July 3, 2011 Meeting

   1 Jul 03 22:45:13 <marado>	Hey Fred
   2 Jul 03 22:45:19 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: hey!
   3 Jul 03 22:45:45 <marado>	 no one else for the meeting?
   4 Jul 03 22:45:53 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: well nobody showed up, I guess the notice was a bit too short
   5 Jul 03 22:46:02 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: and pockey is traveling as well
   6 Jul 03 22:46:17 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: well thanks for taking the time
   7 Jul 03 22:46:28 <BLUG_Fred>	i can share my notes at least... so you'll know what's happening
   8 Jul 03 22:46:58 <BLUG_Fred>	Agenda:
   9 Jul 03 22:46:58 <BLUG_Fred>	- Sponsorship & goodies
  10 Jul 03 22:46:58 <BLUG_Fred>	- Wiki registration and updates needed
  11 Jul 03 22:46:58 <BLUG_Fred>	- Registration script (javascript gurus, please join us!)
  12 Jul 03 22:46:58 <BLUG_Fred>	- Ideas on specificities of our collaboration with the FSF
  13 Jul 03 22:46:58 <BLUG_Fred>	- Upcoming announcement writing help request
  14 Jul 03 22:47:07 <marado>	sorry, yeah, I was counting on it for next week, so I'm here just because. I've justvinstalled an orchestra client on mobile, and I'm on the go...
  15 Jul 03 22:47:10 <BLUG_Fred>	i resorted the agenda into something more logical
  16 Jul 03 22:47:24 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: else we can do it next week
  17 Jul 03 22:47:45 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: next week works for both pockey and me I think (at least)
  18 Jul 03 22:47:54 <BLUG_Fred>	and then we would have 1 week notice for everyone else
  19 Jul 03 22:48:15 <marado>	well, I can try
  20 Jul 03 22:48:22 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: really
  21 Jul 03 22:48:27 <BLUG_Fred>	it's a non issue for me
  22 Jul 03 22:48:53 <marado>	well, maybe its better then
  23 Jul 03 22:48:59 <BLUG_Fred>	and it would make more sense to have more people
  24 Jul 03 22:49:21 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: anyway I was a bit sad no one showed up (though I am ok to blame myself for it)
  25 Jul 03 22:49:33 <marado>	work to coordinate PT SFD events started this week
  26 Jul 03 22:49:34 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: so you sent me a ray of sunshine
  27 Jul 03 22:49:45 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: good
  28 Jul 03 22:50:01 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: we have enough money to send at least 200 team packs this year :)
  29 Jul 03 22:50:21 <marado>	we might end up with only one event, one city, but make it big
  30 Jul 03 22:50:22 <BLUG_Fred>	and hopefully we'll get more. I was traveling the past week to meet people and raise money
  31 Jul 03 22:50:36 <marado>	cool
  32 Jul 03 22:50:40 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: yes.. both are good. I have done both and they all have pros and cons
  33 Jul 03 22:50:57 <marado>	we're looking for venues at this moment
  34 Jul 03 22:51:08 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: at the end I am not sure which one I prefer in fact
  35 Jul 03 22:51:37 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: i don't think i can help much on that, but if you need anything, don't hesitate to ping me
  36 Jul 03 22:55:13 <marado>	thanks I was giving status
  37 Jul 03 22:56:29 <BLUG_Fred>	well i will let you go. It's almost 11pm here and I'm thinking to go to bed early
  38 Jul 03 22:56:40 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: i was happy to get some news
  39 Jul 03 22:57:18 <marado>	we want to go for the "one event but big" approach because we want to engage media attention and pressure political parties
  40 Jul 03 22:58:14 <marado>	we just had change of government, this ones are openly pro-patents, pro-drm pro-microsoft... :-(
  41 Jul 03 22:58:23 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: do you think we should publish an official call for sponsors and encouraging organization to support local events if they don't support us?
  42 Jul 03 22:58:32 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: that is sad
  43 Jul 03 23:00:29 <marado>	well I think support can go in two different levels, global and local, maybe sdf-mkt should work globally and local teams look into local sponsors
  44 Jul 03 23:02:02 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: ok.. i was wondering if a general announcement would/could benefit local teams
  45 Jul 03 23:03:05 <marado>	well it would... but that could se something like.
  46 Jul 03 23:04:09 <marado>	 in the official call for sponsors a line in the end with something like: also find your local team and sponsor it!
  47 Jul 03 23:04:12 <BLUG_Fred>	ok.. i'll think about it and how to turn it. For some companies it doesn't make sense to go internationally ifwhen they only target local customers
  48 Jul 03 23:04:42 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: we never issue a call for sponsors for SFD.. so it would really be to help local teams actually
  49 Jul 03 23:05:01 <marado>	indeed,  but each local team has its own sponsorship needs
  50 Jul 03 23:05:45 <BLUG_Fred>	yes... and also own type/size of event
  51 Jul 03 23:05:51 <BLUG_Fred>	which might disappoint some
  52 Jul 03 23:06:19 <marado>	for instance, we would prefer a sponsor to give us a venue than to give us money to pay a venue
  53 Jul 03 23:06:33 <marado>	true
  54 Jul 03 23:07:02 <BLUG_Fred>	yes.. i also think there are many ways to sponsor such as providing good speakers, resources, staff, goodies, venue, food & drinks etc
  55 Jul 03 23:07:24 <marado>	indeed
  56 Jul 03 23:07:42 <BLUG_Fred>	even a cultural performance for the opening can be nice and attract a different audience that one wouldn't be able to reach otherwise
  57 Jul 03 23:09:02 <BLUG_Fred>	sfd is supposed to be for the non-tech and non foss-aware folks
  58 Jul 03 23:09:41 <BLUG_Fred>	and it s not easy to get them with "come and celebrate Software" (they probably wonder what freedom has to do with it)
  59 Jul 03 23:10:13 <marado>	indeed, contacting local net label to find out a free culture artist to make a concert, good idea
  60 Jul 03 23:10:47 <BLUG_Fred>	marado:  and that would really be "eat your own dog food" - see we are doing it and this is why
  61 Jul 03 23:10:59 <marado>	true
  62 Jul 03 23:11:09 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: i'll think about that call for sponsors, it can be a good guide for both sponsors and local teams
  63 Jul 03 23:12:16 *	verow (~verow@ANice-652-1-93-70.w86-219.abo.wanadoo.fr) has joined #sfd-marketing
  64 Jul 03 23:12:25 <BLUG_Fred>	verow: hey!
  65 Jul 03 23:12:44 <marado>	vetoed hi
  66 Jul 03 23:13:07 <marado>	verow (damn autocomplete)
  67 Jul 03 23:13:52 <verow>	sorry for being late! hi evrybody!
  68 Jul 03 23:14:26 <BLUG_Fred>	verow: well you didn't miss much
  69 Jul 03 23:14:41 <verow>	ouf :-)
  70 Jul 03 23:16:17 <BLUG_Fred>	verow: we will postpone the meeting to next Sunday
  71 Jul 03 23:16:39 <verow>	I'll be in RMLL (Strasbourg)
  72 Jul 03 23:16:42 <marado>	Fred, you have any idea of when will the wiki allow new 2011 countries register?
  73 Jul 03 23:16:53 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: it already does
  74 Jul 03 23:17:12 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: wiki has been ready for quite some time, but it was (kind of) hidden
  75 Jul 03 23:17:33 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: right now just the registration is missing, but that's a different thing
  76 Jul 03 23:17:55 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: everyone can start creating a wiki page at wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2011
  77 Jul 03 23:18:22 <marado>	I tried to create Portugal two days ago, gave me Permission error
  78 Jul 03 23:19:02 <BLUG_Fred>	ah?
  79 Jul 03 23:19:43 <BLUG_Fred>	marado:  let me check that right away then
  80 Jul 03 23:20:35 <marado>	sure, sorry for not telling soon I assumed wiki was being worked on...
  81 Jul 03 23:20:58 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: yes.. there was a small error from last year template.. should be fixed now
  82 Jul 03 23:21:29 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: last year our wiki maintainer locked the continent page creation.. since we don't use continent this year the country pages are locked.. and shouldn't
  83 Jul 03 23:21:46 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: and i usually use my test account to test, but i didn't this time
  84 Jul 03 23:22:43 <marado>	great, I won't. register now on mobile but will asap
  85 Jul 03 23:23:28 <BLUG_Fred>	marado: drop me a mail or ping me in the #sfd channel if you're still having issues
  86 Jul 03 23:23:38 <marado>	sure
  87 Jul 03 23:24:12 <BLUG_Fred>	verow: do you need anything before the RMLL?
  88 Jul 03 23:24:43 <verow>	no BLUG_Fred it 's too late, I'm going on next Saturday
  89 Jul 03 23:25:04 <BLUG_Fred>	verow: ok
  90 Jul 03 23:25:14 <verow>	weeks have been more than hectic here as I was away for business trip for a while
  91 Jul 03 23:26:34 <BLUG_Fred>	yes me too