2013/2/12 Robert Schweikert :

On 02/12/2013 11:55 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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I'd like to ask Stella, Kostas, Izabel, Robert and all other opinionated people :D to have a look at the google doc

Can you please post the link again.

Thanks, Robert

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Hi Robert, Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sKvoUMk8l62Iw4V6oJltzxuaPwArjo-IhaHfstLv... Everyone can read but just few can edit. Izabel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On Tuesday 12 February 2013 19:51:30 Robert Schweikert wrote:

On 02/12/2013 12:54 PM, Izabel Valverde wrote:

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2013/2/12 Robert Schweikert :

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On 02/12/2013 11:55 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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I'd like to ask Stella, Kostas, Izabel, Robert and all other opinionated people :D to have a look at the google doc

Can you please post the link again.

Thanks, Robert

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Hi Robert,

Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sKvoUMk8l62Iw4V6oJltzxuaPwArjo-IhaH fstLvkmo/edit

Everyone can read but just few can edit.

OK, text on pages 1 & 2 is ready to go. On page 3 I think we should remove the table (see comment in the document) as we do not need to re-iterate the sponsorship terms.

The idea of page 3 was to show page 1 as designed example. Hence the duplication... So the brochure should only have page 1 and two and in a wildly different design. The text can be shortened and adjusted (like I did in page 3) as long as it means the same.

The "confirmed sponsors" section should get a logo and some layout TLC.

Later, Robert

On 02/13/2013 07:14 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Hey,

On 12.02.2013 17:55, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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I'd like to ask Stella, Kostas, Izabel, Robert and all other opinionated people :D to have a look at the google doc with the conference sponsorship brochure and tell me if they are OK with this.

I still don't think we want booths. We're not a general purpose FOSS event but the get-together of the openSUSE community. What would be have booths for?

If a sponsor chooses to have a booth why not? A boot is a good way for a sponsor to hand out stuff and start conversations that may not happen otherwise. Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

Hi, I understand Henne concerns. We need that the event works to get our community much closer. Bringing third parties might distract us from that goal. On the other side, as a distribution project, we are integrators, so our nature is to bring other projects to our ecosystem. One of the challenges for the organization team will be to find ways of achieving both goals. This can be done by limiting the number of days the booth from non sponsors are available, or clearly separating areas, or..... Last year this issue was addressed by limiting the number of days the booths were available. Did it work? I assume there are different points of view. On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 08:15:24 AM Robert Schweikert wrote:

On 02/13/2013 07:14 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey,

On 12.02.2013 17:55, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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I'd like to ask Stella, Kostas, Izabel, Robert and all other opinionated people :D to have a look at the google doc with the conference sponsorship brochure and tell me if they are OK with this.

I still don't think we want booths. We're not a general purpose FOSS event but the get-together of the openSUSE community. What would be have booths for?

If a sponsor chooses to have a booth why not?

A boot is a good way for a sponsor to hand out stuff and start conversations that may not happen otherwise.

Later, Robert -- Agustin Benito Bethencourt openSUSE Team Lead at SUSE abebe@suse.com

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pdf file format attached 2013/2/13 Robert Schweikert :

On 02/13/2013 02:19 PM, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

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Here we can find the updated version of the brochure. I waiting for more definition about the 3rd page before go for that.

Front

https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5844518193237794994 Back

https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5844518828784024018

Well, I cannot read it. Looks like black text on a dark background to me.

Robert

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Here we go With text from page 2 to page 01 and vice versa plus suggestion updates asked by Robert Front https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5844544755743237298 Back https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5844544962915842194 2013/2/13 Robert Schweikert :

Hi,

On 02/13/2013 02:31 PM, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

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pdf file format attached

My suggestions:

- Make the sponsorship amount not stand out + We want people to focus on what they get an not on how much it costs. It is much easier to convince someone to give you money when they are already convinced about the benefits, thus lets put the price at the end of each category. + The free stuff can stay as is as the "free" part id the most important aspect.

- Have Gold, Silver, and Bronze packages in the left hand column and the two "Free" items in the right hand column. done

- Can you tone down the bullet markers? The first few words of each bullet are hard to read due to the changing contrast as the bullet marker turns into background for the text.

done

- For bullets that span multiple line, the second and subsequent lines should be indented by at least 2 spaces

done

- The inserted "Are" for the tickets, completely changes the sentence such that it no longer works. We can keep the emphasis on the tickets, but you still need a comma at the end and the "Are" needs to be removed.

done

- Also the two column layout at the end of the first page does not really work for me as the text that is associated with contacting Izabel slips under the column that talks about the tickets.

done

- The "This year, the openSUSE conference...." paragraph MUST be logically after the "The openSUSE conference is an annual event..."

done

+ It is mor important for potential sponsors to learn about the event first than to find out where it happens to take place this year.

Later,

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On 02/14/2013 05:01 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

On Wednesday 13 February 2013 19:01:13 Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

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Here we go

With text from page 2 to page 01 and vice versa plus suggestion updates asked by Robert

Front https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#58445447557432372 98

Back https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#58445449629158421 94

Really great design, I like it. The only issue I have is that as soon as I saw it, the first thing I thought was "we have WAAAAY too much text".

The sponsorship brochure should be a teaser, give a place to start talking, give an idea of what the event is about etc.

I have increased the font size on the google doc and managed to get it back to two pages. This should make it easier to fit it on the two pages without having to do horrible things to it or make it unreadable :D

I'm with Jos. While I like the format of the final product the reduced text should make things look nicer. I made some minor changes to the reduced text and think we should run with the newer version of the text. Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

Jos, If I've understood right, you can see the updated brochure here: Front: https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5846536281691530210 Back: https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5846536156547105058 As I said at IRC channel I'm sending another email to you with the source files of this work to upload to git as I do not finish to setup my new machine to upload it yet. 2013/2/18 Jos Poortvliet :

On Wednesday 13 February 2013 19:01:13 Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

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Here we go

With text from page 2 to page 01 and vice versa plus suggestion updates asked by Robert

Front https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#58445447557432372 98

Back https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#58445449629158421 94

Could you update this with the smaller/shorter text (on pag 1 and 2)? And pls get the source in GIT asap. We need this today in git, if possible. Then we need a PDF, put it on the website and then we're ready to publish the CfP tomorrow ;-)

Thanks for the work, Carlos!

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On 02/19/2013 01:38 AM, Stella Rouzi (differentreality) wrote:

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

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Jos,

If I've understood right, you can see the updated brochure here:

Front: https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5846536281691530210

Back: https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5846536156547105058

As I said at IRC channel I'm sending another email to you with the source files of this work to upload to git as I do not finish to setup my new machine to upload it yet.

2013/2/18 Jos Poortvliet :

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On Wednesday 13 February 2013 19:01:13 Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

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Here we go

With text from page 2 to page 01 and vice versa plus suggestion updates asked by Robert

Front https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#58445447557432372 98

Back https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#58445449629158421 94

Could you update this with the smaller/shorter text (on pag 1 and 2)? And pls get the source in GIT asap. We need this today in git, if possible. Then we need a PDF, put it on the website and then we're ready to publish the CfP tomorrow ;-)

Thanks for the work, Carlos!

Hugs, Jos

Goodmorning!

Quick question: If we go with 'Cornerstone' as our first level, what's SUSE's level gonna be?

Lets stick to Gold, Silver, and Bronze please. No one wants to be a "building block". Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

Fixed Background Front: https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5844524236970524194 Back: https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5844524012748919698 2013/2/13 Izabel Valverde :

2013/2/13 Robert Schweikert :

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On 02/13/2013 02:19 PM, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

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Here we can find the updated version of the brochure. I waiting for more definition about the 3rd page before go for that.

Front

https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5844518193237794994 Back

https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#5844518828784024018

Well, I cannot read it. Looks like black text on a dark background to me.

Robert

Same for me! Can't read...

Carlos the brochure will have just 2 pages.

:)

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