Erwin Tenhumberg wrote:
Hi all,
I just wanted to provide you with some background information from
my point of view on this topic.
A few weeks ago when someone raised the question about attending
LinuxWorld SF, I checked with Sun's desktop group event marketing
person if we could/would have an OpenOffice.org pod again. The
decision was made to have a much smaller presence at LinuwWorld
this year. Therefore, I did not offer any booth space. I did not
want to raise expectations that Sun would probably not be able
to meet.
In addition, at LinuxWorld Boston earlier this year it was
impossible to get any volunteers to help with the OpenOffice.org
pod on the Sun booth (admitting that there was also an OpenOffice.org
booth in the .org pavillion in parallel).
Maybe we're a bit thin on the ground in the east.
However if SUN is ever up to flying a willing Kiwi not quite half way
round the world to show off the Global spread of OOo at a conference.....
I'm definitely willing! :)
I guess, I could have said explicitly on the list that Sun will
not have an OpenOffice.org pod at LinuxWorld SF this year. At
the same time I could have encouraged people to setup an
OpenOffice.org pod in the .org pavillion. BTW, do we still have
an official marketing lead for the San Francisco area???
As I said, I should have proactively announced that Sun would not
have an OpenOffice.org pod at LinuxWorld SF, but I also have to
say that nobody ever asked me if Sun would have an OpenOffice.org
pod at LinuxWorld SF. Therefore, I'm a bit surprised about some of
the reactions in the press and verbally via people who did go
to LinuxWorld SF.
And we never asked the question Erwin, not your problem. I'm with
Daniel on this.
What are the next events we have to keep in mind? From a European
perspective EuroOSCON in Amsterdam and LinuxWorld Frankfurt come
to my mind in addition to the OpenOffice.org Conference in
Slovenia.
I'm trying to find a Microsoft conf/Event.
Maybe we need an events calendar on the marketing
project pages where we list event "ownership" for each of the
events to make sure that we cover the important ones.
+1
Cheers,
Erwin
Cheers
Yo
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