Hi Max It was good to meet you and I'm glad that you enjoyed being there and all that booth activity!
FOSDEM is a major event and getting a devroom there can be difficult. I think we did an application for one last year and were turned down so we are not guaranteed to get room or even a booth at the event actually. (We need to apply for a booth each year too!) We know that Apache projects cover a broad spectrum which is why they feature in so many of the FOSDEM devrooms. We could always apply again in the future and see what happens. Thanks Sharan On 2019/02/19 09:58:58, Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> wrote: > Thank you for the summary Sharan! It was my first time behind the ASF > stand. It was nice to talk to so many users and also interesting to see > how many people do not know what the ASF is. > > I'm unsure whether asking for donations directly at the stand is an > effective way to get donations. I think it would be worthwhile to think > about a general strategy for asking for donations from individuals, > which I believe the ASF does not do at the moment. > > Generally speaking, I think we were missing space at FOSDEM and that > made communication hard. The ASF is huge and there is so much potential > to introduce folks to the ASF or its projects. I think we could have a > dedicated room just for presenting ASF projects and getting people > involved. I may be thinking too big here, but I think we can expand our > presence at FOSDEM. > > Cheers, > Max > > On 06.02.19 16:44, Myrle Krantz wrote: > > Also: 3 different people talked to me about bringing their projects to the > > incubator! > > > > Best Regards, > > Myrle > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 4:07 PM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On 2/6/19 7:46 AM, Daniel Gruno wrote: > >>> On 2/6/19 1:43 PM, Daniel Ruggeri wrote: > >>>> Hi, Sharan; > >>>> Great summary! I am especially delighted to see the fresh take on > >>>> individual giving. I think that's a super cool idea. An idea for > >>>> future events: we could provide a QR code that leads to donate.a.o or, > >>>> as Kevin mentioned, physical card swipe capability on site. The > >>>> physical device is an idea only recently surfaced, but is in the > >>>> backlog for elaboration. > >>> > >>> We were in fact discussing having something like the paypal reader at > >>> the conference! Beep, boop, done, €5 donated! or some such. > >>> > >>> Another idea we had was live signup for mailing lists, as we sometimes > >>> have people who are very interested in a project or an idea, but then > >>> drop because SO MANY THINGS AT FOSDEM TO REMEMBER, so if we could have > >>> the chromebook have a "sign me up" kind of page, where people get subbed > >>> to the dev list and get an introduction a few days later, that would be > >>> awesome. > >> > >> The dev list ... of a particular project? Or this dev list? Or ... > >> something else? > >> > >> I imagine that most of the people that sign up would then pretty quickly > >> drop off again, but if we can capture even a handful of new interested > >> people, this would be a huge win. > >> > >> Is there an appropriate foundation-wide list that we could put them on? > >> Like annou...@apache.org for example? Or this list? Presenting them a > >> list of 200 projects to choose from could be very intimidating, when we > >> have a minute or two to catch their attention. > >> > >> -- > >> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com > >> http://rcbowen.com/ > >> @rbowen > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
