| Eclipse Marketing Call Minutes from Jul. 14 |
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Eclipse Marketing Call Minutes July 14, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST Next Call: August 11, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST Dial 1-866-362-7064 or +1 613-287-8000 Pass code 880932 Attended: Pieter
Humphrey (Oracle), Lynn Gayowski (Eclipse), Ian Skerrett (Eclipse), Mary Wuertz
(Innovations Software) FOUNDATION UPDATES (see below
for information that was given on each event): 3. Upcoming marketing plans 1. Galileo activities http://www.eclipse.org/galileo -29 DemoCamps were held in 15 countries http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_DemoCamps_Galileo_2009 -Had a total of over 1,400 attendees – our highest
ever, averaging 49 people per DemoCamp -Plan to run another series in November -The Galileo In Action virtual conference on June 26 received
1,022 registrations -479 people attended live over the 5-hour conference, with
the average attendee watching for 2 hours -The recording should be up in another week -The blogathon has received over 80 entries http://www.eclipse.org/galileo/blogathon/reviews.php -Closes on July 31 -Galileo Birds Nest on Twitter has 960 followers -On the day of Galileo, there were 240+ tweets from 155
people tagging #eclipse35 -Overall the Galileo press coverage was very good -The changes to the members’ distro program have improved
download traffic for our members http://www.eclipse.org/membership/special_programs/member-downloads-program.php 2. Eclipse October 27-29. 2009 -The call for papers is open until August 18, 2009 http://www.eclipsecon.org/summiteurope2009/submissions -2 sponsor spots on the exhibit hall’s upper level are
still open, plus spots are available on the lower level http://www.eclipsecon.org/summiteurope2009/sponsorship/ 3. Upcoming Marketing Plans -Other Eclipse Days are in the works, including 2 in -We’re currently redoing the Eclipse PlugIn Central website
and will rebrand to “Eclipse Marketplace” -An announcement on E4 will be out soon – there is a
new release this month Regards, Lynn Gayowski Marketing Events Manager Eclipse Foundation, Inc. |