Do you think that holding OOo Conferences brings more people to volunteer for OOo or keeps the volunteers this project already has? I would think the point of the Marketing project is to get more people involved in volunteering for us - OOoCons probably (although I cannot say for certain) doesn't get more people involved.
Also we are not talking about "dropping" the conference, but changing it and adapting to the world known as the internet. I think a virtual conference would see many more people joining in to discuss issues - they don't have to travel and it is far more convenient. Of course it is very different to meeting people face to face - just like email is very different to the telephone. It is called change, and change is something we must adapt to, to make the very most of the opportunities it opens. Hamish -----Original Message----- From: Florian Effenberger [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 16 December 2009 21:16 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [marketing] Virtual OOoCon 2011? Hi Cor, > If we take our environment (and that of other people and our children > and ...) serious, there is the challenge for us: find something better > than we used to do. well, then we also should decide how many servers we need and shut down unnecessary services to help saving power. :-) Sure it makes a difference for the environment, but I'm really not thinking about cancelling OOoCon out of that reason, even if this may sound harsh. > I'm not sure if holding real life meetings is the most important we can > do to attract new people. I know some more items that are on the > radar... Apart from that: acting responsible could help even more. To me, it is definitely important. Meeting face to face is the most important thing to do. It helps getting people involved, it helps clarifying problems, and it's good to meet friends and the OOo family every year. Dropping that would be a big loss for us, IMHO. Florian --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
