Its great to hear that plans are underway for MOSC 2011 early this time - still remember the committee spending sleepless nights organising MOSC 2010 in just 3 months or so. On the proposed July 5-7 dates, it may be worthwhile to check if the folks from Universities (ie lecturers, students etc) will be available as usually our universities start their new semester/year around this time and they may be busy with new student intake and orientation programs.
I agree with the observation that the sponsors/business folks felt they did not get enough exposure during MOSC 2010 - I also heard the comments from some people during the event. Sponsors will only come if the "returns" are good ie sales, business leads, exposure etc. Here are my 2-cents worth of suggestions for the committee's consideration: 1. Decide who will be the focus group for the conference - is it business folks (ie CxO, IT Managers etc), OSS community/practitioners, entrepreneurs, govt, general public, etc ? Each group has different needs and expectations. It is difficult to give equal focus for many groups in one conference. Each group also attracts different sponsors. >From past MOSC (2009 & 2011), the technical tracks/sessions attracted the most crowd and my guess is over 90% of the crowd are from the OSS community/ practitioners. I am also guessing only few business folks attended the talks. 2. Organise more sessions to suit the focus group. Business folks will probably like to hear from other business folks i.e. end-users talking on how they gained from using OSS in their organisation. Perhaps the potential sponsors can help persuade their customers to present. Get end-users from small, medium and large organisations if possible to give a good mix and attract all types of business folks. Consider partnering with a visible business grouping eg FMM, SMI Malaysia etc. 3. For this year, perhaps more tutorials/ clinics can be organised to gain interest from the OSS community/practitioners. These sessions could be customised for different audience e.g. IT tech/software support, civil/mech/E&E engineers, teachers, students, designers, artists etc. Get support from relevant govt bodies to subsidise the fees, so it will give MOSC the added attraction and edge. 4. Arrange for Venture Capital companies and Angels (local & international) to hold sessions/clinics for start-ups and entrepreneurs involved in OSS related development who are seeking for seed funding, advisory support etc. Many are seeking to expand beyond local market - so help organise activities that will help them in this area. Perhaps you can partner with some relevant organisation such as TeAM, Plug&Play etc. 5. Get suitable publication on board early to promote the event such as business papers (ie Edge, Malaysian Business etc), IT magazines (ie Computerworld), online technology websites (ie ZDNet, CNet, etc) and many others. Get the media-savvy experts involved if possible. Hope this helps. - Jacob On Nov 8, 11:43 am, Hasanuddin Abu Bakar <bizkut...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 > > Aku risau dah tak dapat sponsor lagi dari bos besar kompeni aku untuk event > foss sebab tak cemerlang di mygosscon itu hari :( > > Hasanuddin > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 8 Nov 2010, at 11:36, Slaya Chronicles - Geeko Acolyte < > > msiantuxlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think it is better to make sure businesses aka sponsors get maximum > exposure this time. > > Many vendors expressed disgust that MOSC 2010 seemed more like a big bash > for the community rather than business-friendly. Note - I don't mean to > demean the Herculean efforts of the MOSC 2010 Organising Committee, but only > to say it as it was told to me. > > If sponsors are to come in, we gotta make sure that they have more > opportunities to press flesh with potential customers and exchange name > cards with those in the industry. Sad to say, while the community is > awesome, we usually don't buy. > > Perhaps we can put the booths on the same area as the makan/minum place. > > Eric > > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Harisfazillah Jamel <linuxmalay...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > Lets we decide that around Feb 2011 after we know how much we can get > > from sponsorship. > > > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:10 PM, sweemeng ng <swees...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Where it will be held this time > > > > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Harisfazillah Jamel > > > <linuxmalay...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I have update all important milestone using Lighthouse for project > > >> team and all to comments and give feedback. > > >http://mosc2011.lighthouseapp.com/projects/63492-mosc2011-oss-confere... > > > >> For info, project team not yet officially establish..... > > > >> I have only till end of this year to properly team up this team. > > > -- > > Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysiahttp://www.osdc.my/ > > > Facebook Fan page > > >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 > > >http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. > > To post to this group, send email to osdcmy-list@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > osdcmy-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<osdcmy-list%2bunsubscr...@googlegr > > oups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en > > -- > Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysiahttp://www.osdc.my/ > > Facebook Fan page > > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 > > http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. > To post to this group, send email to osdcmy-list@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > osdcmy-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -- Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. 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