Re "publicity mill" - Sally can help get press releases out on the wires. We have an Apache Asserts blog in ComputerWorldUK - once the programme is set I'm happy to do a couple of appropriate articles for that. Sally indicated Heise had already signed up to attend as press so I guess we can work with them. The H in the UK has always been a friend.
I'm sure there is more that will come to mind... >From a mobile device - forgive errors and terseness On Jul 28, 2012 1:23 AM, "Steve Holden" <[email protected]> wrote: > The full conference time line is far from complete, but the following near > dates are of significance for the coming week: > > 2012-07-31 A brief version of the sponsorship prospectus > should be ready to give to/link at for potential > sponsors so they know how much budget they need > to commit and can make plans to have key personnel > in attendance, > > 2012-07-31 Begin discussions about keynote speakers. These > people can be key to attracting and audience despite > the tracked nature of the conference. We can have > one keynote, several, or none. By the end of the week > we should have a list of names to approach (and with N > slots we should not really approach more than N at a time). > > 2012-08-03 The call for papers ends. Given the short time > frame in which it was released, I would recommend > advertising an extension this Monday, so people > who have been dragging their heels get just an > extra weekend to submit their proposals. > > We currently have 40 proposals. > > Suggest extension until August 6 (Monday) from > August 3 (Friday). Two weekend days make a big > difference to what you can do, but we have to > announce it in time. > > 2012-08-10 Content for the full sponsorship prospectus, developed > from discussions started when producing the draft above, > should be ready to be fed into the publicity mill. > > Oh, that reminds me, do we *have* a publicity mill? > > 2012-08-06 Ticket sales are scheduled to start, so we must > have determined the classes of tickets we plan > to offer, what discount to offer which classes > of delegate, policy on speaker reimbursement, and > so on. > > I hope this helps. I am traveling this weekend, and therefore may not be > as responsive as usual (?) to email. Enjoy /your/ weekends. > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden [email protected], Holden Web, LLC http://holdenweb.com/ > Python classes (and much more) through the web http://oreillyschool.com/ > Conferences and technical event management at http://theopenbastion.com/ > Next: DjangoCon US Sep 6-8, Washington DC http://djangocon.us/ > > > >
