The response to the opportunity to have a booth for OFBiz at OSCON can
may be best be described as "deafening silence". In addition to this I
have received an e-mail from someone at O'Reilly expressing concern
that I have encouraged those manning the booth to bring along business
cards and brochures to hand out while manning the booth. Evidently
with a free booth like this they prohibit any sort of commercial
activity. They were kind enough to include an invitation to purchase a
normal booth for anyone involved who would like to mention things
related to commercial activity.
These two factors are basically in the proverbial straw that broke the
camels back for me. I was already considering not attending because of
some recent personal and professional changes, and now my decision is
clear. I will not be attending OSCON this year and representing OFBiz
there. I believe the time and money will be better spent elsewhere, as
fun as it might be to attend the conference.
If there is anyone who would like to take over management of the booth
please contact me immediately. If no one else is interested in doing
this I will be contacting the O'Reilly conference people and telling
them that they can use the booth for someone else on the waiting list
they have mentioned that they have.
-David
On Jun 15, 2009, at 5:03 PM, David E Jones wrote:
The time has come to submit the registration for the OSCON booth
staff. We have 5 passes available, and it would be GREAT to fill all
5 spots.
This is an opportunity to meet others involved with OFBiz, share
your OFBiz expertise and even do some marketing of your services
(feel free to hand out cards, brochures, etc for your company). The
general idea I'd like to portray with this booth is a real community-
driven open source project with different people from different
companies involved in making the project what it is.
For details on the conference here is my blog post about it:
http://osofbiz.blogspot.com/2009/05/apache-ofbiz-at-oscon-2009.html
Here is a link directly to the conference web site:
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009
You'll note that the theme for this year is: OSCON 2009 is "Open for
Business"... how flattering! ;)
Now that I have the form I know we need the following information
for each person:
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First Name:
Last Name:
Position:
Company:
Email Address:
OSCON Online Community?
Other Correspondence?
* OSCON Online Community - Conference Social Networking - If you
would like to connect with other attendees via a special conference-
only social networking site, please say Yes and you will be
registered. You will receive further instructions on how to
participate in the network via email.
* Other Correspondence - Would you like to receive relevant
information about events, products and services from OSCON
Conference exhibitors or partner companies via email.
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A couple of people had mentioned to me before that they were
interested in helping to man the booth. Even if you contacted me
before please send me (privately, not on the mailing list) the
information above. I'll reply to confirm the details, get a rough
schedule going, etc.
-David
