[Ambassadors] NA Events Expectation Proposal

[Larry Cafiero]

Agreed on all counts (as you know from #fedora-ambassadors discussion), and
thanks for bringing it up for discussion on the list.

Larry Cafiero

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:25 PM, David Nalley <david at gnsa.us> wrote:

> Sorry to bombard the global list with this.
>
> I'd like to propose that we set the following expectation:
>
> If we go to a conference, especially a Linux conference and:
> Have a booth, have speakers, and/or have a FAD associated with the
> event that we consider sponsoring it. (and by consider I mean we
> should default to sponsoring and only with very deliberate reasoning
> should we not sponsor the event)
>
> Here is my reasoning.
> We get benefit from showing up at these conferences (If we don't, we
> shouldn't be going)
> We often have FADs at Events - when we do this we are essentially
> taking advantage of the draw of the conference to build our own
> community.
> We should never be seen as a leech on these (often community organized)
> events.
>
> Moreover it's in our best interest to grow these events, IMO. I think
> we can and should do more than show up and man a booth if possible.
> There are cases where we shouldn't do this, but those are really the
> exception rather than the rule.
>
> I'd even be willing to say that if we plan on a FAD at or in
> conjunction with the event that we must sponsor the event itself, and
> that be part of the FAD budget.
>
> Heretofore it's largely been left up to the event owner to decide
> whether to sponsor an event. So for some events, like OLF, SELF, UTOSC
> etc we have funds set aside for Fedora to sponsor, and others we
> don't. We've even sponsored BarCamps and LUG meetings (pizza at the
> LUG meetings).
>
> So - if you are going to talk at a LUG meeting - consider showing up with
> pizza
> If there's a BarCamp - consider having Fedora sponsor it - and make
> sure you pitch a lot of Fedora/FLOSS/Linux talks.
> If there is a conference we are going to have a presence at we should
> be sponsoring it.
>
>
> Thoughts, Comments, Flames?
>
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