FSOSS Meeting 2012-09-13

Speakers

• Count is low -- need to pursue specific invitations, push people to hit the Friday (Tomorrow!) deadline
  • Invite djdelorie, OpenCores community member (CT)
• Dawn is setting up panel discussion on business model/commercialization + track speakers (DM)
• Target of 3 tracks x 6 presentations for Thursday but flexible
• Target of 3 tracks x 6 presentations for Friday

Contest

• Hackputer showcase contest
  • AGreene to lead (CT)

Registration

• Now open!
• Changes needed: (RS)
  • Student rate -> Faculty and student rate
  • Add information about what is included in the registration

Promotion/Marketing

• E-vite review
  • Changes required (RS)
• Posters and handbills
  • Marketing is finishing posters
  • Electronic version for printing (by us) expected next week
  • Handbill format also desired (RS)
• Online (Seneca News, My.Seneca, SCS, ...)

Sponsorship

• Mozilla? (DH)
• Sleeman's (BP)
• AdaFruit Industries? (CT)
• CPE/LED (EW)
• Others (BP?)

Invitations - Seneca Admin (EW)

• Roy Hart
• David Agnew
• Daniel Atlin
• Joy McKinnon
• Mike MacNamara
• Christine Bradaric-Baus
• Krishan Mehta
• Mark Jones
• Hassan Assiri
• Louis Koutsovitis
• Laurel Schollen
• Henry Decock
• Other FASET chairs (?)

Audio/Video Capture (RC)

• Investigating possibilities with Google Hangouts on Air, Skype, etc. (RC)
• Need some roving camerafolks for marketing, showcase coverage, etc. (CT)

Volunteers (CL)

• Speaker's Dinner invite for key video volunteers? (RC)

Media Release / Coverage

• Include:
  • Quote from business panel (DM)
  • Showcase of Hackputer projects (AG)
  • Education track - Hackputing (CT)
  • Definition of Hackputing / emergence of the Hackputing platforms (CT)
• Draft next week (EM)

Future Meetings (RS)

• Weekly on Thursday
  • Reminder at start of week (RS)

Web presence

• Need to revamp starting right after this year's event