[opensuse-marketing] LUGRadioLive UK
I appreciate I have already asked the question on IRC in the past about openSUSE and LRL UK'08[0], but there were no real responses (I'm not complaining much, honest). After a fairly healthy discussion on #opensuse-project last night about an openSUSE Conference the idea of holding some un-meetings before any such event was thought to be a good idea. Now I know LRL isn't necessarily the best of breed in OSS conferences, but one thing that it does have in it's favour is the relaxed manner of the event. As such I think it would be a missed opportunity if openSUSE was unable to have some form of presence there, and we could try and have an un-meeting there at the same time - even if it was done as an official BoF session. There are many members of different communities from distros (not just Ubuntu) to hardware hackers and anything in between, an ideal ground for showing Green really is the new Brown :) I have already mentioned in the past that I am attending and would be more than happy to help with a booth or anything else required. Attendance is in the region of 200 people so not a huge event but still one that hits a large audience through the podcast[1] and fanboys. Any comments or views? Thanks, Andy [0] - http://lugradio.org/live/UK2008/ [1] - http://lugradio.org/ -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: GNOME Team. awafaa@opensuse.org | http://opensuse.org/GNOME openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org http://www.wafaa.eu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
Hi Andrew, Thanks for subscribing, great to have you on the list! :-)
I appreciate I have already asked the question on IRC in the past about openSUSE and LRL UK'08[0], but there were no real responses (I'm not complaining much, honest). After a fairly healthy discussion on #opensuse-project last night about an openSUSE Conference the idea of holding some un-meetings before any such event was thought to be a good idea.
Sorry, I thought we'd reached an outcome on that -- basically, after attending LRL U.S., my take was that it was a fun show, but the turnout didn't really justify the expense of sending staff + swag to the show.
Now I know LRL isn't necessarily the best of breed in OSS conferences, but one thing that it does have in it's favour is the relaxed manner of the event. As such I think it would be a missed opportunity if openSUSE was unable to have some form of presence there, and we could try and have an un-meeting there at the same time - even if it was done as an official BoF session. There are many members of different communities from distros (not just Ubuntu) to hardware hackers and anything in between, an ideal ground for showing Green really is the new Brown :)
Nice slogan. ;-) I'd be happy to support you (or any other local openSUSE folks) if you want to run a community openSUSE booth at LRL UK, but it's not on the list of shows in our budget for this year.
I have already mentioned in the past that I am attending and would be more than happy to help with a booth or anything else required. Attendance is in the region of 200 people so not a huge event but still one that hits a large audience through the podcast[1] and fanboys.
So, if you want to set up a booth and whatnot, let me know, and we'll work out arrangements to get one of the openSUSE banners there and some DVDs + swag to hand out. They're also still looking for speakers, so if you want to do an openSUSE talk I'd be happy to help prepare a presentation if you need it -- we need to create a set of slides for the community to use for openSUSE presentations anyway, so this might be a good first opportunity to do it. What do you think? Best, Zonker -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:43:04 -0400
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for subscribing, great to have you on the list! :-)
Thank you, and it's a pleasure.
I appreciate I have already asked the question on IRC in the past about openSUSE and LRL UK'08[0], but there were no real responses (I'm not complaining much, honest). After a fairly healthy discussion on #opensuse-project last night about an openSUSE Conference the idea of holding some un-meetings before any such event was thought to be a good idea.
Sorry, I thought we'd reached an outcome on that -- basically, after attending LRL U.S., my take was that it was a fun show, but the turnout didn't really justify the expense of sending staff + swag to the show.
I can appreciate that, although Fedora and Ubuntu will be getting some free press as their community heads are there (no I'm not getting at you - honest).
Now I know LRL isn't necessarily the best of breed in OSS conferences, but one thing that it does have in it's favour is the relaxed manner of the event. As such I think it would be a missed opportunity if openSUSE was unable to have some form of presence there, and we could try and have an un-meeting there at the same time - even if it was done as an official BoF session. There are many members of different communities from distros (not just Ubuntu) to hardware hackers and anything in between, an ideal ground for showing Green really is the new Brown :)
Nice slogan. ;-)
It's naturally true, but we need to get the word out to more people - we can't just have ZDnet be the ones praising openSUSE, they all do.
I'd be happy to support you (or any other local openSUSE folks) if you want to run a community openSUSE booth at LRL UK, but it's not on the list of shows in our budget for this year.
I may just take a soap box and become one of those dribbling lunatics standing on street corners preaching about how redemption can only be attained through the mystical powers of the geeko.
I have already mentioned in the past that I am attending and would be more than happy to help with a booth or anything else required. Attendance is in the region of 200 people so not a huge event but still one that hits a large audience through the podcast[1] and fanboys.
So, if you want to set up a booth and whatnot, let me know, and we'll work out arrangements to get one of the openSUSE banners there and some DVDs + swag to hand out.
They're also still looking for speakers, so if you want to do an openSUSE talk I'd be happy to help prepare a presentation if you need it -- we need to create a set of slides for the community to use for openSUSE presentations anyway, so this might be a good first opportunity to do it.
Scarily I like the idea of speaking, problem is what subject? I'm open to suggestions, one issue is I'm no programmer so if it's going to be a real techie talk I'll need some homework with a tutor :-)
What do you think?
I try and not think too much, I tend to either hurt myself or get myself into serious trouble :-D
Best,
Zonker
Thanks again, Andy -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: GNOME Team. awafaa@opensuse.org | http://opensuse.org/GNOME openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org http://www.wafaa.eu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
Hi Andrew,
I can appreciate that, although Fedora and Ubuntu will be getting some free press as their community heads are there (no I'm not getting at you - honest).
Understood. Of course, the show is organized by Jono, so of course there's Ubuntu representation there... :-) Again - I'd love it and would be happy to send some swag/banners, etc. to LRL UK if anyone from the community wants to run a table there, but the travel costs and whatnot for a show with less than 500 people make it a pretty hard sell, budget-wise.
Now I know LRL isn't necessarily the best of breed in OSS conferences, but one thing that it does have in it's favour is the relaxed manner of the event. As such I think it would be a missed opportunity if openSUSE was unable to have some form of presence there, and we could try and have an un-meeting there at the same time - even if it was done as an official BoF session. There are many members of different communities from distros (not just Ubuntu) to hardware hackers and anything in between, an ideal ground for showing Green really is the new Brown :) Nice slogan. ;-)
It's naturally true, but we need to get the word out to more people - we can't just have ZDnet be the ones praising openSUSE, they all do.
Very true. You will be seeing more press coverage, though -- but if you have any suggestions along those lines as well, please feel free. Are there any publications in particular that we're not hitting?
I may just take a soap box and become one of those dribbling lunatics standing on street corners preaching about how redemption can only be attained through the mystical powers of the geeko.
Be sure to wear a green robe...
Scarily I like the idea of speaking, problem is what subject? I'm open to suggestions, one issue is I'm no programmer so if it's going to be a real techie talk I'll need some homework with a tutor :-)
I think we could help there. A build service talk would be good, or a talk on the area(s) of openSUSE that you're particularly interested in would be good.
What do you think?
I try and not think too much, I tend to either hurt myself or get myself into serious trouble :-D
No one told you about the openSUSE bail fund? ;-) Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager http://zonker.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 05 June 2008 18:28:47 Andrew Wafaa wrote:
Scarily I like the idea of speaking, problem is what subject? I'm open to suggestions, one issue is I'm no programmer so if it's going to be a real techie talk I'll need some homework with a tutor :-)
You don't need to be a programmer to give a talk. Actually I'm not sure that programmers are best speakers to present topics to a non-tech audience. :-)
What do you think?
Talk about why you use openSUSE, what's going on in the project in general, what's new in openSUSE 11.0 (see Sneak Peeks series, reviewer guide)... Bye, Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:35:11 +0200
Stephan Binner
You don't need to be a programmer to give a talk. Actually I'm not sure that programmers are best speakers to present topics to a non-tech audience. :-)
Possibly true, but what I meant was that if there are any details it would be good to make sure that I was relatively informed in case there was some bright spark/smart arse asking questions :-)
Talk about why you use openSUSE, what's going on in the project in general, what's new in openSUSE 11.0 (see Sneak Peeks series, reviewer guide)...
I'm happy to do a talk that covers as much about openSUSE as possible and also highlighting the new aspects of 11.0, I was sort of thinking of trying to come up with something that covered both major Desktop Environments. Is there a template for slides that I could use to try and put something down for others to comment on? Thanks, Andy -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: GNOME Team. awafaa@opensuse.org | http://opensuse.org/GNOME openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org http://www.wafaa.eu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday, 11. June 2008 13:36:41 Andrew Wafaa wrote:
Is there a template for slides that I could use to try and put something down for others to comment on?
I think at FOSDEM everyone used the same template (which had no Novell copyright subtitles). Martin can for sure tell more... Bye, STeve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:35:11 +0200
Stephan Binner
Talk about why you use openSUSE, what's going on in the project in general, what's new in openSUSE 11.0 (see Sneak Peeks series, reviewer guide)...
I'm now thinking of doing a talk at LRL about openSUSE and how the community is directly involved in the project/distro. This came about from a discussion at the last GNOME team meeting, and I think it would help dispell some of the misconceptions that still linger out there that openSUSE is a Novell puppet. Some of the items I'd like to cover are: *How the GNOME team selected their default BitTorrent Client *How contributors can help the upcoming distro using the new BuildService 1.0 *How community members get the hackers to help out - GNOME Team's Helping Hands initiative. *a11y - getting the message to _everyone_ If someone involved in the KDE (and any other) aspect of things could let me know about some of the initiatives where it is the community and not employees that are taking the lead would be most appreciated. Also do I need anything (yes/no from the project?) to submit my request to talk at the event? Many thanks, Andy -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: GNOME & Marketing Teams. http://opensuse.org/GNOME | http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing_Team openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org awafaa@opensuse.org http://www.wafaa.eu | http://www.forcev.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
Andrew Wafaa wrote:
I'm now thinking of doing a talk at LRL about openSUSE and how the community is directly involved in the project/distro. This came about from a discussion at the last GNOME team meeting, and I think it would help dispell some of the misconceptions that still linger out there that openSUSE is a Novell puppet.
Sounds like a great topic.
Some of the items I'd like to cover are: *How the GNOME team selected their default BitTorrent Client
a.k.a., How to publicize community activities via Twitter... ;-)
If someone involved in the KDE (and any other) aspect of things could let me know about some of the initiatives where it is the community and not employees that are taking the lead would be most appreciated.
Stephan would probably be a great resource there.
Also do I need anything (yes/no from the project?) to submit my request to talk at the event?
Nope -- you're welcome to submit a talk about openSUSE without any official blessing or whatever. Are you at all interested in running a community booth too? If so, I can put you in touch with Adam Sweet, I think they're still looking for a few more exhibitors. Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager http://zonker.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
Mandag den 16. Juni 2008 11:33:25 skrev Andrew Wafaa:
I'm now thinking of doing a talk at LRL about openSUSE and how the community is directly involved in the project/distro. This came about from a discussion at the last GNOME team meeting, and I think it would help dispell some of the misconceptions that still linger out there that openSUSE is a Novell puppet.
Some of the items I'd like to cover are: *How the GNOME team selected their default BitTorrent Client *How contributors can help the upcoming distro using the new BuildService 1.0 *How community members get the hackers to help out - GNOME Team's Helping Hands initiative. *a11y - getting the message to _everyone_
If someone involved in the KDE (and any other) aspect of things could let me know about some of the initiatives where it is the community and not employees that are taking the lead would be most appreciated.
The most prominent example of community involvement is probably Benjamin Weber's 1-click-install. Another, though less impressive, example is the Oxygen YaST icon theme, that I put together - which is now included in the distro and used by default on KDE 4.0 installations of 11.0. While it's a good idea to point out that people actually can influence the distro itself, I don't think there's any reason to disregard community contributions that are not officially included in the distro, like opensuse-community.org wiki or webpin package search, or the packman packages. Contributions that are very important to the overall user experience. I also think it's worth mentioning all the important places where people can contribute with a pretty low barrier to entry - like wiki maintenance, translation (Enlish speakers can help translate openSUSE to proper UK English), bug reporting, marketing etc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
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