update
- Student training registration update
- Business sessions participants update
- ISP service update
- Call for volunteer update
- Call for MCs update
- Call for Exhibition update
- Marketing activities / press invitation update
- Marketing materials production status
- Review check-list (a must do item :-) as it's our last meeting
before the hackfest / conference) - esp. ***read the section of
1 week before the event***
Previous AI:
1) local team to get volunteers to approach 20+ colleges and local
communities to give away free passes to the conference (still
1.5 weeks from the conference, let's work hard on getting 1000
participants :-)
2) Brian to be the moderator of business session BOF
3) BLUG_Fred to make lists of participants for biz and collab
sessions (DONE)
4) Fred will shift 'Distribution collaboration' on some other date,
may be during hackfest days
5) Local team to enquire and publish details about tour + party for
hackfest attendees.
Party budget at 30USD per person, but to suggest the best
possible place.
and Srag to help to talk to Intel to sponsor hackfest party
6) Local team to get some media to cover the event (Chandni sent
email about media sponsors)
7) Pockey finished the artwork of bags, next step is local team to
produce conference bags will be made, need to be ordered in India
8) Local team to call for MCs and call for exhibitors
9) Local team to contact local communities for : advertise our
event, invite them to man a booth
10) lakhil said due to cricket world cup final, we should try to end
first day conference (April 2) by 3 PM, pockeylam will restrict talk
time to 45 mins / talk (DONE)
11) srag to check with Bosch if they interested to attend the
business session
12) srag to approach the trainer at Infosys mysore for the business
session
13) Local team to get some media to cover the event - Deadline next
meeting on 15 March
14) Allan / Max to work on the video streaming option of our
conference
15) Pockey to work on the certificates of volunteers / student
training
16) Pockey to work on the program (DONE)
17) Lakhl / bharath to book the hotel (DONE)
18) Srini / Lakhil / Bharath to book the venue (DONE)
19) Emily to work on the survey / questionnaires to participants
20) Pockey to update the checklist (DONE)
Cheers,
Pockey
