On 26 November 2014 at 22:53, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) < ross.gard...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Rich, > > As per your blog at > https://blogs.apache.org/conferences/entry/apachecon_north_america_returns_to > please sign me up. I don't want to do a project specific track, I'm more > interested in a "cloud" track. I want to create a coherent track in which > each session, whilst being valuable as a standalone session about project > Foo, will also be valuable in the bigger picture of "Apace in the Cloud". > > I am signing up to manage this from beginning to end, including committing > to being present at the event to ensure it runs smoothly. Given the breadth > of the topic I'm betting that this could run for multiple days. Just tell > me how many slots you want me to fill and I'm your man. > Added to wiki https://wiki.apache.org/apachecon/ACNA2015ContentCommittee. Expectation is give all people added to the wiki review access about mid next week. rgds jan i. > > Ross > > > Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. > A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Bowen [mailto:rbo...@rcbowen.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 9:16 AM > To: dev > Subject: Content tracks at ApacheCon Austin > > The CFP for ApacheCon Austin closes on February 1st, so we have just over > 2 months to get our content solicited for that event. I need your help. > > At ApacheCon EU this week, I spoke with a number of project PMCs. I > requested that they attempt to put together what they feel would be a good > track - ie., a list of topics that they feel would need to be covered in > order for their project to be properly represented - and then attempt to > solicit *those* talks from their user/dev community. > > This has a few benefits over the standard "what do you want to talk > about?" CFP process. One, you end up with the talks that represent a full > coverage of a project, without big holes. And it's a great way to encourage > new speakers who are having trouble deciding what they might speak about. > > I believe I'll be getting tracks from: > > * Cloudstack > * OFBiz > * OpenOffice > * Mesos > * httpd > > I would ask that you make this request of your project PMC, those of you > who have a project (or more) that you are active on. Or find the person who > should own this. > > In the coming days, I'd like to build a list of people that are interested > in making ApacheCon Austin happen, and in particular helping get PMCs more > involved in the process. If that's you, please speak up. > > Question: Do you think we need a dedicated mailing list for this, or > should we continue to do this on dev@community? (I'm open to either way, > but if folks feel strongly one way or the other, we should do that.) > > > > -- > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen http://apachecon.com/ - > @apachecon >
