Ubuntu Job Fair

[C de-Avillez]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Daniel Holbach
<daniel.holbach at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 19.09.2014 14:51, José Antonio Rey wrote:
>> Isn't that what we already do with the Open Week?
>
> Ok... so somebody mentioned UOS, you mention Open Week. Sure, we can
> make it part of all these events. In my original mail I didn't mean to
> say that we replace another event or anything of that sort.
>
> In the last time I've heard a couple of teams say "if only we had more
> people helping out...", which is why I felt an event where we not only
> do a presentation saying "here's what our team does", we actively make
> the event all about learning the ropes, trying things out, getting to
> know the team, etc.
>
> In my mind there's a difference between giving a presentation about your
> team, where you explain 1) where the team came from historically, 2)
> what you've achieved in the past, 3) what the current roadmap is, 4)
> some fun stories and as point n+1) you say "oh and we we accept new
> folks as well".
>
> This is not to say that you or others gave presentations of the sort
> (which absolutely make sense), but I did. :-)
>
> So yeah, rolling this kind of event into another one makes absolute
> sense to me. Maybe we can call it the Ubuntu Community Opportunities Day
> or some such and make it part of UOS, UOW or any other event.
>
> What do you think?

I like the idea -- as, I guess, you already know ;-).

We need the other team engaged as well, from start. Reason is this
would make a bigger impression if we already have opportunities shown
when we start it.

Of course, KISS is, as already said in the thread, very important.

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