[meego-fi] Re: MeeGo summit FI 2012
- From: Jarkko Moilanen <jarkko.moilanen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: meego-network-fi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:10:07 +0300
Hi,
2011/9/25 Timo Härkönen <timop.harkonen@xxxxxxxxx>
> I had a brief chat with Ilkka the other day and he proposed that we could
> have the summit right after the semantic web summit in New Factory. Not the
> same time but since the web summit will be something like Thu-Fri, we could
> continue with the summit fi right after that. Would help with organizing,
> etc. Although this would move the date a bit forward. The web thing is
> planned somewhere round may/june. Henri (bergie) should know more about the
> semantic web thing (dunno if he's subcribed to this list).
>
> To me this sounds good and IMO would benefit both summits.
>
>
Sounds good to me too. I'd say we go for it. If I understood correctly, this
date would not 'conflict' with other major events.
/Jarkko
> -Timo
>
>
> 2011/9/1 Carol Chen <cybette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Tampere seems to be getting all the votes :)
>>
>> Still hope that more people from helsinki will participate (not just for
>> the summit but also with the planning and organizing).
>>
>> Carol.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Artem Marchenko <
>> artem.marchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I would be fine with Helsinki, but given a choice I vote for Tampere:
>>>
>>> 1) It's city where most of public MeeGo activity happens anyway, so why
>>> doesn't it deserve a summit happening in Tampere?
>>> 2) I don't see lots of Helsinki people speaking on this topic, maybe not
>>> yet though
>>> 3) To my knowledge Hermia and COSS are quite much Tampere based :) In
>>> Helsinki we'd need to find new partners.
>>>
>>> And most of all I believe any significantly new technical area benefits
>>> from a concentrated cluster where collaborating about otherwise rare
>>> technology is normal and expected. Tampere already evolves into such a
>>> cluster for MeeGo, so let's support it rather than stretch it thin over
>>> whole Finland.
>>>
>>> BR,
>>> Artem.
>>>
>>> On Aug 31, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Ville Jyrkkä wrote:
>>>
>>> I have same opinion with Jarkko and Timo. The most active people are in
>>> Tampere. If there are not people from Helsinki who present themselves on the
>>> mailing list and are willing to arrange the event in Helsinki, then it
>>> should be in Tampere.
>>> -jykae
>>>
>>> On 31.08.2011 16:08, Timo Härkönen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2011/8/31 Jarkko Moilanen <Jarkko.Moilanen@xxxxxx>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quoting Carol Chen <cybette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>
>>>> I'm in. I vote for it being in a different city and possibly
>>>>> co-organizing
>>>>> with Hermia/Coss.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I'm ok with any city in Finland. It could be Tampere. Then again it
>>>> could be for example Helsinki (and the surrounding cities. But the latter
>>>> option however requires that people outside Tampere will wake up. So far
>>>> most of the active people in this discussion have been from Tampere.
>>>>
>>>> /Jarkko
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't have too strong opinions on the location byt I would have it in
>>> Tampere unless someone has strong opinions on having it elsewhere and people
>>> in general commit to arranging it there. In any case the location should be
>>> decided IMO soon.
>>>
>>> And I was kinda hoping that the event could be co-organized with hermia,
>>> coss and the yet-to-be-formed association. So +1 for co-organizing with
>>> Hermia/coss.
>>>
>>> So let's have a meething to get the association up asap. we can go
>>> through the changes to the rules, etc. there. I'd guess demola would be a
>>> good place to have it.
>>>
>>> -Timo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Carol.
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> Carol Chen
>>>>> cybette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>> Community Manager, MeeGo Network Finland (MNFI)
>>>>> Organizer, Tampere MeeGo Network (TMN)
>>>>> Local Device Program (LDP) Manager
>>>>> http://meegonetwork.fi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Matti Saastamoinen <
>>>>> matti.saastamoinen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm voting yes, count me in. Scope could include both, community and
>>>>>> business (+1 to Artem for that). I hope time is ready for the business
>>>>>> side
>>>>>> then.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When? Mid April could work best.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Where? Tampere or Helsinki. Opinions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By whom? Can the community (or Devaamo ry?) do this alone or do we
>>>>>> need
>>>>>> co-organizers like COSS/Hermia Ltd was this year?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Matti
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 30.08.2011 20:57, Artem Marchenko wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since now we do have a device and by Spring 2012 there will
>>>>>>> definitely be some more (though maybe not handsets), it would be cool
>>>>>>> to have a bit of focus not on MeeGo in general, but on what you can
>>>>>>> do with concrete MeeGo devices from unusual applications to business
>>>>>>> models.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Artem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Aug 30, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Timo Härkönen wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think it's time to open the discussion about the next MeeGo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> summit FI.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Starting with: are we even going to arrange it? I'm voting yes :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If yes - when? I think it should happen around the same time as
>>>>>>>> this year (mid april) since the MeeGo conference is going be in the
>>>>>>>> beginning of the year.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 20:17< DawnFoster> #info We still haven't finalized a date /
>>>>>>>> location for the next MeeGo Conference, but we're looking at the
>>>>>>>> early part of 2012 in the U.S. We're searching for space
>>>>>>>> availability now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also one thing worth discussing is that do we keep the focus only
>>>>>>>> in MeeGo(.com). I'd personally like to see the main focus being in
>>>>>>>> the community stuff happening around meego (surrounds, formeego,
>>>>>>>> Qt, community obs, etc. things interesting from the OSS community
>>>>>>>> pow).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm proposising that we get a small(ish) group of people together
>>>>>>>> and start pushing this thing forward. Count me in.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> thoughts?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Timo
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ****************************
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>>>> M.Soc.Sc. (Political Science)
>>>> PhD Student, Information studies, University of Tampere
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>>>> ****************************
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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