Re: Note about upcoming conferences

[Oliver Propst <oliver propst gmail com>]

On Fri, 2014-07-11 at 07:14 -0500, meg ford wrote:
> 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?
You raise an interesting question.  I still think the foundation would
need to ensure that it can provide some kind of sponsorship with such
list. Would be interesting to hear other people's opinions about this. 

>         
>         > 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 :) 
Its unfortunate you didn't get the box, your story highlight's
a weakness in our process, it would be great if we could improve it.
I think this would make an excellent agenda item for a future engagement
team meeting. Cool that you did the event without a 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.
Its really great that you are interested in hosting GNOME events and ask
about this.


-- 
-mvh Oliver Propst