Hi. It seems we have a lot of focus on ACNA which is very very good.....but let not forget that before that we have a little european event called FOSDEM.
We as AOO should not forget that event, since it is likely to attract more AOO users than ACNA. rgds jan I. Ps. Is it about time to publish how many talks does AOO have at FOSDEM ? On 28 December 2014 at 22:57, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 12/28/2014 01:06 PM, jan i wrote: > > On 28 December 2014 at 19:33, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> On 27/12/2014 Kay Schenk wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=50855951 > >>>>>> > >>>>> Nice changes, Andrea! > >>>> > >>> > >>> We also need a 3-5 lines descriptions to appear at > >>> https://wiki.apache.org/apachecon/ACNA2015ContentCommittee > >>> > >> > >> I saw this request but was rather reluctant to expand it until we were > sure > >> we had enough to do a "track". > >> > >> > >>> > >>> I'm not sure we can actually "do" this part. I think having the topics > >>>> will probably determine the best speakers. Hopefully, these speakers > >>>> will submit proposals. > >>>> > >>> > >>> We can do it in phases. As usual, we are a widely distributed project > and > >>> indeed it's very hard that all the most competent people for each topic > >> are > >>> physically in the same place. For some topics we will have the best > >> people, > >>> for some other topics we will have competent people who can still > >> deliver a > >>> good presentation, for some we may have nobody. and those should then > be > >>> removed. > >>> > >>> In any case, I would like to send out a message to our > "announcements" > >>>> and "dev" lists about the topics and the conference before Jan. 1 if > >>>> there are no objections. > >>>> > >>> > >>> The "dev" list is OK for a start (last time I sent a request for talk > >>> proposals to the announce list, I got several funny but useless > >> proposals). > >>> So if we can start by finalizing the topics, then ask here if we have > >>> volunteers for each topic, we can start putting some names. > >> > >> > >> Maybe with the proposed/recommended topics, "useless" proposals will be > >> minimized? At any rate, the real crux of the matter is what get's > submitted > >> through the CFP. I still feel the "announcements" list would be > valuable. > >> > >> Maybe we can slate the announcement for tomorrow, the 29th, with today > for > >> final changes to the proposals. > >> > >> Shall we add a draft announcement section to the proposals page? My > feeling > >> is we should emphasize that, even though this is being held in North > >> America, some travel assistance IS available. And, I think it might be > >> worth our while to try to engage graduate level students in CSCI or > >> Software Engineering to present ideas on improvement to OpenOffice -- > the > >> futures area? > > Draft announcement text added as a comment to: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=50855951 > > Will be removed when the announcement is actually sent. > Changes very welcome! :) > > >> > > TAC is for sure available (I am on the committee), we sponsored 12 people > > at budapest...and I would like to see the same level for austin. In > general > > applicant on the same continent tend to get better scores, just as an > > advice. > > > > I am happy to help if somebody have questions about how to fill out our > > forms. > > > > rgds > > jan I. > > > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Andrea. > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> MzK > >> > >> "There's a bit of magic in everything, > >> and some loss to even things out." > >> -- Lou Reed > >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "There's a bit of magic in everything, > and some loss to even things out." > -- Lou Reed > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
