Hi Antoine, I think one full day is do-able. The main difference is about the funding/sponsoring which is obviously higher.
If we have a consensus, we can start to look for sponsors, venues, logistics, ... Thoughts ? Regards JB On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> wrote: > > > Hi JB, > > This is a great idea, I like it. > > +1 for doing this in Europe, also less risky these days given the > geopolitical context. > > Half a day is probably too short given the breadth of topics. Though, of > course, the longer the more difficult to organize (and the more expensive). > > Regards > > Antoine. > > > Le 06/03/2025 à 15:02, Jean-Baptiste Onofré a écrit : > > Hi folks, > > > > Regarding our activity on the project and the adoption of Apache > > Arrow, I would like to start a discussion about an Apache Arrow > > Meetup, gathering contributors, users and enthusiasts about Arrow > > generally speaking. > > > > The idea is to have a community event, where a Selection Committee > > (selected by the Arrow PMC) will be in charge of the content, and we > > can look for sponsors for funding and/or hosting. > > For the format, I would propose a half day (maybe a day ?) in person. > > The purpose is to get together and host talks to share content about: > > - developers/contributors perspective on the project, roadmap on > > different Arrow components (spec/vector, flight, flight sql, > > languages/gandiva/JNI, datafusion even if datafusion is not in Arrow > > anymore :), ...) > > - share integrator use cases, sharing experience about using Arrow in > > products, pros/cons > > - share end-users experiences > > > > For the logistics, I would propose to host this Meetup in Europe, as > > it would be "central" for our contributors (between North America and > > Asia). > > > > Thoughts ? > > > > Regards > > JB
