Eclipse Marketing Call Minutes
October 7, 2008 at 12:00 pm EST
Next Call: October 21, 2008 at 12:00 pm EST
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Attended: Chris
Calandro (AMD), Jens Eckels (Genuitec), Lynn Gayowski (Eclipse), Charlie Kelly
(Third Millennium), Mahshad Koohgoli (Protecode), Tina Kvavle (Instantiations),
Vijay Ramakrishnan (Actuate), Ian Skerrett
(Eclipse)
FOUNDATION UPDATES (see below
for information that was given on each event):
1. EclipseWorld Events
2. Eclipse Summit Europe
3. Eclipse Banking Day
4. DemoCamps
1. EclipseWorld Events
http://www.eclipseworld.net/
October 27-30, 2008
Reston, VA, USA
-EclipseWorld, run by BZ Media, is from October 28-30
-The Foundation has co-located some of its meetings with the
conference this year
-Monday, October 27 morning, there is a New Members
Jumpstart Meeting for members new to Eclipse to learn about how the community
and Foundation works
-Monday, October 27 afternoon, we will hold the semi-annual
Members Meeting to give community updates, followed by cocktails in the evening
-Members Meeting agenda at http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/eclipse.org-membership-at-large/msg00493.html
-Tuesday, October 28 morning, there is a Marketing Symposium
to provide education on best practices
-Marketing Symposium agenda at http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/membersminutes/20081028MarketingSymposium/MeetingMinutesSep21.php
-There is no cost to attend any of the meetings
-The Foundation is also hosting a reception Wednesday,
October 29, 7:00 pm for all EclipseWorld attendees
Opportunities: Attend the Eclipse meetings by sending
an RSVP to members.meeting at eclipse.org
2. Eclipse Summit
Europe
http://www.eclipsesummit.org
November 19-20, 2008
Ludwigsburg, Germany
-The program is up at http://www.eclipsecon.org/summiteurope2008/table?date=2008-11-19
-Sponsorship opportunities are still available, see http://www.eclipsecon.org/summiteurope2008/sponsorship
-ESE has sold out the last 2 years, so please register soon
if you’re planning to attend
-Members get a 15% discount
-We are also planning a European membership meeting and
marketing symposium for ESE
Opportunities: Sponsor ESE http://www.eclipsecon.org/summiteurope2008/sponsorship
or register to attend http://www.eclipsecon.org/summiteurope2008/registration
3. Eclipse Banking Day
December 9, 2008
New York, NY, USA
-Eclipse has been reaching out to the financial and
automotive industries to get them involved in the Eclipse community
-Several recent events have been planned around the
financial industry
-An Eclipse Banking Day was held in September in Frankfurt – attendance was about 70, with 60% from
banks and 40% speakers and ISVs for financial institutions
-Other Eclipse Banking Days are being planned for New York City in December and London in February
-New York Banking day will be held December 9 at a Morgan
Stanley office
-Speakers will be from RBC Capital Markets, JP Morgan and
Morgan Stanley
-architects, senior developers and developer managers are
the audience with 50-100 are estimated to attend
-Eclipse members can participate by sponsoring the event –
limited to 5 sponsors
-Sponsorship fee of $2,000 will give you recognition on the
event website, ability to distribute product info at the event and 2 passes for
your company representatives – full details in Ian’s attachment to http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/eclipse.org-member-marketing/msg00372.html
-For an agenda, email Ian Skerrett
at ian at eclipse dot org
Opportunities: Sponsor Eclipse Banking Day by emailing
Ian Skerrett at ian at eclipse dot
org
4. DemoCamps
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_DemoCamps_November_2008
November 1-30, 2008
Worldwide
-Eclipse is organizing its 3rd DemoCamp series
-DemoCamps are informal events organized around the world to
show off what people are doing with Eclipse
-The Foundation provides support by funding food and
beverages for the camps
Opportunities: Organize or attend a DemoCamp -
details at http://www.eclipse.org/community/democamp/organizedemocamp.php
Regards,
Lynn Gayowski
Marketing Events Manager
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.