[DISCUSSION] Organising our own OFBiz Meetup or Conference in 2017

[Sharan Foga]

Hi Everyone

I'd like bring up the topic of running an OFBiz meetup / conference again. It was one of the things that came up in the discussions in Apachecon Seville.

https://s.apache.org/smos

OFBiz has a strong user base and really appeals to the business community but many of users and companies don't go to Apachecon because it is seen as a developer conference.

I think that we need to start engaging more with our user community and a conference / meetup would help do that. So I'd like to explore the idea (think of it as a Proof of Concept) of holding an OFBiz conference in India.

Why India? I think that we have a strong user and developer base there. I think it could be put on very cheaply and I think it could open the door for us as a project to raise our profile and run other conferences in other locations.

Funding could come through sponsorship. We have a lot of service providers that we could approach for funding. I know it's still high level but I'd like to get some initial feedback about the general concept.

What do people think?

Thanks
Sharan

[Sharan Foga]

Hi All

Although I've had no responses on this thread I haven't given up because I think it has a lot of potential. So I'd still like to have a go at organising something just as a proof of concept :-)

Thanks
Sharan

On 2017-03-14 11:21 (+0200), "Sharan Foga"<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Everyone
>
> I'd like bring up the topic of running an OFBiz meetup / conference again. It was one of the things that came up in the discussions in Apachecon Seville.
>
> https://s.apache.org/smos
>
> OFBiz has a strong user base and really appeals to the business community but many of users and companies don't go to Apachecon because it is seen as a developer conference.
>
> I think that we need to start engaging more with our user community and a conference / meetup would help do that. So I'd like to explore the idea (think of it as a Proof of Concept) of holding an OFBiz conference in India.
>
> Why India? I think that we have a strong user and developer base there. I think it could be put on very cheaply and I think it could open the door for us as a project to raise our profile and run other conferences in other locations.
>
> Funding could come through sponsorship. We have a lot of service providers that we could approach for funding. I know it's still high level but I'd like to get some initial feedback about the general concept.
>
> What do people think?
>
> Thanks
> Sharan
>

[Mridul Pathak-4]

Hi Sharan,

It seems like a great idea. OFBiz user base has been constantly growing in India since last few years.

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Thanks & Regards,
Mridul Pathak
HotWax Systems

> On Mar 30, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Sharan Foga <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> Although I've had no responses on this thread I haven't given up because I think it has a lot of potential. So I'd still like to have a go at organising something just as a proof of concept :-)
>
> Thanks
> Sharan
>
> On 2017-03-14 11:21 (+0200), "Sharan Foga"<[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi Everyone
>>
>> I'd like bring up the topic of running an OFBiz meetup / conference again. It was one of the things that came up in the discussions in Apachecon Seville.
>>
>> https://s.apache.org/smos
>>
>> OFBiz has a strong user base and really appeals to the business community but many of users and companies don't go to Apachecon because it is seen as a developer conference.
>>
>> I think that we need to start engaging more with our user community and a conference / meetup would help do that. So I'd like to explore the idea (think of it as a Proof of Concept) of holding an OFBiz conference in India.
>>
>> Why India? I think that we have a strong user and developer base there. I think it could be put on very cheaply and I think it could open the door for us as a project to raise our profile and run other conferences in other locations.
>>
>> Funding could come through sponsorship. We have a lot of service providers that we could approach for funding. I know it's still high level but I'd like to get some initial feedback about the general concept.
>>
>> What do people think?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sharan
>>

[Michael Brohl-3]

Hi Sharan,

sorry for the missing reply, this was buried under a pile of other todos...

I think this is a great idea, please go on with it. I'm happy to help if
I can.

Regards,

Michael


Am 30.03.17 um 12:02 schrieb Sharan Foga:

> Hi All
>
> Although I've had no responses on this thread I haven't given up because I think it has a lot of potential. So I'd still like to have a go at organising something just as a proof of concept :-)
>
> Thanks
> Sharan
>
> On 2017-03-14 11:21 (+0200), "Sharan Foga"<[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi Everyone
>>
>> I'd like bring up the topic of running an OFBiz meetup / conference again. It was one of the things that came up in the discussions in Apachecon Seville.
>>
>> https://s.apache.org/smos
>>
>> OFBiz has a strong user base and really appeals to the business community but many of users and companies don't go to Apachecon because it is seen as a developer conference.
>>
>> I think that we need to start engaging more with our user community and a conference / meetup would help do that. So I'd like to explore the idea (think of it as a Proof of Concept) of holding an OFBiz conference in India.
>>
>> Why India? I think that we have a strong user and developer base there. I think it could be put on very cheaply and I think it could open the door for us as a project to raise our profile and run other conferences in other locations.
>>
>> Funding could come through sponsorship. We have a lot of service providers that we could approach for funding. I know it's still high level but I'd like to get some initial feedback about the general concept.
>>
>> What do people think?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sharan
>>