[FOSS4G-Oceania] 10 days to go! Update, committee movements, and help wanted
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Mon Nov 12 12:32:24 PST 2018
Alex,
Metrics on numbers of decision makers at a conference is relevant for
sponsors determining whether they are likely to be able to convert
sponsorship into sales. This was a common question for me in 2009 when I
was chasing sponsors. In my role at LISAsoft, when I was getting chased
by conference organisors to sponsor events, they would often provide
metrics about number of decision makers.
However, having said that, I think much of the value in our conference
is the community buzz we create, which comes from a community of low
level techies geeking out. I feel we are in a better position if we can
avoid chasing sponsors who are only interested in selling to CEOs.
On 13/11/18 1:55 am, Alex Leith wrote:
> I'm not sure about the job questions, Cameron, I don't think it's
> relevant to what we want feedback on. Sure, it's interesting, but not
> our business. Anyone got further views on this?
>
> I added a couple of questions at the start. Please do have a click
> through. Here's the live link, which I'll clear out prior to it going
> out, so fill it in:
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5GiTjgbil7Y-49j8VLxUU_FwXlFIf3-DgmugaiZBl1Q0wHg/viewform
>
>
> I'll draft a closing email, which can include this survey and a 'call
> for photos'.
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 at 07:13 Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Alex, I like your survey. Looks good as is.
>
> There is some background information from our FOSS4G Cookbook
> worth glancing over:
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Metrics
>
> From the cookbook, these things might be worth considering adding
> (which is based on what we captured in 2009)
>
> 1. Information Source: Past attendee,Friend/colleague,E-mail
> list,Web badge on open source site,Grapevine,Internet
> Search,Web advertisement,Magazine advertisement
> 2. Job Description 1:C-Level
> Executive,Manager,Consultant,Programmer,Scientist,Educator,Mysterious
> 3. Job Responsibility 1: If I Told You I'D Have To Kill You
> ($1,000,000s),Heaps Of Money ($100,000s),Piles Of Money
> ($10,000s),Stacks Of Money ($1000s),No Money At All
> 4. Reason For Attending: The Technical Networking,The Workshops &
> Technical Sessions,The Beer,The Sales Networking,Something
> Else Altogether
>
>
> I'd suggest we should ideally send this email out after the
> closing plenary or at the start of Community Day, and have people
> fill it out during community day, or on their way home, while
> things are still fresh in their mind, and before they get hit with
> catching up with things at work.
>
> On 12/11/18 9:36 am, John Bryant wrote:
>> Awesome work on the survey, looking great! There is a bit of
>> discussion/comment in the post-conf survey doc
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KSrds5SvNF2L0xbuR7gNQHjdHIJv6PJJYzpAXs70utc/edit>
>> that might be addressed, there are some good suggestions &
>> questions in there.
>>
>> Re: timing - should we aim to send it to attendees as soon as is
>> practical after the end of the event? Can it be tied in with any
>> other wrap-up messages and sent out via MailChimp? Perhaps
>> Edoardo has some thoughts around this.
>>
>> On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 at 21:54, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com
>> <mailto:alexgleith at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi John
>>
>> Here's a draft of a feedback survey:
>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17aBWqmTwivf-Cj_4cwUZTX9pDwACM3A8ZhfLFI8-F30/edit
>>
>>
>> Here's a Dropbox link where people can post photos without
>> logging in: https://www.dropbox.com/request/1WajUa4vwLgJnfKc7aQ0
>>
>> I'm happy to draft emails around these two items at some
>> point. If we want them before the event runs, let me know.
>> The feedback survey probably needs a test and some more
>> input, but I would be careful not to make it much bigger!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 at 02:46 John Bryant
>> <johnwbryant at gmail.com <mailto:johnwbryant at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Adam for the offer to organise the BoFs. Hopefully
>> it will be a small task. Largely I think the idea is for
>> attendees to be self-organising, so the job is to make
>> sure attendees know what to do :)
>>
>> Re: photos - Dropbox and attendee opt-out are helpful
>> ideas along the right lines. What we need is for someone
>> to think this through and put things into action. At this
>> stage, ideas that are floated without someone
>> volunteering to do them are unlikely to happen.
>>
>> Anyone want to bite on photos & post-conf surveys?
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