Re: [guadec-list] Keynotes to invite

[Glynn Foster <Glynn Foster Sun COM>]

Hi,

Dave Neary wrote:
>> * Richard Taylor - GNOME at Weta Digital (no idea if that is a fact)

It's not in general, though I imagine there's a few hackers that might prefer GNOME.

> I can add a few more names, but this is a good start. We should filter
> out those who keynoted last year, add some more people currently in the
> news, and start sending people hunting to get in contact. From past
> experience, we'll need to invite about 20 people to get 6 or 7
> acceptances - the acceptance rate is much higher for people within the
> GNOME community, though.

Another person to consider is Chris Anderson, author of 'The Long Tail'

 http://www.thelongtail.com/

very much in line with what I think is a Keynote, rather than a bunch of GNOME
folk. We can talk to the GNOME folk daily, we need to be encouraging people
outside our direct community.


Glynn