Eclipse Marketing Call Minutes
June 3, 2008 at 12:00 pm EST
Next Call: June 17, 2008 at 12:00 pm EST
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Attended: Chris
Calandro (AMD), Eric Cloninger (Motorola), Manuela Duft (compeople), Donna
Esposito (EclipseWorld), Lynn Gayowski (Eclipse), Charlie Kelly (Third
Millennium), Tina Kvavle (Instantiations), Chris Nguyen (BEA), Vijay
Ramakrishnan (Actuate), Ian Skerrett (Eclipse)
FOUNDATION UPDATES (see below
for information that was given on each event):
1. Market Research
2. Ganymede Release Activities
3. Eclipse Summit Europe
(ESE)
4. EclipseWorld
5. Website Promotion Program on eclipse.org
1. Market Research
-The Foundation is organizing a survey of the Eclipse
community to find out the wants and needs of developers
-Proposals should be in to Ian Skerrett this week from
Evans, Forrester and IDC
-Eric from Motorola expressed an interest on research in the
embedded sector specifically
-The general survey may not reach enough embedded developers
but Eric will see if there’s enough interest to run another survey
separately
Opportunities: Email Ian Skerrett at ian at eclipse
dot org if you’re interested in participating in the selection process or
the research, or if embedded research would be of interest to your company.
2. Ganymede Release Activities
-The official release date of Ganymede is June 25
-DemoCamps around the world are being organized during the
month of June to show encourage networking
-Members can get recognition on the event wiki by sponsoring
a DemoCamp in their local area
-Press outreach on the release will take place on June 25
-A series of Ganymede project videos are being recorded with
OpenTech Media and will be promoted on Eclipse Live the last week of June and
during July
Opportunities: Sponsor or attend an Eclipse DemoCamp
in your area - details at http://www.eclipse.org/community/democamp/organizedemocamp.php
3. Eclipse Summit
Europe (ESE)
http://eclipsesummit.org
November 19-20, 2008
Ludwigsburg, Germany
-The call for papers is out at http://eclipsesummit.org/summiteurope2008/submissions
-Presentations at the conference will be delivered in
English
-Sponsorship is open with a reduced rate for members, see http://eclipsesummit.org/summiteurope2008/sponsorship
Opportunities: Submit a talk or sponsor – online
submission forms at http://eclipsesummit.org
4. EclipseWorld
http://www.eclipseworld.net/
October 28-30, 2008
Reston, VA
-It’s the 3rd year for EclipseWorld
-Focus of the conference is on enterprise IT developers and
end users
-There are only a few speaking slots available - email Donna
Esposito at desposito at bzmedia dot com to request one
-The exhibit prospectus is available online at http://www.eclipseworld.net/sponsorships.htm
-The extreme early bird discount ends July 18
Opportunities: Sponsor or register for EclipseWorld at
http://www.eclipseworld.net.
5. Website Promotion Program on eclipse.org
-Strategic Members of Eclipse can have a campaign ad or
their logo as a “Featured Member” included on the eclipse.org
homepage
-response has been favourable and the program was extended
to the Downloads page as well
-Donald Smith, donald at eclipse dot org, can provide more
metrics on the promotion program
-For all members, if you use Google ads, you can target the eclipse.org
Downloads page or EclipsePluginCentral.com
Opportunities: See http://www.eclipse.org/membership/special_programs/ecosystem-website-promotion.php
to participate in a strategic member ad or a Google ad
Regards,
Lynn Gayowski
Marketing Events Manager
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.