LOC kickoff meeting Oct 19, 2010

FOSS4G 2011 LOC Kickoff Meeting

Venue: Peter Batty's loft, 1792 Wynkoop St, #508, Denver, CO 80202 - right above the Wynkoop Brewing Company Time: 3pm-5ish, probably migrating to the Wynkoop at some point!

Agenda items

Feel free to add to or edit these!

• Committee Structure / Organization. Potential roles include:
  • Program content (2-3 people?) We have said that two of our focus areas (outside the usual areas) will be "open data" and "outreach to non-FOSS people", so probably need someone focused on each of those.
  • Workshops (2-3 people?)
  • Academic track
  • Sponsors
  • Marketing
  • Others??
  • We need to get people signed up for roles and decide if we need to solicit more people to join the LOC
• Logo - how to push this forward and conclude it quickly
• Sponsorship
  • Prospectus
  • How to get some sponsors signed up early
• Exhibitor Prospectus
• Conference Promotion
• Call for Papers
• Milestones/deadlines
• Mechanics of how we work / communicate
  • Regular calls - how often, who?
  • Wiki
  • Mailing list