On 3/22/19 12:59 PM, Kevin A. McGrail wrote:
> I like the idea especially the roadshow first to establish a beachhead. I
> would add that a collocated event might be ok in some circumstances too as
> a first landing.
Yes, I just added collocated as a category in the document I'm working
on. Thanks for that reminder.
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 11:28 Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com wrote:
>
>> Several years ago, due to many reasons (let's call it "dysfunction" for
>> now) ConCom - the Conferences Committee - was disbanded by the Board,
>> and replaced with a single individual - myself - designated as VP
>> Conferences. This was largely due to break the gridlock of dealing with
>> 30 people, with 50 opinions, for every single time-sensitive decision
>> around events.
>>
>> So far, so good.
>>
>> As we are faced with a sudden explosive expansion in our official stable
>> of events, we are building ad-hoc processes for managing these.
>>
>> Again, so far, so good. Having dedicated per-event leads is working
>> remarkably well in 2019.
>>
>> I have ... concerns ... going into 2020. With pushes to add events in
>> Brazil, China, South Korea, Japan, India, and who knows where else, I am
>> concerned that this is going to get away from us again. And it's not so
>> much about control, as about having early failures in new markets and
>> harming our chances for the future.
>>
>> I would like, for example, to have policies around how we expand into
>> new regions. Like, say, that you can't do an "ApacheCon" in a new region
>> before doing a "Roadshow" there to scout it out, so to speak. I don't
>> want to squish enthusiasm. I also don't want to suddenly be expected to
>> fund, promote, and organize 8 conference with a machine designed to run
>> two.
>>
>> I digress.
>>
>> I would like to propose the following.
>>
>> 1) That we (primarily, myself, Ross, and any former members of ConCom
>> who are able to participate) clearly document why ConCom failed, and was
>> disbanded. To do this in a dispassionate non-fault-finding way.
>>
>> 2) That we document how the new Events organization will be managed,
>> explicitly documenting ways that we will avoid the failings of ConCom.
>>
>> 3) That we establish a new Events PMC, documenting how it will related
>> to both Marketing and ComDev (since there will always be overlap in
>> those two places).
>>
>> Ross, is this something that you can help me with over the coming 6
>> months or so?
>>
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>> http://rcbowen.com/
>> @rbowen
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