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# Ferrous - Asquera Event // Meeting 8

2020-05-27, 12:00 CEST

[Past meetings](https://hackmd.io/VX3fRVO3SGauzxc-A9MD6w?view)

## Attendees

- Valentina
- Florian
- Rafaela
- Flaki

## Talking points

* CfP
    * Will be extended for a week - schedule tweet for Sunday 31st May
    * Currently 4 submissions only
    * Potentially reach out to speakers from Oxidize 1k and ask them to extend on their 10 min talk 
    * Suggestion: more shorter talks than longer ones, for ex. 2 x 15 min instead of 1 x 30 min
    * Twitter CfP in native languages, ask contacts to retweet 
        * Compose a list of who to reach out to 
            * [ ] Spanish (South America, ...)
            * [ ] French (Canada, ...) 
            * [ ] Japanese
            * [ ] Russian 
            * [x] Chinese

* Organize panel talk 
    * Invite them for a pre-discussion, talk about  rules of engagement (which kind of / how many questions will be asked etc., time frames, ...)
    * Aim for 2 panel discussions
    * Potential topics:
        * "The road of Rust to Safety Critical" (Sealed Rust)
        * "Adoption of Rust in the Industry"
    * Perks? 
        * Mention and expose their company
    * Diversity (avoid all-male panels) 
        * Create a list with names
            * Keynote: Nell-Shramnel Harrington (Mozilla) on industry <> community interaction

    * Have Ferrous talks

* Ticket sales: status quo? 
    * Sold conference tickets: 
    * Sold workshop tickets: 
    
* Contracts
    * Skylark - Ferrous: meeting outcome?
    * Meeting was successful, we are following up on the next steps

* Updates?
    * Flaki: List on requirements for platform 
        * It's important and inseparable to discuss the [actual format](https://ferrous.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/221823-Oxidize-2020/topic/Oxidize.20Global.20format) of the conference as we discuss platform requirements
        * Some updates come on Zulip later this week
    * Valentina: List of sponsor offers
    * Rafaela: Online accessibility - [first draft](https://hackmd.io/y8GSMUjlQmaa08kjMA0sKA?view)
        * Feedback needed @all

* General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

* Sold tickets from the original planned conference
    * Option to donate to selection of non-profits
        * Which non-profits? Create list

* Request from Argentina: Discounted workshop tickets?
    * We should discuss the policy around this async
    * Create thread on Zulip (Rafaela)

