Re: SXSW stuff

[Fabiana Simões <fabianapsimoes gmail com>]

Hi there,

On 4 March 2014 09:47, Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me> wrote:
> I was planning on doing 1:1 correspondance.  I had actually looked
> into buying cookies with teh GNOME logo on it as an ice breaker.  I
> got that idea from a gal who works at a bakery and was waiting at an
> airport heading back to Portland.

That sounds like a lovely idea :) I guess we won't have time to put it
in practice for SXSW, but maybe next time?

> Karen thought that getting some fliers printed out is a good first
> step and give them out at concerts and what not.

Is this sorted out? Do you need any help?

> Maybe we could get the engagement team to do some twitter
> stuff using the #sxsw hashtag?

What do you have in mind exactly? Would be happy to give a hand with that!

Are there any talks or events should keep an idea on? I'm not really
familiar with the schedule.

> But honestly, the outreach to get GNOME's name out is not the only
> driver.  We are also looking to see how  other orthogonal
> organizations do community outreach, or work with others. I'm looking
> for ideas that we could apply to our community that has worked
> successfully in others.  Something different.  Something fresh.

Yeah, SXSW definitely sounds like a good field for some research.
Looking forward to hear your insights when you're both back :)

- Fabiana