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=== William Quiviger === | === William Quiviger === | ||
- | - WHAT WORKED: | ||
* excellent booth location in high-traffic zone, very close to main CeBIT entrance | * excellent booth location in high-traffic zone, very close to main CeBIT entrance | ||
* thousands of happy Firefox users came to thank us and opportunity for us to thank them | * thousands of happy Firefox users came to thank us and opportunity for us to thank them | ||
* huge amount of feedback received from active daily Firefox users (lots of support questions; bugs filed; many suggestions both for Firefox and Thunderbird) | * huge amount of feedback received from active daily Firefox users (lots of support questions; bugs filed; many suggestions both for Firefox and Thunderbird) | ||
* talks given were very well received by Open Source Forum organizers (will be available shortly online) - good follow-up discussions afterwards | * talks given were very well received by Open Source Forum organizers (will be available shortly online) - good follow-up discussions afterwards | ||
* Mozilla swag was very popular and | * Mozilla swag was very popular and | ||
* many new potential contributors in touch with us and keen on getting involved in the project (most notably from Estonia, Romania, Faroe Islands, Germany, Poland, Russia) | * many new potential contributors in touch with us and keen on getting involved in the project (most notably from Estonia, Romania, Faroe Islands, Germany, Poland, Russia) | ||
* excellent participation from community contributors | * excellent participation from community contributors | ||
- WHAT DIDN'T: | |||
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* trouble defining/respecting booth rotation schedule | * trouble defining/respecting booth rotation schedule | ||
* booth looked disorganized and messy (boxes and empty water bottles lying around) on the first day | * booth looked disorganized and messy (boxes and empty water bottles lying around) on the first day | ||
* continuous WiFi trouble - almost impossible to have a stable connection for more than 15 minutes | * continuous WiFi trouble - almost impossible to have a stable connection for more than 15 minutes | ||
* Patrick Finch's talk on first day was without slides due to PDF conversion problem | * Patrick Finch's talk on first day was without slides due to PDF conversion problem | ||
* lukewarm reception to OTC campaign - difficult to articulate the aim of the campaign | * lukewarm reception to OTC campaign - difficult to articulate the aim of the campaign | ||
* OTC postcards were barely picked up | * OTC postcards were barely picked up | ||
* CeBIT accommodation service very disappointing - various problems with the house we rented and it was impossible to contact anybody to report problems. | * CeBIT accommodation service very disappointing - various problems with the house we rented and it was impossible to contact anybody to report problems. | ||
- SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT: | |||
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=== Patrick Finch === | === Patrick Finch === | ||