RE: [dita-fa-edboard] Promoting DITA (and XML.org) at OASIS Symposium

["JoAnn Hackos" <joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com>]

Carol et al.
Sorry to have missed last Thursday's meeting. I was still traveling back
to Denver. I would like to plan to participate in the Symposium. I think
I'll be able to help with the planning.

Did Mary McRae show you the DITA.xml.org calling cards? I try to
remember to send you a bunch. They were wonderful to hand out at DITA
Europe.

I'm still extremely busy for the next few weeks with another trip to
Europe for a client and the TAUS forum in Brussels.

Let me know how the planning is going at this point.

I'll try to remember the Dec 15 deadline.
JoAnn

JoAnn T. Hackos, PhD
President
Comtech Services, Inc.
710 Kipling Street, Suite 400
Denver, CO 80215
303-232-7586
joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com
www.comtech-serv.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Geyer [mailto:carol.geyer@oasis-open.org] 
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 8:00 AM
To: dita-fa-edboard@lists.xml.org
Cc: 'Jane Harnad'; 'Dee Schur'; 'Scott McGrath'
Subject: [dita-fa-edboard] Promoting DITA (and XML.org) at OASIS
Symposium

DITA XML.org Editorial Board members:

First, congratulations to JoAnn and everyone who participated in DITA
Europe. I
understand it was a great success.

On the topic of successful events, the OASIS Symposium, our largest
annual
meeting, will be held in San Diego, April 15-18. The overall theme of
the main
program is "eBusiness and Open Standards: Understanding the Fact,
Fiction, and
Future." In addition to the main, two-day program (which will have
business and
technical tracks), there will be a day of tutorials and three days for
TC
meetings and other activities. 

I think the Symposium would be a great opportunity to promote DITA and
the
XML.org site. It seems like a long way off, but now is the time to start
making
plans so we can reserve the necessary meeting space and have time to
promote
our activities. We can discuss the best options on Thursday's call, but
a few
things we may want to consider:

1. encourage edboard and TC members to submit abstracts on DITA for the
main
program; the deadline is 15 December. If a DITA presentation is
accepted, maybe
we could highlight an excerpt from it as a <soapbox> feature before the
event
to build some buzz and encourage attendance.

2. offer a full-day (or half-day) tutorial before the Symposium.

3. host a one to two-day DITA workshop after the Symposium (this would
overlap
TC meetings, but many prospective attendees won't be participating in TC
meetings, so that might not be a problem).

4. host a BoF during the Symposium (a special table or separate area
during
lunch or an evening session)

5. reserve a special area for table top displays from DITA companies

6. offer a short DITA webinar before the event to encourage attendance

7. schedule OASIS DITA TC and/or subcommittee meetings following the
Symposium

8. support local DITA user groups in some way--a roundtable where UG
representatives share information of what they're doing, a meeting of
the
Silicon Valley UG (if they'd travel to San Diego)...

9. pass out DITA XML.org calling cards or magnets

10. The Editorial Board could wear DITA XML.org shirts at the event

Other ideas?

Carol



_________________________________
Carol Geyer
Director of Communications
OASIS
+1.978.667.5115 x209 


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