foss4g-bonn-2016-notes.md

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code sprint

• add flags or tents to table with project names or language or ... however people would like to group up and find each other
• add introduction section, each project sharing what they are working on and who is working on what
• fridge full of water (so awesome)
• lots of power strips (each table should have as many outlets as there are seats)
• bring spare plug converters for others

community communication

• make it clear where the conversation for the conference, b2b, codesprint, workshop is happening
  • slack
  • twitter
  • facebook
  • other??

travel

• be expliict about how to get to the venues (rember, that feeling at dusseldorf terminal train station)

nametags

• Color code name tags based on type of ticket purchased
• add stickers for speakers
• add stickers for primary language/programming language
• add sticker for origin location (MA, USA or Bonn, Germany)
• make sure name is really big
• add wifi network/pass
• double sided

t-shirts

• seperate color t-shirt for staff and atenddees

b2b

• ignite talks from the consultants and sponsors attending
• try to get customers in the room (commercial, non-geo conultants, fed, state, muni)
• bring job seekers here to know what people are doing in the community (what tools are being used and are valueable)
• publish list of companies planning on presenting and share recording for later.. ;)
• all presenters should include a why are we here (new business, partners, firends ?)

benchmark sprint

• setup a 3 day sprint for a benchmark competition
• announce outcome of the benchmark competition at FOSS4G
• invite and pay for ? number of team members from the tools that are being benhmarked
• Daniel at MapGears had some good ideas about this and how to bring it back

foss4g na 2016 (andrea ross, keynote @ b2b)

• 558 attended
• most attended for work
• hybrid was most used within orgs attending
• companies funded most of the people there

Marketing in Europe

• @textkoch (Germany)