[California] Fwd: UCSB's 2011 IT Vendor Fair

Wed May 18 01:27:35 EDT 2011

Here's the event's website, including date and details:
https://it.ucsb.edu/groups/itpg/2011-it-vendor-fair

Alan

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:59 PM, David Bianco <me at davidbianco.net> wrote:

> When was this?  UCSB is my alma mater....
>
> -David Bianco
>
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Alan Glennon <glennon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Though OSGeo did not have a formal presence at the event, I was able to
>> stay for the first half and interact with quite a few university IT staff.
>> Alex had given me a pile of brochures, OSM buttons, and a few OSGeo Live
>> discs, and I brought them with me. Since I know many of the IT staff, I
>> targeted the discs to people for whom I thought the material would
>> particularly resonate. No other explicitly geo vendors attended (no Google,
>> no Microsoft, and no ESRI). There was an unlabeled table with some ESRI
>> brochures on it, but for the two hours I was there, it was not staffed.
>> Perhaps ESRI just sent in some pamphlets and the organizers placed them on a
>> free table.  Oracle attended, but their participants were not geospatial
>> types.
>>
>> It'd be great to have more OSGeo presentations and demonstrations on
>> campus. Spatial at ucsb hosts discussion groups and workshops, and while
>> many of these focus on open source geospatial tech, an OSGeo talk hosted by
>> another department on campus may attract attendees outside our regulars.
>>
>> Best,
>> Alan Glennon
>> spatial at ucsb
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Tyler Mitchell <tmitchell at osgeo.org>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> FYI ...
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>> *From: *Joe McLain <joe.mclain at lscg.ucsb.edu>
>>> *Date: *May 5, 2011 12:11:52 PM PDT
>>> *To: *Joe McLain <joe.mclain at lscg.ucsb.edu>
>>> *Subject: **Fwd: UCSB's 2011 IT Vendor Fair*
>>>
>>>  Good afternoon!
>>>
>>> I'd like to follow up with you and extend an invitation for you to come
>>> to campus for a product demonstration of your own. This was an amazing event
>>> and right now we're hungry for information so it's an ideal time for you to
>>> let us know what you have to offer. If you weren't able to make it to our
>>> vendor fair but would still like exposure on campus, I'd be happy to act as
>>> your liaison and facilitate the event in any way I can.
>>>
>>> Have a great day!
>>>
>>> Joe.
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: UCSB's 2011 IT Vendor Fair  Date:
>>> Thu, 05 May 2011 11:23:19 -0700
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your participation! From the feedback I've received,
>>> this event was an outstanding success. I sent out an e-mail asking my
>>> peers around campus for their feedback and the responses have all been
>>> that people got what they needed - information and contacts so they can
>>> follow up. People found out about products that they didn't know existed
>>> or were introduced to new companies with products in categories that
>>> they planned to buy. I originally estimated at least 100 and up to 200
>>> people attending but am delighted to report that we had over 300 people
>>> walk through. Given the fact that there are 1700 staff on campus, that's
>>> a pretty amazing number. I saw several faculty walk through and there
>>> were a few people from Santa Barbara City College and Westmont College
>>> that made it around lunchtime but these were in the minority. I think
>>> it's safe to say that there were about 300 staff, many of whom are the
>>> decision makers that you as vendors would want to contact, and the
>>> faculty and representatives from other colleges fall into the "over 300"
>>> count.
>>>
>>> I've had several companies ask about coming back out to do product
>>> demonstrations based on the interest and questions they were receiving
>>> from attendees. In response to that, I'm offering to facilitate your
>>> individual return to the campus. I'd be happy to work with you to bring
>>> you back to campus and market your event so you can present whatever you
>>> wish. Some of my peers have mentioned to me that the energy level on
>>> campus is high after yesterday's event and this could be a great
>>> opportunity for you to take advantage of the swell of interest in new
>>> products and technologies.
>>>
>>> If you'd like to come back to present your company in depth to a
>>> smaller, more targeted audience, let me know. Most vendors mentioned
>>> that they got contact info for follow-up; this can be a chance to
>>> leverage the interest with people who want to know more but didn't leave
>>> their contact info as well.
>>>
>>> Carpe diem!
>>>
>>> Joe.
>>> --
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> Joseph D. McLain
>>> User Support Group Leader and Systems Administrator
>>> University of California, Santa Barbara
>>> Life Sciences Computing Group
>>> Life Sciences Building, Room 2310
>>> Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610
>>>
>>> Supporting the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology,
>>>                     the Department of Molecular, Cellular and
>>> Developmental Biology, and
>>>                     the Neuroscience Research Institute
>>> Contact:
>>>  joe.mclain at lscg.ucsb.edu
>>>  voice: 805.893.4699
>>>  fax: 805.893.4724
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>>
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