The next
Eclipse Members’ Meeting will be held September 21-22, 2005 at the
Wyndham Hotel, Chicago O’Hara Airport. Employees of Eclipse
member companies and Eclipse committers are invited to attend four different
events that are geared to help better understand the Eclipse community and open
source projects.
1) New Members' Jumpstart Meeting, September 21 - 9:00-11:00am
- This event will be of interest to people that are new to
the Eclipse community.
2) Marketing Symposium, September 21 - 12:00-6:00pm
- This event will be of interested to the marketing
professionals responsible for marketing commercial products into the Eclipse
user community.
3) Welcome Dinner and Reception, September 21 - 6:30-10:00pm
- Informal networking event to meet representatives for
other Eclipse companies
4) Eclipse Members' Meeting, September 22 - 7:30-4:30pm
- The main event
Details of each event and
preliminary agenda’s can be found below.
We have setup an online registration
system to handle the registration and fee payment for the meeting. We
have attempted to keep the fees at a minimum but are required to cover the cost
of running the meeting. To register visit http://www.regonline.com/27033
Please remember to book at hotel
room at the Wyndham Hotel Chicago O'Hare Airport. To
make a reservation, please call 847-297-1234 or 1-800-996-3426. For
online reservation visit http://www.wyndham.com/rates/main.wnt,
click on the property tab and select Wyndham O'Hare. A room rate of
$135/night has been arranged by Eclipse but it is only valid until August 29,
2005. Please reference group ID 0918859EC. (NOTE: You may need to
type the group ID into the registration form. Copy and paste may result
in an invalid ID)
If you have any questions, please
contact me or Sharon Wolfe.
Regards,
Ian
Eclipse New
Members’ Jumpstart Meeting
September 21, 9:00am-11:00am
The Program is composed of a short
session that discusses the Eclipse Open Source Projects and the Eclipse
organizational structure and operations. While this is intended for new
members, all are encouraged to attend.
The agenda for this meeting is:
--- How do I get involved in Eclipse?
--- Eclipse Foundation structure and
operations
--- Eclipse Architecture Overview
--- Eclipse Project Overview
--- Open ended informal discussions
about Eclipse Consortium
Eclipse Marketing
Symposium
September 21, noon-6:00pm
The marketing symposium is for
marketing and business professionals of Eclipse member companies. The
goal is to learn and discuss what best practices of marketing commercial
products to the Eclipse user community. The symposium will feature
invited speakers and a series of short case studies from Eclipse member
companies.
Tentative Agenda
- Welcome luncheon
- Invited Speaker: Enterprise
Adoption of Eclipse
- Invited Speaker: Tapping into the
Blogsphere
- Lightening Talks from Eclipse
members (short case studies and discussions)
-
Tentative topics include:
- Best Practices Breakout session
– small group session to pursue more in-depth discussion on areas of
interest
Dinner and Reception
September 21, 6:30pm-10:00pm
- An opportunity to meet and network
with the representatives of Eclipse member companies.
Eclipse
Members’ Meeting
September 22, 2005
7:30am-4:30pm
Meeting Objectives
1)
Provide a detailed understanding of the Eclipse Open Source plans, directions
2)
Provide all members with an opportunity for comment and requirements associated
with the Eclipse Open Source Projects
3)
Provide detailed updates on the Eclipse EcoSystem
4)
Provide reports on Eclipse marketing and fiscal status
Preliminary Agenda
-
Continental Breakfast
-
Executive Director Report
o
Eclipse Roadmap and strategy presentation
-
Eclipse Project Update
o
Update on the plans of the individual Eclipse projects
-
Add-in Providers Requirement
o
Small break-out sessions to identify the of requirements and priorities for
Eclipse
-
Harvard
Business
School
Research Project: ‘Competing on a common platform’
-
Marketing Update
-
EclipseCon 2006
Ian Skerrett
Director of Marketing
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
Tel: 613-224-9461 ext. 227
Fax: 613-224-5172
ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.eclipse.org
Blog: http://ianskerrett.blogspot.com/
