[coreboot] 2017 North American coreboot Conference

[Martin Roth]

Hi Juliana,  (and anyone else who has opinions)
  I'm curious how we should have communicated this better so that we
can improve communication for next year, and for the October
conference in Germany: https://ecc2017.coreboot.org/

Here's what we've done:
1) We've had a banner across the top of the coreboot homepage for the
past month: https://coreboot.org
2) We've had the information set as the topic of the #coreboot IRC
channel for most of the past 2 months.
3) We've sent out periodic emails to the coreboot mailing list talking about it.
4) We've announced it on twitter several times.
5) It's mentioned every 2 weeks in the coreboot community meeting, and
sent to the mailing list as a part of the minutes.

What do you think we should have done to get more attention.
Obviously from Naveed's question, other people feel that we haven't
been communicating enough either.

Martin


On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 9:20 PM, Juliana Rodrigues
<juliana.orod at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> It is a shame that I've learned about the conference just now.
> Plane tickets to Denver are too expensive atm.
>
> Juliana
>
> 2017-05-25 23:43 GMT-03:00 Martin Roth <gaumless at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi Naveed,
>>   Yes, the conference is definitely happening.  For anyone who doesn't
>> know where to find the information about the Denver conference, here's
>> the link: https://coreboot.org/Denver2017
>>
>> We've got 30 people signed up to attend currently, and expect that a
>> few more will sign up in the next week.
>>
>> We're working with the SFC on billing.  We'll be sending out emails to
>> all registered attendees next week with billing information.  This is
>> obviously much closer that we wanted it to be, but the paperwork for
>> the SFC didn't get finished until last week.  An announcement about
>> coreboot joining the SFC will be going out shortly.
>>
>> We'll also be sending another email next week with additional
>> information about the conference along with arrival information and
>> our contact information in case there are any issues for anyone
>> arriving in town.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Naveed Ghori <naveed.ghori at dti.com.au>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Any update on registration payment and number of people attending.
>> >
>> > I guess I just want verification that it is still on there has been no
>> > communications recently.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheer,
>> >
>> > Naveed
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: coreboot [mailto:coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org] On Behalf Of
>> > Martin
>> > Roth
>> > Sent: Friday, 3 February 2017 1:32 AM
>> > To: coreboot
>> > Subject: [coreboot] 2017 North American coreboot Conference
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > We are happy to announce that the 2017 North American coreboot
>> > Conference
>> > will be held in Denver, Colorado on June 5th & 6th, with an optional
>> > hacking
>> > day on June 7th.
>> >
>> >
>> > Register here:  https://goo.gl/o2j4gX
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The cost will be $250 for corporate attendees, $100 for individuals, and
>> > $25
>> > for students.
>> >
>> > All fees go up by $50 for registrations received after May 5.
>> >
>> > Payment is NOT required at the time of registration.  We will contact
>> > you
>> > later with payment information.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hotel, travel, and other additional information is available on the
>> > coreboot
>> > wiki: https://www.coreboot.org/Denver2017
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > If you have any questions, please email us at convention at coreboot.org
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Martin
>>
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