| Eclipse Marketing Call Minutes from Dec. 2 |
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Eclipse Marketing Call Minutes December 2, 2008 at 12:00 pm EST Next Call: December 16, 2008 at 12:00 pm EST Dial 1-866-362-7064 or +1 613-287-8000 Pass code 880932 Attended: Jeff Anders
(Embarcadero), Chris Forti (Actuate), Lynn Gayowski (Eclipse), Tina Kvavle
(Instantiations), Ian Skerrett (Eclipse) FOUNDATION UPDATES (see below
for information that was given on each event): 1. Eclipse
Summit Europe Wrap-up 2. EclipseCon 3. Eclipse Community Awards 1. Eclipse -Eclipse Summit Europe was Nov. 19-20 in -Attendance at the conference was just over 400, the same as
last year -Sponsors seemed to be happy and there was good buzz &
networking at the conference -Presentations from the Members Meeting and Marketing
Symposium are at http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/membersminutes/20081117EuropeanMembersMeeting/MeetingAgendaNov17.php -Many speakers posted their slides to their abstracts on the
conference website http://www.eclipse.org 2. EclipseCon 2009 March 23-26, 2009 -Call for presentations is now closed with 470+ submissions -The very early registrations deadline (40% off the onsite
price) is December 31, plus members get an additional 15% discount -Sponsorship opportunities are still available -Ian will be starting press outreach soon Opportunities: Sponsor EclipseCon at http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/sponsorship 3. Eclipse Community Awards -Awards are held annually to recognize top Eclipse products
and individuals -Awards are announced and handed out at EclipseCon -Individual awards are nominated by the community and
selected in a vote by the community -Commercial awards are nominated by vendors and a panel of
judges selects the winners -Nominations will open December 8 and the deadline is January
30 4. Eclipse Banking Day http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseBankingDayNYC December 9, 2008 -Attendance is now closed at 100 participants -We reached the target market – a lot of VPs of
investment banks are attending -There is also a good variety of banks represented -Another Banking Day will be planned for -Eclipse Foundation is open to putting on more days related
to industry verticals, especially for automotive and banking Opportunities: Participate in the London Banking Day
– email Ian Skerrett at ian at eclipse dot org Regards, Lynn Gayowski Marketing Events Manager Eclipse Foundation, Inc. |