The mktg-FAD 2010 is an event intended to plan the marketing' activities in 2010 and to have some fun together.
This event occurs shortly after the Fedora 13 Alpha release. Consult the schedule for details.
Logistics
Duration
We will be meeting for 4 days. The dates are Saturday, March 13, 2010 - Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Out-of-towners will fly in Friday, March 12.
Location
We will be meeting in Raleigh, NC.
Accommodations
If you can host visitors, list yourself here, and what you can provide (should guests bring a pillow? certain gender? only couches available? parking? pets? how far are you from the RH office?)
Ride Sharing / Car Pooling
Attendees
Please fill in your details .
| # | FAS Name & Full Name |
Hotel | Friday's Dinner |
Arrival | Departure | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mel Chua | yes | yes | day, time | after end | Boston, MA (...mostly) |
| 2 | Henrik Heigl | yes | yes | day, time | day, time | Germany |
| 3 | Ryan Rix | yes | yes | day, time | day, time | Phoenix, AZ |
| 4 | robyn bergeron | yes | yes | day, time | day, time | Flagstaff, AZ |
| 5 | MaxSpevack | yes | yes | ??? | ??? | Raleigh, NC |
| 6 | Kara Schiltz | yes | ??? | ??? | ??? | Raleigh, NC |
| 7 | Pascal Calarco | no | no | remote | remote | South Bend, IN |
| 8 | Paul W. Frields | yes | yes | day, time | day, time | Fredericksburg, VA |
| 9 | John Poelstra | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | Portland, OR ; interested-- like idea of western states! |
| 10 | Rahul Sundaram | Yes | Yes | ?? | ?? | Anywhere in US is probably a 20 hour flight. So make it useful is all I can say! |
| 11 | Ben Williams | YES | Yes | 20100312 | 20100316 | Blacksburg, VA (driving) tenative |
| 12 | Russell Harrison | no | Yes | ?? | ?? | Raleigh, NC tenative |
| 13 | Neville A. Cross | no | no | remote | remote | Managua, Nicaragua. |
Buttons
For blogs, signatures and the like: buttons! -> later work for artwork ;-)
Other Things we need
- coffee
- place to sleep
- place for work
Agenda
We have four days scheduled for working.
Day 1 (Saturday, March 13)
Strategy and Research. Owner is robyn bergeron. This day will be used for:
- Discussing market research data results from upcoming Fedora users survey
- Looking at short-term and long-term strategy, life cycle
- Revisiting the Marketing Plan
- Reviewing F12 process, successes etc.
Part of the morning will also likely be used for introductions, figuring out internet access for people, generally getting settled, etc.
Day 2 (Sunday, March 14)
Brand book.
Day 3 (Monday, March 15)
Interviews and filming.
Day 4 (Tuesday, March 16)
PR. Owner: Henrik Heigl, with remote backup from Sakis Samaras.
Business
The list below is just the collection of items we will discuss about and does not say anything about the time or order they're discussed about.
- F12 - what did we do there
- F13 - how far we are
- Start of release cycle
- Alpha
- Beta
- GA
- Start of release cycle
- upcoming releases
- measurement
- build up an press and picture archive
- everything else
=> goal: have a big picture of a possible marketing plan we could use during Fedora cycles.
Sideline
- How about something like a conference-Package, T-Shirt or basecap or some other kind of "reminder" of that event? ... maybe there are some RH Backpacks (max carring around some nice ones ;-) ) or other bags laying around in some office with some cool nice tiny black notebooks and some pens with laserpointer or so in it <- makes a nice package ?!
- make some pictures for the picturebook (photoshooting -> theme)
Fun
depends on where we are (e.g. springbreak, bikeweek, etc.)
Workshops
- how to write press releases
- overview over PR in Opensource (talk from Henrik Heigl ).
- Fedora Handbook - Rahul Sundaram
- ideas?!
Budget
We have a $3k budget for this FAD.
Flights
| Name | Coming from | Budget needed | Flight constraints | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Chua | PIT (coming from another conference) | $200 | leave PIT 5pm March 12, return PIT anytime | pending approval |
| Rahul Sundaram | India | $1200. Not sure its worth the cost. Sankarshan, my manager would have to approve this as well | Fairly flexible. The prices don't vary much with the dates | pending approval |
| Your name | Your location | Approximate cost of plane ticket (overestimate, pls) | What's the earliest you can leave and the latest you can return? | pending approval |
Housing
| Roommate 1 | Roommate 2 | Check-in | Check-out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Chua (also OK with couch) | NEEDS A ROOMMATE! | 3/12 (Fri) | 3/17 (Wed) |
| Name | Name | Date | Date |
Other expenses
- Rental car?
- Food?
FAQ
- How many days do we have for work?
- some leisure day? ideas for the fun parts...
Media
Here is a Place where anybody can place the media from the Event (Blogentrys, press texts, flickr Photostream, etc.). If your BlogEntry or Photo is missing here, please add it.