OSBridge Planning Meeting Notes from November
Jim Eastman
the next event. We've had a few core team meetings recently, and
here's a rundown of things we've discussed. As always, if you have any
questions, or want to get involved, let us know at
in...@opensourcebridge.org.
Who is the 2012 Core Planning Team?
The conference core planning team remains largely intact from last
year's event, and we're adding a few more awesome people to this
year's team to make things even better. We'll be updating the About Us
page on the website soon and if you're curious as to who we all are,
you can check things out there.
Volunteer Outreach
We may not say it often enough, but we love our volunteers. Open
Source Bridge could not happen without all of you. We're planning a
volunteer appreciation event at the moment, and will have a separate
announcement out about that soon. We're also looking at more ways to
involve volunteers in pre-event planning and organization. And we're
looking at new volunteer management tools to make everything go even
smoother this year.
Conference Content
We will be opening up our Call For Proposals in January. Many things
will be the same as they've been in previous years, but we're looking
at additional topics that we'd like to encourage with this year's CFP.
If there are specific things you'd like to see at Open Source Bridge,
please let us know.
Fundraising
We will have a sponsorship prospectus out soon, and are always looking
for contributors to help finance Open Source Bridge. Stumptown
Syndicate, the Oregon nonprofit behind the event, is also working
toward 501(c)3 status and it may change how we handle sponsorship
slightly.
Registration
You likely saw our latest reminder about tickets for Open Source
Bridge. The $195 ticket price is only available through December 31st.
After that, prices go up to $225 (full ticket price being $300).
Thanks for being a part of the Open Source Bridge community. We hope
you're looking forward to the 2012 event as much as we are!
Thanks,
Jim Eastman