I am back

I have finished the training in Atlanta, and I am back on the job;
going through email now.

Seems I have events scheduled every month or every other month for the
forseeable future. I have Mexico in September, Germany in November, and
Denmark in January. I also have possible events for October and
February. Each event is roughly one week.

I have had luck in getting local folks to represent PostgreSQL at many
local events, and our advocacy team is doing that too. However, it is
often necessary for me to attend if they want a lot of PostgreSQL
content or need a "big name" for the event.

I have to decide if I should continue in that role for the project. I
do think it is important for our visibility and for growing the
community.

Opinions?

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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> I have to decide if I should continue in that role for the project. I
> do think it is important for our visibility and for growing the
> community.

That really should be up to you. Conferences are a great way to lift the
project's profile, and PostgreSQL talks are very popular and well
attended. However, as your email seems to suggest, they're pretty time
consuming and generally pretty far away from home. I was definately
feeling this last year.

To that end, I've spoken to a hand full of people over the last few weeks
and am trying to find time to put together notes/slides for some
prepackaged talks which people can deliver to their local user
groups/conferences.

Thanks,

Gavin

Gavin Sherry wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > I have to decide if I should continue in that role for the project. I
> > do think it is important for our visibility and for growing the
> > community.
>
> That really should be up to you. Conferences are a great way to lift the
> project's profile, and PostgreSQL talks are very popular and well
> attended. However, as your email seems to suggest, they're pretty time
> consuming and generally pretty far away from home. I was definitely
> feeling this last year.

I don't mind the trips. I usually look forward to it, then a few days
before, I dread it because my life has to stop while I travel, then when
I return I realize how valuable the trip was, and I catch up on my
email. The only downside is my being away from email for a week every
month. I read some email while I am away, but I don't have the time to
read most of it because the trips are usually busy times for me.

> To that end, I've spoken to a hand full of people over the last few weeks
> and am trying to find time to put together notes/slides for some
> prepackaged talks which people can deliver to their local user
> groups/conferences.

You can use my "PostgreSQL: Past, Present, Future" talk for that. What
I usually do is to talk on the phone with the presenter beforehand and
go over the slides and any questions they have, and they can make the
presentation.

--
Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us
pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 359-1001
+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road
+ Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073

> > That really should be up to you. Conferences are a great way to lift the
> > project's profile, and PostgreSQL talks are very popular and well
> > attended. However, as your email seems to suggest, they're pretty time
> > consuming and generally pretty far away from home. I was definitely
> > feeling this last year.
>
> I don't mind the trips. I usually look forward to it, then a few days
> before, I dread it because my life has to stop while I travel, then when
> I return I realize how valuable the trip was, and I catch up on my
> email. The only downside is my being away from email for a week every
> month. I read some email while I am away, but I don't have the time to
> read most of it because the trips are usually busy times for me.

I'll do the trips - unfortunately it'll cost me $A2000 each time to fly to
the states economy :P

Chris