Here's an idea on conferences to add to the mix:
Face-to-face networking and socializing is essential for both community and
business development, so how about having an annual face-to-face 'global'
conference with multiple (regional) venues, all held on the same date(s).
This would give folks the option of staying closer to home -or- traveling to
a distant location, being somewhat able to accomplish the same
networking/socializing purpose at any location...?
And what if at the same time selected events from each regional conference
were somehow coordinated to live-stream to a virtual conference -- ie:
http://www.himssvirtual.org/tour/ -- so that everyone with a laptop at any
regional event could virtually attend these key events... ?
The double-dip (media exposure) bonus to doing something like this is that
the very nature of the conference becomes newsworthy, representative of the
global reach of the 'handshake' that the OOo Community extends to everyone,
worldwide. ~Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Florian Effenberger" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: [marketing] Virtual OOoCon 2011?
Hi Cor,
Well, I see sings that you are going to start to understand it :-)
There are indeed a lot of areas in which we can contribute a bit.
Now don't think that I am a person that is sitting in the cold and dark
at home .. I even do have a car ;-) But if it is possible, I take the
bike and/or train. The electricity we buy, is from sun, wind water for
about ten years already. And my family has a pretty environmental
friendly diet.
I really respect that, and honestly, I wished I was a little bit more
careful about the environment or at least a little bit more sensitive. :-)
What you are doing is great, but nontheless...
It is a change. Show that we are really people of this age. Won't that
attract people?
And as written: we can prove that we can do a very good job on the one
hand and improve for the world around us on the other hand. Don't forget
that in the end all is one ...
...I still don't share the view of having OOoCon only every two year. We
can show responsibility for the environment through other actions. If the
majority of the community is voting for a two-year-term of OOoCon, I won't
veto, but my personal opinion is that we should have OOoCon each year.
Sorry :-)
Florian
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