I don't imagine many attendees would be interested in a sponsorship keynote per se. However, as part of a "how the foundation works, what it is and its current status" keynote it makes more sense.
If we do a State of the Feather keynote in EU then I'd like to propose that it not be 40 mins of the President talking but rather three or four mini keynotes anchored by the President. e.g. - Welcome and intro (President) - Celebrate our success (some stats, evidence of our winning Apache Way etc. from the Prez) - How the foundation works (presented by a Director) - Why people sponsor (VP Fundraising) - Our culture (a PMC chair) - Challenges of managing growth, adaptation to a changing world whilst preserving our culture (Prez) - A closing rally call for the future In terms of time this would be something like 5 minutes intro and outro by the Prez and 1 minute into and 9 minutes content for the other speakers. Ross On 3 June 2014 11:06, Upayavira <u...@odoko.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014, at 01:59 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > > I'm trying to pull together keynotes for ApacheCon Budapest, and would > > welcome some suggestions. > > > > For reference, the current list is: > > > > * Whoever is president after the upcoming board is seated, State of the > > Feather > > * Douglas Carswell, MP Clacton - http://douglascarswell.com/ > > * David Nalley, VP Infrastructure, speaking about the value (ie, > > monetary) of the Foundation. > > Shane suggested a presentation at ApacheCon about fundraising. I've > thought offering to do it, and I think there's great potential, but it'd > be MUCH better as a keynote, as the intent is to show the audience how > they can help. > > That could form a part of the first, or last of your above options. > > I'm happy to help prepare, to speak, or whatever, as is needed or not. > > Upayavira > >
