On Wed, 2012-04-04 at 15:50 +0200, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
Sooo we can basically copy the Summit site to get the oSC one up and running in no time. Adjusting the texts etc won't be hard, I'd be happy to work on that.
More important is artwork: without that, it's not ready. I just talked to Andy and he said the thing missing is a feel about the theme - what will oSC 2012 be, what will it be about? We have to agree on a theme, give it to our artists and then they can do something.
So, in an attempt to kick that off, let me suggest something: Last year we wanted to bring more interactivity to our conference - RWX. The year before that we focussed on collaboration accross borders. This year, we'll go to our roots: have fun! So we'll ask speakers to make sure their talks are not just technical but also fun. Of course, for us, fun is not just about beer, clowns and little hats - it is about solving interesting problems, meeting cool people, learning surprising new things and doing crazy stuff. Experiments, crazy things, innovation, but also practical implementations you might not have expected like - showing what our ARM port can do with hardware.
So the CfP committee would have to ensure we'd have a bit more experimental, weird things at the conf. The organization committee has to make sure the party is real good :D and the artists have to show fun.
Like?
Alrighty, let me take a first stab at this with some slogan ideas just to give some conceptual feel: -- Shattering Expectations -- Not the Usual Game -- New Location, New Town, Same Awesomeness -- Striving for Greater heights -- Taking care of business -- Getting things done -- Not your average conference Ok none of these slogans are great at all. But might give some ideas for a better one. Having had a conversation with Pascal some time ago, I agree that oSC needs to be *even* more collaborative than it was last year. Last year was a good step forward with RWX and in fact, it was our "return to roots" conference because there were more open discussion formats similar to our first Summit in 2009. The question I think that should be discussed more openly across the Project is what do we want as a result of the Conference? There are those who are certainly looking for expected outcomes and we should try to define more clearly what those outcome goals are. That will have a greater impact on defining what the theme, process and implementation of the conference will be. Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org