The next Eclipse Members’ Meeting will be held
September 21-22, 2005 at the Wyndham Hotel, Chicago O’Hara
Airport. Employees of Eclipse member companies and Eclipse
committers are invited to attend four different events that are geared to help
better understand the Eclipse community and open source projects.
1) New Members' Jumpstart Meeting, September 21 - 9:00-11:00am
- This event will be of interest to people that are new to
the Eclipse community.
2) Marketing Symposium, September 21 - 12:00-6:00pm
- This event will be of interested to the marketing
professionals responsible for marketing commercial products into the Eclipse
user community.
3) Welcome Dinner and Reception, September 21 - 6:30-10:00pm
- Informal networking event to meet representatives for
other Eclipse companies
4) Eclipse Members' Meeting, September 22 - 7:30-4:30pm
- The main event
Details of each event and preliminary agenda’s can be
found below.
We have setup an online registration system to handle the
registration and fee payment for the meeting. We have attempted to keep
the fees at a minimum but are required to cover the cost of running the
meeting. To register visit http://www.regonline.com/27033
Please remember to book at hotel room at the Wyndham Hotel Chicago O'Hare Airport.
To make a reservation, please call 847-297-1234 or 1-800-996-3426. For
online reservation visit http://www.wyndham.com/rates/main.wnt,
click on the property tab and select Wyndham O'Hare. A room rate of
$135/night has been arranged by Eclipse but it is only valid until August 29,
2005. Please reference group ID 0918859EC. (NOTE: You may need to
type the group ID into the registration form. Copy and paste may result
in an invalid ID)
If you have any questions, please contact me or Sharon
Wolfe.
Regards,
Ian
Eclipse New Members’ Jumpstart Meeting
September 21, 9:00am-11:00am
The Program is composed of a short session that discusses
the Eclipse Open Source Projects and the Eclipse organizational structure and
operations. While this is intended for new members, all are encouraged to
attend.
The agenda for this meeting is:
--- How do I get involved in Eclipse?
--- Eclipse Foundation structure and operations
--- Eclipse Architecture Overview
--- Eclipse Project Overview
--- Open ended informal discussions about Eclipse Consortium
Eclipse Marketing Symposium
September 21, noon-6:00pm
The marketing symposium is for marketing and business
professionals of Eclipse member companies. The goal is to learn and
discuss what best practices of marketing commercial products to the Eclipse
user community. The symposium will feature invited speakers and a series
of short case studies from Eclipse member companies.
Tentative Agenda
- Welcome luncheon
- Invited Speaker: Enterprise
Adoption of Eclipse
- Invited Speaker: Tapping into the Blogsphere
- Lightening Talks from Eclipse members (short
case studies and discussions)
- Tentative
topics include:
- Best Practices Breakout session – small group
session to pursue more in-depth discussion on areas of interest
Dinner and Reception
September 21, 6:30pm-10:00pm
- An opportunity to meet and network with the
representatives of Eclipse member companies.
Eclipse Members’ Meeting
September 22, 2005 7:30am-4:30pm
Meeting Objectives
1) Provide a detailed
understanding of the Eclipse Open Source plans, directions
2) Provide all members
with an opportunity for comment and requirements associated with the Eclipse
Open Source Projects
3) Provide detailed
updates on the Eclipse EcoSystem
4) Provide reports on
Eclipse marketing and fiscal status
Preliminary Agenda
- Continental
Breakfast
- Executive
Director Report
o Eclipse Roadmap
and strategy presentation
- Eclipse
Project Update
o Update on the
plans of the individual Eclipse projects
- Add-in
Providers Requirement
o Small break-out
sessions to identify the of requirements and priorities for Eclipse
- Harvard Business School
Research Project: ‘Competing on a common platform’
- Marketing
Update
- EclipseCon
2006
Ian Skerrett
Director of Marketing
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
Tel: 613-224-9461 ext. 227
Fax: 613-224-5172
ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.eclipse.org
Blog: http://ianskerrett.blogspot.com/
