Grant request: IT&Business fair

Board Discuss
#1

Hello,

with our new grant request page online (http://www.documentfoundation.org/grant-request/), we have received the first requests, which - in light of our transparency and openness approach - would like to make public and discuss here.

The first request is about the IT & Business fair and has been sent in by Ellen Pape and Thomas Krumbein, both TDF members.

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Grant Proposal: 6500 Euro for a booth at the IT&Business fair in Stuttgart (http://www.messe-stuttgart.de/it-business/) 29.9.-1.10.2015

Grant Objective: Promote LibreOffice in the German market. Announce the launch of LibreOffice 5.0.

Grant size: 6500 Euro in total: ca. 5300 Euro for the booth, 666 Euro for media flat rate and ca. 534 Euro for additional costs. We need an answer from TDF as quickly as possible.

Grant Beneficiaries: presenting the project at this fair will allow us to present LibreOffice 5.0 at small and medium-sized businesses in the South-West of Germany. There are also a lot of small municipals which are interested in migration. We hope also to activate the idea of community in Germany.

Grant Follow-up: We will report on the success of the grant on the TDF blog, also at the social-media-platforms. We will try to activate several people from the community to help at this fair

I propose to discuss on this list and vote via e-mail; if there's a need for a direct discussion, next weeks board call sounds like the best solution.

As I have discussed this with Ellen and Thomas in Essen, let me add some thoughts on this as well:

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The visibility of LibreOffice is going down inside Germany. Part of the problem is that previous events we attended, especially CeBIT and LinuxTag, did either not take place (LinuxTag) or were not attended (CeBIT) this year. With the 5.0 coming up, and the fall season traditionally being a good time for trade shows, IT & Business in Stuttgart is an opportunity to attend.

Organized by Thomas Krumbein, who has been organizing events for OOo/LibO the last decade, attending this event for the first time is worth a try to find out how receptive participants are. With a focus in the DMS market we so far have not been targetting a lot, this year's event can serve as a try. With a final report and recommendation for 2016 sent to the board, we then can decide whether to attend the next year or not.

Florian

#2

Hello,

with our new grant request page online (
http://www.documentfoundation.org/grant-request/), we have received the
first requests, which - in light of our transparency and openness approach
- would like to make public and discuss here.

Really exciting news indeed. Glad to see the new grant proposal being
utilized and hope to see more grant requests in the near future.

The first request is about the IT & Business fair and has been sent in by
Ellen Pape and Thomas Krumbein, both TDF members.

==
Grant Proposal: 6500 Euro for a booth at the IT&Business fair in
Stuttgart (http://www.messe-stuttgart.de/it-business/) 29.9.-1.10.2015

Grant Objective: Promote LibreOffice in the German market. Announce the
launch of LibreOffice 5.0.

Grant size: 6500 Euro in total: ca. 5300 Euro for the booth, 666 Euro for
media flat rate and ca. 534 Euro for additional costs. We need an answer
from TDF as quickly as possible.

Grant Beneficiaries: presenting the project at this fair will allow us to
present LibreOffice 5.0 at small and medium-sized businesses in the
South-West of Germany. There are also a lot of small municipals which are
interested in migration. We hope also to activate the idea of community in
Germany.

Grant Follow-up: We will report on the success of the grant on the TDF
blog, also at the social-media-platforms. We will try to activate several
people from the community to help at this fair

I am also in favor of the proposal. Thomas Kumbein has been active for some
time in the open source world and I'd love to see him add visibility to the
project. After it's over I hope to see a write-up of some kind just to let
us know how it went, the attendance, the reception, etc .. .

The cost seems to be reasonable given that the majority of it is to pay for
the booth itself.

Warmest Regards,
Joel

#3

Hi,

with our new grant request page online
(http://www.documentfoundation.org/grant-request/), we have received
the first requests, which - in light of our transparency and
openness approach - would like to make public and discuss here.

This is great news.

The first request is about the IT & Business fair and has been sent
in by Ellen Pape and Thomas Krumbein, both TDF members.

As others have noted the price appears quite an ask for a trade fair of that
size. But we didnt play CeBit much this year and looking at the website
suggests to me there we might expect an interesting target audience there.

Improving awareness of our brand and product widely and outside the OSS-friendly
world that knows us already is a valuable endeavour. And the smaller event
gives hope that we are not overshadowed by big announcements from huge players
(a common risk at CeBit) and thus have a better chance at getting a fair share
of the audiences attention.

As Joel noted, a public after-action report on how the event went would be
great, also for both inspiration and confirmation for TDF members in other
regions.

In conclusion: Lets try this and see how it goes. Im supporting the grant
request.

Best,

Bjoern

#4

Florian Effenberger wrote:

Grant Proposal: 6500 Euro for a booth at the IT&Business fair in Stuttgart
(http://www.messe-stuttgart.de/it-business/) 29.9.-1.10.2015

Grant Objective: Promote LibreOffice in the German market. Announce the
launch of LibreOffice 5.0.

I approve. Reaching out, outside of our usual filter bubble, is quite
high on my personal priority list, so thanks to Ellen and Thomas for
the proposal (and doing the actual work)!

Cheers,

-- Thorsten

#5

Hello,

Grant Proposal: 6500 Euro for a booth at the IT&Business fair in
Stuttgart (http://www.messe-stuttgart.de/it-business/) 29.9.-1.10.2015

the board has voted on this in their meeting yesterday, and has unanimously approved the proposal.

What we ask for after the event is a written report, which we cannot only use in our annual report for 2015, but will also help us to evaluate the success of this project, and whether going there in the future is worthwhile as well.

Thanks a lot to Ellen, Thomas and Walter for the proposal - personally, I am very glad to see another tradeshow in Germany going on this year!

Florian

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