On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Ross Gardler <[email protected]>wrote:
> The OpenOffice podling is very eager to get on with planning their > portion of the ACEU event. Of course this is *very* hard for them to > do when there is so > little information about what the event will look like and what > options are available to them. > > As OOo the project had regular conferences of its own. It has an army > of volunteers > and it has an extremely high profile with end users. Furthermore, it > has cash available (as a by-product of the OOo fundraising efforts) to > make contributions towards its own event needs and TAC requirements. > > As an AOO mentor and a member of ConCom I have encouraged them to just > get on with planning. I've indicated that I will work with ConCom to > ensure that their plans will, wherever practical and non-conflicting > with ACEU objectives, be incorporated into the broader event. I'm > watching their planning and will try and course correct if I see > problems arising. I've also asked them to make sure they report > regularly here. > > Don already proposed a an AOO portion of the event [1] explaining AOO > "can easily fill (1) day worth of sessions, plus generate activity in > side sesssions; e.g. hacking, etc. " Don is on this list. > Yes, I am on this list paying attention. :) ... several hours ago I submitted the GDocs form Nick sent out. [3]. I now need to jump back over to [2] and update our planning wiki. > > The community is coordinating planning at [2] > > If there are any significant concerns about the potential of this (and > me) railroading this let me know what aspects worry you and I'll try > and ensure the planning team are aware, but we are just a few months > away now and planning needs to start. > > Ross > > [1] http://s.apache.org/pZE > [2] http://s.apache.org/4cp > [3] *http://s.apache.org/Q2k* > -- > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > Programme Leader (Open Development) > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com >
