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Subject: Re: [odf-adoption] RE: need confirmation on ODF Camp
Hi, On 2007-05-30, at 16:16 , Dee Schur wrote: > Hi Louis and Dieter, > I think these are both great ideas but slightly different, which is > good. :-) > > Louis, > I think your camp concept is terrific (not mine; Don came up with the idea, but it is good) > and can easily be coordinated through > the Adoption TC with you as a lead. I'd rather have Dieter lead the camp; Dieter and Rob, say, as the camp must be technical and I'm not technically competent enough to pose as lead, let alone lead. > Since there will be no presentations, it > seems to me that as long as you secure the space, you will be set. > OASIS can > promote the 'ODF Camp' in the same manner we always do (posting to > event > page, OASIS News, etc.) So, as soon as you have a written description > inviting participants, we can move forward with various postings. Great, let's start inviting :-) Dieter, Rob (if you are here...): Let's coordinate on inviting candidates. We can coordinate off this list but why? I'd like to invite essentially all those implementing ODF or wanting to. I don't have contacts in all these companies. But I think we have to finalize the invitations by, say, end of next week? > > Dieter, > I think your concept will take longer to execute properly, so we > might think > about late in 2007 or 2008. During the last Adoption call we tossed > around > the idea of a stand alone ODF event (one or two days), that can either > co-locate with another conference or act as a stand alone that could > possibly be hosted at a member facility in various locations. Once > you put > this type of effort together it is easy to duplicate in different > locations. > I would like each member to consider hosting such an event and/or > suggest an > event/conference that would an appropriate venue for 'ODF Day(s).' > I think > an Asian venue would be interesting, any thoughts? I would like to > see how > much interest we have for this before we commit a lot of cycles. I > think it > is a great idea, and ODF is gaining tremendous speed but I will > need the > support of the Adoption TC. Dee, I think I resolved Dieter's points, and I think Dieter was thinking of presentations in the context of OOoCon. Last year and year before and year before that we had tracks on ODF; this year will likely be no different. So, we can have ODF presentations throughout the conference, without OASIS' specific intervention, though your support would always be helpful. best, Louis > > Thanks so much! > Dee > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dieter.Loeschky@Sun.COM [mailto:Dieter.Loeschky@Sun.COM] > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:21 AM > To: Louis Suarez-Potts > Cc: Dee Schur; odf-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org; John McCreesh; > Jane Harnad > Subject: Re: [odf-adoption] RE: need confirmation on ODF Camp > > Hi, > > I would love to see technical presentations (e.g. reports from the > Metadata SC, Formula SC, ...) as well as status presentations (e.g. > ODF > roadmap, ODF adoption, ...). > Furthermore we should have workshops on ODF interoperability in ODF > enabled applications (OOo, KOffice, ...) and ODF processing (server > and > client side). > Taking the ODF Toolkit project into account, I hope that we can > attract > additional audience outside the classic OOo public. > > Regards, > Dieter > > -- > Sun Microsystems GmbH Dieter Loeschky > Nagelsweg 55 Senior Manager Software Engineering > 20097 Hamburg StarOffice / OpenOffice.org > Development > Germany Phone: +49(0)40 236 46 500 > http://www.sun.com Dieter.Loeschky@sun.com > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: > Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten > Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 > Geschaeftsfuehrer: Marcel Schneider, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland > Boemer > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering > > > > Louis Suarez-Potts schrieb: >> Hi >> On 2007-05-29, at 21:12 , Dee Schur wrote: >> >>> Hi Louis, >>> We did discuss your email on the ODF Adoption call this morning >>> and I was >>> hoping that you would have joined the call. >>> It was mentioned that it may be difficult to keep attendees with >>> split >>> session (19 and 21 of September) on ODF. I'm not certain that >>> this is a >>> problem. >> >> Depends. >> >> >>> In terms of the ODF camp, how many competing tracks will occur >>> simultaneously? Is this a speaker/presentation format? If so, how >>> many >>> speakers? Or is it an interactive learning event with tutorials and >>> clinics? >>> Is this a plug-fest? Who will select the presenters, are you on the >>> programme committee? >> >> Camp: it's a workshop. No presentations except impromptu ones. >> Rather, >> work on code. >> >> >>> If we do a showcase/demo, I would like to approach the participating >>> vendors >>> about sponsorship after I understand the openoffice.org conference >>> funding >>> model. >> >> >> Model: We ask for donations. See >> http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2007/sponsorship.html >> >> >>> But OOoCon may not be in favor of vendors demoing their products? >> >> Indeed, we are not. We are in favour of vendors speaking about >> experience about their experience with their products, esp. if they >> concern OOo--are derived from it or in some way relate to it. Example >> could be, KOffice speaking about heterogeneous environment, >> KOffice/OOo, >> say. >> >> >>> A >>> traditional OASIS InterOp would require a scenario that solves a >>> business >>> problem and solution, they are non-promotional in nature but members >>> report >>> that the InterOps drive business to their company. Of course, >>> open-source >>> participation would also be encouraged. I also wanted to pursue the >>> InterOp >>> because we are trying to increase membership in the Adoption TC >>> and the >>> possibility of participating in this event would encourage these >>> potential >>> new members to join the Adoption TC. >> >> OOo and ODF are not quite like regular OASIS formats, I think. >> >> The point of the camp is actually to improve interoperability >> among the >> ODF implementations. But the presentations, given at OOoCon, must >> really >> relate to OOo, as well as ODF. >> >> >>> Do we have any idea of number and type of attendees? It is my >>> understanding >>> that this event is heavily attended by public sector folks or is it >>> mostly >>> developers? >> >> Both. In years past, numbers have trended up from 300-350. I >> think this >> year it will be more popular. >> >>> I have many more questions, maybe we should plan another call >>> since it >>> sounds like you are under the gun. >> >> Quite. :-) >> >> But I'm in Moscow for the next couple of days, then back to London. I >> can manage one via Skype or equiv., but I want to hear from >> Dieter, too. >> >>> Thanks! >>> Dee >> >> best >> louis >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Louis Suarez-Potts [mailto:luispo@mac.com] >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:28 PM >>> To: odf-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org >>> Cc: John McCreesh; Dee Schur; Dieter Loeschky >>> Subject: need confirmation on ODF Camp >>> >>> Hi >>> A couple of days ago I sent a note to this list, cc'ing Dee Schur >>> and >>> several others. [0]. >>> >>> No response so far. That's unfortunate. We need to decide on the >>> logistics of the event, and soon. >>> >>> Here is the idea: >>> >>> Wednesday have a 1/2 or even full day "camp" that would work on >>> "normalizing" interoperability among ODF implementations. >>> >>> Options: >>> >>> ** It could run in parallel to the regular scheduled talks, as a >>> stream. >>> >>> Or, >>> >>> ** it would be one of the streams >>> >>> The latter option would necessary crowd out other papers. >>> >>> >>> Opinions? >>> >>> My own preference would be to have a parallel track. >>> >>> >>> Please respond as soon as you can. >>> >>> best >>> Louis >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
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