RE: [relax-ng] marketing

[Michael Fitzgerald <mike@wyeast.net>]

I think this is a very good idea. I would be happy to volunteer ... to hold
a microphone or to press the space bar. %^}

If we could get James or Makoto or John or Kohsuke to bat, I think we could
get some base hits.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David RR Webber - XMLGlobal [mailto:Gnosis_@compuserve.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 12:27 PM
> To: Michael Fitzgerald; RNG List; Richard Rist
> Subject: re: [relax-ng] marketing
>
>
> Message text written by Michael Fitzgerald
> >I think we can do more marketing than we are doing now.
> <<<<<<
>
> Mike,
>
> Here's another stellar idea - frankly I think that post 9/11 and
> the XML bubble bursting - F2F conferences are a dead duck.
> Attendence is in the hole.
>
> I've had great success with online Webinars however - and
> attendence is strong.
>
> I believe I could line up something with Intellor.com (nice outfit,
> good people).
>
> They'd need some sponsorship to cover the modest $$ -
> a guess here - we could get Sun and XML Global and OASIS
> between them to sponsor it.
>
> Then we line up 3 sessions.   Executive level "Why RELAX?",
> standards story - go forward, support, future, ISO, etc;
> then implementation level "Where can I benefit from RELAX -
> Business Use Cases",  and then finally "RELAX together" -
> hands-on live demo's of tools.
>
> We pitch the heck out of this on XML-dev, the comics,
> and zines, etc.
>
> Then we record those sessions and put them available from
> our site for prosperity.
>
> If I can get volunteers to do the sessions - and this sounds
> like a great idea - I'll get the sponsorship covered - and
> then all we need to do is pick a date....
>
> Cheers, DW.
>
> p.s. Intellors webinar software works from any PC and
> dial-up worldwide.
>
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