| Eclipse Marketing Call Minutes from Apr. 7 |
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Eclipse Marketing Call Minutes April 7, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST Next Call: April 21, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST Dial 1-866-362-7064 or +1 613-287-8000 Pass code 880932 Attended: Adam
Fitzgerald (SpringSource), Lynn Gayowski (Eclipse), Pieter Humphrey (Oracle),
Tina Kvavle (Instantiations), Lester Madden (Symbian), Vijay Ramakrishnan
(Actuate) FOUNDATION UPDATES (see below
for information that was given on each event): 1. EclipseCon Review 3. JavaOne
Co-Marketing 1. EclipseCon Review March 23-26, 2009 -Feedback received so far has been very positive -Attendance was down – about 1,000 people total
compared to 1,300 last year -Ian Skerrett posted conference demographics on his blog http://ianskerrett.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/eclipsecon-2009-demographics/ -Demographics of the typical EclipseCon attendee: years of
experience using Eclipse is >3 years, role in organization is a Developer or
Architect, type of organization is ISV or Internal IT -The EclipseCon survey is still online at http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/ so
please fill out your comments 2. Eclipse DemoCamps http://www.eclipse.org/community/democamp/organizedemocamp.php May 18-June 26, 2009 Worldwide -A new series of DemoCamps will take place in May and June
to celebrate the Galileo release -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 -Details on organizing are available at http://www.eclipse.org/community/democamp/organizedemocamp.php -Anybody that’s interested in organizing a DemoCamp in
their city can contact Lynn Gayowski at -The current list of DemoCamps is posted at http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_DemoCamps_Galileo_2009 -For those that want to organize an event but don’t
have contacts in their local area, you may want to co-ordinate with a JUG or
other technology association to find new attendees -Eclipse can also set up a “Regional Eclipse Community”
wiki page and mailing list for you – details at http://wiki.eclipse.org/Regional_Communities 7. JavaOne Co-Marketing http://java.sun.com/javaone/index.jsp June 2-5, 2009 -The Foundation has an exhibit booth at the JavaOne
conference -We will also run a passport game again for Eclipse members
to help drive traffic to their booths and to highlight the Eclipse-based
products at JavaOne -Passport brochures will be distributed from the Eclipse booth
that include profiles of participating member companies, and attendees will be
asked to visit member companies’ booths to receive a stamp -When an attendee has received the required number of stamps,
they can return to the Eclipse booth to get a t-shirt -If you participate, we will also send you a copy of the
leads generated at the Eclipse booth -There will not be a separate Eclipse party this year -If you’re interested in participating, contact Lynn
Gayowski at Regards, Lynn Gayowski Marketing Events Manager Eclipse Foundation, Inc. |