Thanks, Siefried. Thanks, Phil. I believe we're fully booked for additional tracks. I'll double-check with the Planning team and will get back to you.
Cheers, Sally --- On Sat, 5/1/10, Phil Steitz <pste...@apache.org> wrote: > From: Phil Steitz <pste...@apache.org> > Subject: Re: Call for Participation: Technical Talks -- ApacheCon North > America 2010 > To: "Commons Developers List" <dev@commons.apache.org> > Cc: s...@apache.org > Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 7:35 PM > Siegfried Goeschl wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > quite frankly I would love to give a presentation at > ApacheCon but it > > should be something that > > > > +) is of general interest > > +) and I have good knowledge about > > +) and I also should actively contribute to the topic > > > > which rules out pretty much everything ... :-) > > > > Having said that I would like to pick up Rahoul's idea > of doing a joint > > presentation of Apache Commons (Rahoul organized a > small scale one for > > ApacheCon Europe 2007) > > > > "Would it be a good idea to organize a Apache Commons > track covering 2-3 > > regular speaking slots where we can present various > Apache Commons > > components?" > > > > The point is that a Commons component presentation is > probably be > > smaller than a regular speaking slot but we have > interesting stuff. > > > > Feedback appreciated, > > > > Siegfried Goeschl > > We may be a little late to the party on this, but if there > is still > time / room to set up another track, I am +1. > > I thought about suggesting a pool/dbcp talk for the tomcat > track, > but it would probably be better to do this as part of a > commons > track, if we can get that organized in time. > > I could also do something on math if we have critical mass > to do > some other talks and can still get this in. > > Sally - is is possible to still add a track? > > All - any other volunteers / ideas? > > Phil > > > > > > On 28.04.10 19:48, Sally Khudairi wrote: > >> ApacheCon North America 2010 > >> 1-5 November 2010 -- Westin Peachtree in Atlanta > >> > >> Technical Tracks: Call For Participation > >> All submissions must be received by Friday, 28 May > 2010 at midnight > >> Pacific Time. > >> The official conference, trainings, and expo of > The Apache Software > >> Foundation (ASF) returns to Atlanta this November, > with dozens of > >> technical, business, and community-focused > sessions at the beginner, > >> intermediate, and advanced levels. > >> > >> Over the past decade, the ASF has gone from > strength to strength, > >> developing and shepherding nearly 150 Top-Level > Projects and new > >> initiatives in the Apache Incubator and Labs. 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