Java.net CommunityCorner 2008

See also the CommunityCorner2007 , CommunityCorner2006 and CommunityCorner2005.

The java.net Community Corner will be in the Pavilion at JavaOne 2008 at pd # 101 . Sign up below to give a mini-talk in the Community Corner about your project or community on java.net. Come to the Community Corner to hear other talks, give a demo, meet community leaders and members of the Executive Board, or just relax and hang out for a bit. Volunteer to work in the Community Corner and receive a free java.net shirt.

java.net Community Corner volunteers: be sure to fill out your #ShirtSize below!

This is a wiki, so don't be afraid to edit it!!! (Twiki newbies can use Help for getting started information) If you have a mini-talk to propose, or if you are supposed to work some shifts at one of the three pods in the Community Corner, edit this page now to sign up!

Ideas, Suggestions, Requests for the Community Corner?

Please post your suggestions or requests for the 2008 Community Corner in this forum.

Mini-Talk Proposals and Schedule

Any java.net member is welcome to propose a mini-talk to deliver, in person, in the java.net Community Corner at JavaOne 2008 in San Francisco. A mini-talk is about 20 minutes long, with slides and (optionally) a demo.

See the podcasts of the mini-talks from last year. To facilitate the podcasts again this year, you MUST submit a brief abstract for your talk and link to it from your entry in the schedule below in this wiki.

The required abstract serves dual purpose: (1) it will be used as the description for the podcast and (2) it will make it easier for community leaders to make sure the talks they are approving are technical or otherwise of interest to developers and most definitely not product pitches.

As with past years, we will again allow day-of-presentation write-ins to fill any open slots in the schedule. Those talks will also be required to submit an abstract, on the spot. The process will be: I'd like to fill in the 4:30 slot? OK, step right over here to this demo station, let me pull up the Community Corner wiki for you, add you to the schedule, and you can type your abstract in right here. Then we will write you in to the physical signage schedule on the show floor in the Community Corner.

A microphone and 42" display will be used for the mini-talks. You can bring your own laptop to project, or you can use a Community Corner machine to present slides you have uploaded to java.net (see step 5 below).

Directions:

1. Propose a short talk or demo by adding it to the schedule below. Here are the fields for your proposal in the schedule below:
   • Time is already filled out for each row.
   • Mini-Talk is the name of your talk. The name of your talk should be a link to your project website or paper that you are presenting.
   • Presenter Your name should be a link to your java.net People page. You can easilty create one if you don't have one already.
   • Abstract is required this year as part of your proposal. You know what you are going to talk about, it should not take you more than a few minutes to write it! Plus, we need the abstract to provide the session description when we put your mini-talk on the podcast feed. You may create your abstract in place as a new wiki page (like some of the 2007 talks, such as JarvisAbstract and JFugueA), or if you prefer you can upload your abstract to the 2008 Mini-talks folder and add a link to it in the Abstract column. You may want to reference those abstracts from 2007 for examples to follow, found in the 2007 Mini-talks folder.
   • Status column, put: "Proposed for xxxx community," where xxxx is the name of the java.net Community that you belong to (or general if your project is in no community).
2. Email your community leader asking them to accept your proposal. Include whether or not you are flexible on the time to present. (For the general projects area, send the email to communitymanager@dev.java.net.)
3. Wait for your community leader, who may ask questions, then accept or reject.
   • accept: community leader changes the Status comment to: "Accepted by clname", where clname is a link to his/her People page
   • reject: community leader notifies submitter and removes entry from wiki, clearing the space for another proposal
4. Volunteer to work in the Community Corner for at least 30 minutes after your mini-talk. If you move away from the stage, and work at one of the machines in the opposite corner, you can continue conversations started with developers during your mini-talk Q&A. To volunteer to work, see the staffing schedule
5. Post your presentation to the 2008 Mini-talks folder. (You can do this step after the show, but it is better practice to do it before the show, so that you can use the posted presentation if you suffer data loss during the show.) Link to your presentation from the Presentation column in the schedule below. Please do this before JavaOne^? or immediately after your talk, so we can provide links to podcast listeners to view your slides as they listen.
6. Arrive at the java.net Community Corner booth at least 10 minutes before your presentation to set-up.

Each talk is 20 minutes long. Need a pass to get in to JavaOne? Last year we were able to provide a limited number of Pavilion passes for non-Sun staff working to staff the java.net Community Corner. Volunteer by editing the staffing schedule below, and if you need the pass, contact the communitymanager@dev.java.net (MarlaParker). See Also: The schedule for JavaOne 2008.

I created an iCalendar file from the minitalks if anybody is interested. Won't import into Outlook for me, but works in other calendar programs http://www.accuweaver.com/MiniTalks.ics -- Main.rweaver - 30 Apr 2008

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A Poster Can Get Your Project Noticed!

There is a large space (10' x 8') for posters on the back side of the mini-talks presentation area. This worked well last year, a number of people took time to review the posters. Architectural diagrams and other technical information that might catch the eye and invite developers into the Community Corner are best. Posters should be on poster stock, not foamcore or other heavy or stiff materials, if possible. There may be a slight curve to some of the walls. Last year we put them up with sticky velcro.

There is also room on the back side of the three pods where we have the monitors set up. The max size for those posters is 37" x 25".

Community Leader and Staff Schedule: Pod Staffing Signups

This calendar shows the times that community members/leaders will be in the booth to meet and greet the community. See also the official schedule on the JavaOne site. A good time to sign up to work is during the evening event when the Pavilion is open and full of free food.

We strongly encourage mini-talk speakers to sign up to staff a demo pod immediately after their talk. That way they can move any continuing conversations to the demo pod, clearing the mini-talks presentation space for the next speaker to prepare. Plus, you can reach more people who just come into the booth while you are at a demo pod, in addition to those who attended your mini-talk.

Directions: Edit this wiki to add your name to one of the time slots below. After your name, indicate the name of your project or community so that members who want to meet someone from a specific project or community will be able to figure out when they should come by the Community Corner and see you. There will be three demo workstation pods. You should sign up for a java.net staff shirt, too.

Please plan to arrive 5 minutes early and leave 5 minutes late, in order to provide some overlap between shifts.

Pod 1 will show projects from various java.net Communities, including but not limited to Java Tools, Java Enterprise, ....

Pod 2 will show Robotics, Trackbot, and Sun SPOT demos.

Pod 3 will show JEDI and other projects from the GELC, JUGS, and Java Champions.

Need a Pavilion Pass? a java.net staff shirt?

Need a pass to get in to JavaOne? We have some Pavilion passes for both Sun and non-Sun staff who have no other way to get in to the show floor. If you have your own pass, either Pavilion or full conference, then you do not need one of these. But if you have no other way to get in to volunteer, then add your name to the list. Sign up to work in the above table, add your name to the list below, then email the communitymanager@dev.java.net (MarlaParker) to say that you have done these things and request a pass.

Minimum guidelines for possibly earning this free pass are: be a java.net member; give a mini-talk (schedule above) and work a couple of shifts, or work three or more shifts (see the pod staffing schedule above). Community manager decisions related to these passes will be based on objective criteria, subjective whim, and reasoned arguments from community leaders or other java.net members who wish to advocate on your behalf.

Request a Pavilion Pass: Volunteers Name (userid, shirt size)

INSTRUCTIONS: If you want a pass, just add your name (userid, shirt size), just those three bits of data. Name, userid, shirt size. Do not add information about being registered, because only the Community Manager (Marla) can register you. If you say your are registered, when you are not, well, you can figure out the likely consequence! You just read the instructions in this paragraph, right? good.

(Administrative notes by MARLA . I will use this color to keep track of which passes have been processed. None so far. )

Sign up List for Pavilion Pass and Shirt

Non-Sun staff volunteers working the booth or doing a mini-talk (thank you!): Your Real Name (your java.net userid, shirt size)

1. Shilpa Vora (svora, M) Registered 4/3, confirmed.
2. Raffaele Spazzoli - Imola (raffaelespazzoli, XL) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
3. Claudio Bergamini - Imola (cbergamini, XL) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
4. Travis Chase - Accenture (jlorenzen, XL) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
5. Chad Gallemore - Accenture (cgallemore, XL) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
6. Michael Ginzburg (javaru, XL) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
7. Simran Gleason (simrangleason, L) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
8. Shivani Tripathi(shivanitripathi, L) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
9. Himani Goel(himani_sjsu, M) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
10. Vivek Modi(vivek_9912, L) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
11. Dragutin Petkovic(dpetkovic, XL) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
12. Sahil Chokshi (sahilchokshi,M) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
13. Parth Vora (parthvora18,XL) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
14. Mae Linh Blake (dont_know, M) Self-reg info sent 4/3. Bounced not surprisingly - dont_know is not a valid java.net userid. Who is this person???
15. Abdelmonaim Remani (polymathiccoder, M) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
16. Barry Levine (levine, L) Self-reg info sent 4/3.
17. Jim Wright (Semesa2, XXL)
18. Sarah Kim (sarahb)
19. Jennifer Palm-Ensign (jen13_pro)
20. Shawn Silverman (ssilverman, L)

Sun staff volunteers who need a pavilion pass:

1. Fred Aabedi (fredaabedi , XL) Emailed Beth about regs 4/3.

Sign up List for Shirt Only

Volunteers who have their own pass but need a new shirt: (Please wear your shirt from last year if you have it and it is not worn out. The shirts this year will be the same as last year.)

1. Your Name (Size)
2. Peter C Berkman (pberkman, XXL) I can work one or two sessions that are not conflicting other duties.
3. Rom Feria (rferia, L)
4. Dave Klein (XXL)
5. Kevin Nilson (XXL)
6. Michael Hüttermann (XL)
7. Sandeep Konchady (M)
8. JP Petines (jppetines, XXL)
9. Hazel Cainglet (hazelc, XS or S)
10. Debbie Que (S)
11. Mikhail Smirnov (M)
12. Juan Carlos Herrera (L)
13. Paul Webber (L)

-- Main.ejrenaud - 16 Apr 2008