On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > On 13/11/2012 Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Donald Harbison wrote: >>> >>> Let's get the devroom right as a priority. > > > A draft of the Call for Papers/Talks (text only) is available at > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/FOSDEM+2013+CFP > > Please review and improve it as soon as you can. Note that, not knowing if > and how much funding we can allocate for FOSDEM, I couldn't be more specific > there. Maybe Oliver has suggestions about that. >
It would be good to jazz this up a little. Is there a FOSDEM logo that we are permitted to use? Does anyone have a good photo (or two) from ApacheCon that we could use? -Rob > The submission page will be something similar to > http://s.apache.org/fosdem-2013-proposals > containing the Call for Papers/Talks, practical information and a table for > people to propose talks. > > The structure is actually copied from FOSDEM 2010: > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Conferences/FOSDEM/2010 > > >> I'll be commandeering the openoffice.org banner for the near future to >> attract new volunteers, something we've so far failed to do by giving >> each other presentations at conferences. > > > As others noted, FOSDEM is a recruiting opportunity too: it's a free > conference that thousands of people will attend regardless of Apache and > OpenOffice. We might consider to: > - Send the Call for Talks to ooo-announce > - Feature FOSDEM as a "normal" news item on the website > - Push it to the main banner for the last days of the call of talks and the > last days before FOSDEM. > > This should allow to use the banner for other purposes too, but still get > more visibility for FOSDEM in the most crucial days. > > Regards, > Andrea.
