DrupalCon Germany Proposal Workshop

Workshop Konzept: Es gibt sehr viel was man über alle deutsche Städte sagen kann, und über die deutsche Drupal-Community sagen kann. Das sollen wir ab sofort hier erfassen. Wenn die Stadt-Entscheidung steht (Poll läuft Montag Abend bis Mittwoch früh), konnen wir Details über Namen, Geograpie, Sehenswürdigkeiten, Flughäfen usw. eintragen.
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Bitte vorschläge, Ideen, usw. als Kommentar erfassen. Ich werde alles einarbeiten. - jam.
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Bedingungen laut EU DrupalCon Scorecard:

• Team meets regularly
  • Many German user groups meet regularly
  • We offer the combined strengths of a national network of German user groups unified by the DI
• Team has hosted events
  • DrupalCamp Cologne was a huge success
  • LinuxTag Drupal Presence in Berlin has been very popular and excellent
  • Other, smaller events have been (and will be) happening across the country: more DrupalCamps, theming camps, etc.
• Team is large and structured
  • local users group in city of choice, plus
  • all other users groups in Germany, plus
  • national organization committee, plus
  • coordinated by the DI, plus
  • proposal and Con Chairperson
  • propsal and Con OrgaTeam
  • We offer the combined forces of all German users groups
  • We are unified by the DI as organizational tool
  • We have community sites, and debate structuress in place
  • We have experience as a community in both consensus building and conflict resolution

• Proposal is well crafted and carefully prepared
  That's what we're doing here!
• Proposal was submitted on time
  ***PROPOSAL MUSS AM DONNERTAG 1.10.2009 EINGEREICHT WERDEN!***
• Proposal includes space/infrastructure for BOFs, multiple presentation tracks, trade fair.
  • Need listing of room and technical requirements for 2000 visitors
  • Question: How many presentation tracks?
  • Question: What presentation tracks?
  • Question: How much and what kind of space for BOF tracks?
  • Question: Is the trade fair one day in one place or longer and spread out?
• Proposal includes "green stuff": public transport, short (walking) distances, rail connections from airport(s) and so on. Innovative concepts for "greening" cons higly encouraged.
  • Less paper, more electronic materials?
  • No canned drinks
  • Cooperation with DB Call-A-Bike for all Con visitors?
  • Con ticket can include local public transport ticket for the whole week of the con?
  • Catering to avoid use of paper plates and cups?
  • Schwag package can include porcelain coffee cup (from sponsor) for use all week?
  • All accommodation, Con location and Con events can be reached in 10 minutes on foot and/or with public transport.

• Location is easily accessible
• Accessible in terms of public transport
  • All major German cities are good in this regard.
• Accessible in terms of "barrier free" for all
  • This lies, at least in part, within Blue Project's area of responsibility.
  • Question: What can Planning- and OrgaTeam do to make sure this happens?
• Location has nice local attractions
  • TBD when city decided - all major cities in Germany have nice stuff to offer.
• Location reaches a new European DrupalCon audience (spread the love - there are plenty of places to go before we repeat any locations)
  • Our Drupal community really needs this con. We are the 2nd most used Drupal language and the 2nd most used internet language. (German is also the most-spoken native language in Europe and the third most learned foreign language in the world.) Germany as a country and culture is just starting to wake up to Open Source software (German interior minister statement: http://www.osor.eu/news/de-interior-minister-open-source-reduces-vendor-...). We need this event to make our community grow larger and grow into a tightly-knit and bonded group of Drupalistas. With a good PR strategy, the DrupalCon could be a major tipping point for us.
• Location has strong business or media interest/involvement in Drupal
  • This can be said in some way about most German cities. Needs to be tailored to specific location.
• Location is popular among Drupal Community (open poll)
  • This does not form part of our proposal (unless someone comes up with a clever marketing strategy for us to use!).

• Venue can support 1500-2000 people
  • All major German cities have trade fairs, universities and other conference facilities.
  • The Drupal Association's event management company can suggest what works best in various places.
  • Local Users Groups can also make suggestions for unusual and interesting venues to Blue Project.
• Venue is close to hotels and restaurants
  • Any German inner-city location will fulfill this condition wonderfully.
  • All German cities have excellent public transport networks.
• Venue costs are reasonable
  • Question: are there large differences in venue costs between German cities? Or are prices in the major cities all within a small range across the whole country?
• Venue contracts are reasonable
  • This has nothing to do with our proposal. It is up to Blue Project to choose a venue and negotiate a Con contract.