| Eclipse Marketing Call Minutes from Oct. 21 |
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Eclipse Marketing Call Minutes October 21, 2008 at 12:00 pm EST Next Call: November 4, 2008 at 12:00 pm EST Dial 1-866-362-7064 or +1 613-287-8000 Pass code 880932 Attended: Chris
Calandro (AMD), Chris Forti (Actuate), Lynn Gayowski (Eclipse), Tina Kvavle
(Instantiations), Elise Rodrigues (Actuate), Ian Skerrett (Eclipse), Alan
Zeichick (BZ Media) FOUNDATION UPDATES (see below
for information that was given on each event): 1. Foundation
Events at EclipseWorld 2. DemoCamps 5. EclipseCon 1. Eclipse Foundation Events at
EclipseWorld October 27-30, 2008 -Alan Zeichick gave an overview of the conference on the
call -There are lots of exciting workshops and classes taking
place -Attendance is down somewhat this year -Conference focus is on Java, targeting Java developers -By request, the Foundation has changed the Members Meeting
to a conference call -The members call will take place Monday, October 27 at
11:30 am EDT -Foundation events at EclipseWorld include a New Members
Jumpstart Meeting, Members Reception, Marketing Symposium and Eclipse Party -New Members Jumpstart Meeting - Monday, October 27 at 2:00-4:00
pm -Members Reception – Monday, October 27 at 5:00-7:00
pm -Eclipse Marketing Symposium - Tuesday, October 28 at 8:30
am – 12:00 pm -Eclipse Party open to all EclipseWorld attendees –
Wednesday, October 29 at 7:00-9:00 pm Opportunities: Participate at EclipseWorld - details
at http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/membersminutes/20081028MarketingSymposium/MeetingMinutesSep21.php 2. DemoCamps http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_DemoCamps_November_2008 October 29-December 5, 2008 Worldwide -The first Eclipse DemoCamps start next week -There are 33 cities participating -Sign up if you want to show off your Eclipse products by
volunteering to give a demo at your local DemoCamp Opportunities: Attend a DemoCamp - details at http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_DemoCamps_November_2008 3. Eclipse Banking Day http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseBankingDayNYC December 9, 2008 -Eclipse Banking Day is an event for banking industry collaborations
between Eclipse project leaders, tech experts and banks -Companies speaking at Banking Day include JP Morgan, Morgan
Stanley, RBC Capital Markets and UBS -Event is being held at a Morgan Stanley office -Actuate and Sybase are members sponsoring the event -Another Banking Day will be planned for Opportunities: Sponsor Banking Day – email Ian
Skerrett at ian at eclipse dot org 4. Eclipse November 19-20, 2008 -A Marketing Symposium has been planned for ESE – more
details will be sent out after EclipseWorld -Request from Instantiations for more logistics information
to ESE sponsors – update: detailed info has been posted to the conference
website at http://www.eclipsecon.org/summiteurope2008/sponsorship -Call for posters is still open: http://www.eclipsecon.org/summiteurope2008/posters Opportunities: Attend ESE - details at http://www.eclipsesummit.org 5. EclipseCon 2009 March 23-26, 2009 -Call for presentations is open -The deadline is November 24 -Sponsorship packages are also available Opportunities: Submit a talk to EclipseCon at http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/submissions
or sponsor at http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/sponsorship Regards, Lynn Gayowski Marketing Events Manager Eclipse Foundation, Inc. |