On 12/25/2013 07:16 AM, Gabriela Gibson wrote:
Hi Rich,
You asked for ideas for keynotes.
I'm not sure this idea is quite keynote speech material, but I looked
your links up and thought that
you're the right person to send this letter to.
At the next Apache Con, I'd love to hear a talk that introduces a
newly revamped Apache Labs community and invites everyone to come and
take part.
Not sure if this is keynote material, but it's certainly an interesting
topic.
If we were to do this as a keynote, who do you imagine would give the talk?
Now, I know I'm an ASF newbie and don't know much about Apache (yet),
but I'd like to say that I believe that a thriving Apache Labs
community is very important.
Apache Labs should be the grand front portal for ASF where new ideas,
projects and new committers are won.
True, ASF is big and has much kudos, but we still have to compete, and
currently GitHub and BitBucket is eating our lunch!
I've never really thought of them as competition. I tend to think that
innovation is good wherever it happens. Do you know if anyone is
pitching Labs as a competitor to those guys?
With over 4000 ASF committers, Apache Labs should be a noisy, lively
place, and the first choice and port of call for people with ideas and
a place where things move fast and people can meet. Currently, I
think Labs is a little too formal to facilitate that and needs some
changes to become what it could be.
Could I entice you to read my 'lemonade stand' post?
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/labs-labs/201312.mbox/%3CCALfVaASsPLfYXYv4jsb%2BSRWEq1awURGKDkbTYbO3KRF0uo%2BMmw%40mail.gmail.com%3E
I've read it. I've always seen labs as a sandbox where committers could
fiddle with a new idea until it became something "real." I must admit
that I haven't followed it at all, and wasn't really aware of the
structure around getting something into Labs. So, maybe this topic is
indeed something that could be of general interest.
I think that this idea probably just needs a little bit more cowbell
and a few more enthusiastic and experienced champions to start the party.
Of course I don't know if it can be (or should be) done, but as
always, I figure the worst thing that can happen is that it doesn't :-)
Gabriela (g...@apache.org <mailto:g...@apache.org>)
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