Re: OSCON

[Sri Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me>]

On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 18:47 -0600, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 16:37 -0800, Sri Ramkrishna wrote:
> > The chair of OSCON used to be a GNOME contributor.  We can probably ask
> > him regarding any confusion on the criteria.  I'm not that bullish of
> > manning the booth but I will if it will help the cause.
> >
> > sri
>
> I wouldn't want to see anyone stuck manning the booth.  But surely
> within Portland and the nearby areas, there are people willing to
> volunteer to help staff the booth.  A well-scheduled rotation makes
> "boothing" enjoyable and gives everyone a chance to do other things
> instead of feeling like it is all work and no play.
>
> As I recall, there's about 3 days of exhibit hall time.  And it kicks
> off with a general meet n greet within the exhibit hall the first night
> incl horsey doors. (No I cannot spell that appetizer word to save my
> life!)

I manned the GNOME booth at OSCON for 3 years.  It just seems that the
participants there are not really interested in Linux desktops in
general.  They are all cloud/web apps type of people.

The booth would have to be focused on applications or integration with
cloud, a11y, or online services to get traction IMHO.  A booth for the
sake of just showing a GNOME desktop is not very inspiring or useful.

sri

> Bryen
>
>
> > On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 18:25 -0600, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 18:00 -0800, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> > > > Is it worth registering a booth at OSCON?  I guess, if we have
> > > > applications to show then perhaps it might be better.  We could also
> > > > try to get donations for a11y as well.  Anyways, let me know what
> > > > people think.
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to to have a meeting on how to deal wtih conferences.. what
> > > > conferences we should be going to etc.
> > > >
> > > > sri
> > >
> > > I'll be going to OSCON this year on behalf of openSUSE.   The procedure
> > > has changed this year for getting an OSCON booth (which the procedures
> > > have always sucked.)  In the past it was first-come, first-served for
> > > dotorgs to get a free both.  This year, they will open up an application
> > > process in March and then consider which ones qualify for a free both.
> > >
> > > No word on what the criteria will be.
> > >
> > > OSCON has promised they will contact me as soon as the application
> > > process is opened. I'll be sure to let the GNOME team here know when
> > > that happens so you guys can figure out a booth.
> > >
> > > We could also consider doing shared booths in order to increase dotOrg
> > > presence at these events.   Worth thinking about.
> > >
> > > Bryen