Re: Note about upcoming conferences

[meg ford <megford gnome org>]

Hey Oliver,

On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 5:53 AM, Oliver Propst <oliver propst gmail com> wrote:

I think this is the page [1] you are looking for.

We tend to create a wiki page about a specific event once we know that
someone will attend/speak, like this one [2].

Thanks, I was aware of the pages you pointed me to :)

Basically I was wondering if there are events where GNOME should have a presence, e.g. where it should be a priority, and if there could be a list of them. We don't seem to have events for the US listed in that way on the wiki. That way, if people can look at the page if they are attending a conference, and if they have time they can also organize something GNOME-related at the conference --e.g. a meetup, table, talk, etc.

Does that make sense?

> and (2) is it
> possible for your team to provide a general outline of a process non-team
> members can follow to contact your team and easily co-ordinate a GNOME
> presence?

Well I consider everyone who is willing to speak about GNOME a team
member. Write to this list a good start, we are also quite active on
irc (#engagement).

> I've had some slight difficulty coordinating things in the past
> because I have to send emails to so many places, wait for responses, ask >who
> to contact next, etc :)

Hm, the event wiki page are featured on main gnome wiki page [3].

For example, to get funding for the event box, I needed to write the board, who didn't get a chance to respond to the funding request for materials, then also Zana to coordinate the delivery of the box, then the person who had the box, and in the end nothing happened so I just did a booth without any box :)

Anyway, none of it is a big deal, but since we have events here a few times a year and I had some questions I thought I'd ask.

Cheers,

Meg