Re: GNOME 3.0 Hackfest + 1 day conference (in Asia)

[Frederic Muller <fredm gnome org>]

Dear release team,

I'm relaunching the discussion as it would be really beneficial to know 
what best date works for you guys. I guess I don't need to explain the 
benefits of having a hackfest for your team or explain you what you 
should be doing during that time: this is a time for you, you should 
know if it makes sense or not, and when it works better for your team.

We're also intending to have people from the documentation and marketing 
team with whom we have also been in touch since September.

Now the benefits of having 1 day of open-to-the-public conference just 
after that hackfest and around GNOME release date allows us:
- To save on traveling expenses by combining two events
- Have the best possible people to represent GNOME 3 to the public
- Explain what is GNOME 3 and answer public questions about it
- Encourage people in one location to use and abuse it
- Give local developer the opportunity to discuss about (using) GNOME 
technologies with people who master them
- Have a public event for the launch

There are surely other benefits, but those were some which came to my mind.

Considering we have about 4 months left to prepare we would like to 
confirm a date that works for people and we need to get this feedback 
from you.

So looking forward to reading from you soon.

Thank you.

Fred


On 12/09/2010 01:58 AM, Brian Cameron wrote:
> Andre:
>
> I think it would be very valuable to have some representative from
> the release team at this launch event, if possible. I think any
> travel subsidy forms from anyone on the release team (and other
> teams where it would be good to have representation) would be very
> seriously considered.
>
> > Am Mittwoch, den 08.12.2010, 10:55 +0800 schrieb Frederic Muller:
> > > combine the GNOME 3.0 launch with the 4th edition of GNOME.Asia by
> > > having a 3-days hackfest around the release date.
> >
> > > The idea is to get all the work that needs to be done by each team
> > > (release, doc, marketing) finalized before or during the release by
> > > getting everybody in the same place, assuming there is a benefit of
> > > doing so.
> >
> > What do you think would be the concrete benefit? The benefit that you
> > want to create highly influences the actual date that fits best.
>
> Whatever value could be had by getting people together in-person
> probably requires some joint discussion, not just with the release
> team but with other teams who are planning to attend. It seems there
> should be plenty of opportunities to engage in some collaborative and
> fun work. So we would appreciate any input. If people from the
> release team have any feedback that could influence when the dates
> should be set, let us know.
>
> Brian