Given that there has been no feedback in the other thread apart from mine, I think we are not going to be there this year.
The event has a clear focus on business and open source is becoming kind of a marketing vehicle for them. As I said before if this event becomes a truly relevant one, I think it would make sense for us to be there and share our vision on open source, but it is still far from being there. There is still some value in being there sharing our vision and explaining what the ASF is, as there was quite a lot of people coming to the booth in the past editions, but I don't think it is worth the effort for a single person given how the event is shaped today. At least I don't see _just myself_ the entire day staying at the booth answering "why is the ASF in this event?" and similar questions. On Mon, 22 Apr 2019 at 12:16, Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> wrote: > Hello ComDev-ers --I hope you are all well. > > Can someone please confirm if we will be participating at OpenExpo Europe > this year? I don't see it listed at http://community.apache.org/calendars/ > (I might be looking in the wrong place) > > They are asking me (again) about cross promotion, and I won't be getting > involved unless we're at the event. Do we plan on speaking? Having a booth? > > Many thanks, > Sally > > - - - > Vice President Marketing & Publicity > Vice President Sponsor Relations > The Apache Software Foundation > > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | s...@apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
