====== TODOs ====== **Key:** * New task [Name of person responsible] * In-progress task [Name of person responsible] (work that's outstanding) * Completed task : status description [Name of person responsible] ===== Sponsorships ===== * Add sponsors banner for invoiced entities, plus Boxpopuli Pragmaticraft, Ian's book [Igal] * Send invoices to: [Igal] * mor.ph * GemStone * WeoGeo * OTBC * Revelation ===== Contact ===== ==== Venue ==== * CubeSpace, Eva Schweber & David Kominsky : they've okayed the time/date and plan [Igal] ==== Potential sponsorships ==== We have all the sponsors we need, no need to get additional ones. * Need to contact * AboutUs * JanRain * Sandy * Stikkit * OpenSourcery [Chris] * Yes * Igal Koshevoy : I'll foot whatever's left on the bill if we can't wrangle enough sponsorships on such short notice [Igal] * WeoGeo: Scott Becker, Brian Artiaco : Yes [Chris] * GemStone, Monty Williams : Yes [Igal/Chris] * OTBC : Yes [Chris] * Negotiating * Powells, Ben Hengst : [Ian] (in progress; can give us discounted gift cards; waiting to learn exact amount) (also contact David? about support) [Chris] * mor.ph, Manuel Espino : Yes [Igal] (negotiating specifics) * New Relic [Igal] (contacted, told to wait till Monday) * No response yet * EngineYard: Leah Silber (lsilberATengineyardDOTcom), Brian Ford (Ian wrote to Brian about his OSCON talk) [Ed] * Kongregate: Jason Watkins, Duncan Beevers, Ben Munat [Ian] (contacted) * OSU OSL [Chris] (contacted) * Microsoft [Chris] (contacted) * Pivotal Labs, Brian Takita [Chris] (contacted) * POSSE [Chris] (contacted) * Intel [Chris] (contacted) * Sun [Chris] (contacted) * POSSE [Chris] (contacted) * No * Needmore: Ray Brigleb [Ian] * RightScale: Mark Johnson, Dane Jensen : No [Igal] * ENTP / ActiveReload / caboo.se: Courtnay Gaskin, Rick Olsen : No [Ian] * O'Reilly: Marsee Henon (marseeATorellyDOTcom) or other contact : No [Chris] ==== Potential competitors ==== * Yes * pdxruby: Sam Livingston-Gray and Brian Artiaco will participate and submitted their sample application [Igal] * Portland Drupal, Selena Decklemann, Sam Keen: Jakob Perry and Josh Brauer will participate and submitted their sample application [Igal] * PDXPHP, Sam Keen, Moxley Stratton: Chris Alan will participate and submitted their sample application [Igal] * GemStone/S Smalltalk Seaside, Monty Williams, Randal Schwartz: James Foster will participate [Igal] * No * Portland Pythoneers, Jason Kirtland : Posted to list, no responses [Igal] * Portland Django, Michael Richardson : Posted to list, no responses [Igal] ==== Potential presenters ==== * mor.ph, Manuel Espino [Igal] (in progress) * MagLev, Monty Williams : No [Igal] * Ian Dees on Selenium : Yes * Igal Koshevoy on server automation with AutomateIt : Yes * Audrey Eschright, Reid Beels, Igal Koshevoy on Calagator and Ruby culture : Yes * Ed Borasky on profiling Ruby on Rails: Yes ==== Potential speakers from past events ==== * [[http://web.archive.org/web/20070118094813/http://oscamp.org/FOSCON|FOSCON II: Ruby Rodeo]] [Ian] * [[http://web.archive.org/web/20070821050356/http://www.foscon2007.com/|FOSCON III: Really Radical Ruby]] [Ian] * [[http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/schedule/topic/Ruby|OSCON Ruby presenters]] [Ian] ==== Media outlets ==== * Write a call for proposals (CFP) and post to various media outlets too, not just an announcement [Ed] * O'Reilly Ruby journalist, Gregory Brown [Ed] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2593 * O'Reilly wiki? [Ian] * O'Reilly organizers? * RubyInside/Zen of Ruby Programming? [Ed] * RidingOnRails [Ian] * ruby-talk? [Ed] * Seattle Ruby [Ed] * rubyonrails-talk? [Ed] * Any others? ===== Volunteers ===== * Video record event using Chris' camera * Buy and transport beer kegs to CubeSpace (get receipt, Igal will reimburse) * Help presenters hook up their computers to the projectors * Setup food, drinks, screens and projectors before event * Teardown screens, projectors and cleanup food after event * Find charity that we can give extra food and drinks to after event [Igal] (working with CubeSpace) * Give FOSCON fliers/handouts to Sam Keen at PDXPHP and XMPP Summit booths [Audrey] * Put up event fliers and handouts at OSCON on Tuesday and Wednesday [Audrey] * Sequester 2nd round teams during 1st round of coding competition [Audrey] * Manage timer, a laptop facing the speaker will provide a [[http://aslakhellesoy.com/planning_poker_timer/index.html|count down]]. [Ed] * Save slices of veggie pizza and beer for Ian, and guard these with their lives until he returns from his shuttling duties. [Igal] ===== Advertising materials ===== Our materials must at least mention the what, where, when bits. The handouts / cards should definitely have a map on them explaining how to get there via bus, foot, and (if we offer it), a shuttle. We should list the OSCON booth as well. * 8.5" x 11" and 11" x 17" fliers to put up on walls at OSCON and in the booth * Design * Print * Distribute * Business cards, eighty-sheet or quarter-sheet handouts * Design * Print * Distribute ===== Shuttle service ===== * Rent ZipCar minivan from 5:30 to 7:00 [Ian] * Update transportation info on main page, venue page [Ian]