Re: [Publicity] Another reason why our "hackathons" should be called something else

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth.xen@xxxxxxxxx>]

This came up again this time. 

From Wei:

> FWIW I had an informal chat with the organiser and he told me this

> format was indeed new to most Intel attendants. Another thins is that

> the word hackathon was misleading because they were thinking about

> coding and some (many?) engineers set up development environment before

> hand.

So we should change the name

* Xenvolution we can't use for trademark reasons

* Xen Project Architecture Design and Deployment Summit is too long

So I suggest we either go for "Xen Project Architect & Design Summit" or "Xen Project Design Summit"

If there are no objections, I will make a proposal to xen-devel@ and other lists

Regards

Lars

On 2 Dec 2014, at 18:56, Tim Mackey <Timothy.Mackey@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A thought to cover the various perspectives potential attendees have, and crisply define why they should be there:

 

Xenvolution â The Xen Project Architecture, Design and Deployment Summit 

 

 

From: publicity-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:publicity-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Conway
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 1:44 PM
To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
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Subject: Re: [Publicity] Another reason why our "hackathons" should be called something else

 

Could always pair this catchy phrase with a longer, more formal title. Use the short one-word title in some cases (social media); longer one when necessary to communicate to different audiences or new audiences. 

 

Xenvolution: Architect, Design & Develop Meetup/Summit/Event 

 

Xenvolution - Annual (or Biannual) Xen Project Architect & Design Summit 

 

Just a suggestion. 

 

 

 

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 06:00:25PM +0000, Lars Kurth wrote:
> Some more ideas for names
> Design Summit
> Architecture & Design Summit

Xenvolution sounds pretty awesome :-)

>
> Lars
>
> On 2 Dec 2014, at 17:22, George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > [Replies inline]
> > ________________________________________
> > From: publicity-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [publicity-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 02 December 2014 17:07
> > To: Amir Chaudhry
> > Cc: Lars Kurth; publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Publicity] Another reason why our "hackathons" should be called something else
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 04:26:21PM +0000, Amir Chaudhry wrote:
> >> While calling them 'Meetings' might appeal to industrial partners (a work-related, expensable visit?), it might turn off potential attendees.
> >>
> >> Of course, you could just call the same event different things for different audiences.
> >
> > Huddle Meeting?
> > Brainstorms?
> >
> > [George] Architecture storm?
> > Xenvolution?  (Xen + evolution)?
> >
> > Really, "summit" is probably the best word, but "Xen Summit" already means something else...
> >
>

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