On 20 April 2015 at 16:51, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) < ross.gard...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> ApacheCon is created by the LF. It will have a tighter focus on talks that > bring people. Our community defined and selected tracks simply do not > create a good conference (from the perspective of the paying attendee). > > What this means is that we have, moving forwards, very little say in what > tracks will be present. > > So where does that leave us with respect to supporting projects that fall > outside the LF defined tracks? What about the community aspects of the > event? > > If nobody steps up we have nothing for these goals. But its not all bad > news. > To avoid unnecessary confusion. ACEU 2015, will have place (although limited) for both community talks and projects that are outside the main definition. I see it as my responsibility, to help strike a balance, between the 2 goals. With the current attendee numbers that balance goes strongly but not solely towards LF defined tracks. > For the near future there will be a community day, in which things like > the below tracks could go. > > Longer term this is a step towards the end game. The end game is that > there are enough paying people at ApacheCon that we can have a heavily > subsidized community event alongside it. Unfortunately its a chicken and > egg problem. We need paying people before we can afford to subsidize a > community event. OR we need people to organize the community event. > > We can wait for LF to have ApacheCon attendance numbers up to 1000+ or > someone can step up and organize a community event (note we tried many > types of community event in the past and have yet to find a made that > works). > Making a community event for around 200 projects is not a small job, and the chances of success not too high. I recommend to wait a bit, before advertizing after such a volunteer. rgds jan I. > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ________________________________ > From: Pierre Smits<mailto:pierre.sm...@gmail.com> > Sent: 4/20/2015 7:36 AM > To: apachecon-disc...@apache.org<mailto:apachecon-disc...@apache.org> > Cc: dev@community.apache.org<mailto:dev@community.apache.org> > Subject: Proposing tracks for ACEU15 > > Hi all, > > In the weeks prior to ACNA15 I have reached out to a few communities to > gather momentum for ACEU15. Based on what is in the portfolio of the ASF > quite a lot of interesting tracks could be built. Before the doors of the > CFP opens we could investigate potential topic clusters (anything > goes). Anyway, I thought starting early gives a head start. Here are a few > examples: > > *Community building with the ASF* > About: How visions at the ASF and the Apache products can help building OS > Community > Topics could be: > > - The Apache Maturity Model (or a generalisation thereof) - Betrand > Delacrétaz > - How a Code of Conduct Matters - Speaker TBD > - A Case Study (PoC) of Community Management with OFBiz - Pierre Smits > - Due Process with Apache STeVe - Speaker TBD > - Version Control with Apache Subversion - Speaker TBD > - Directory Management with Apache Directory - Speaker TBD > - Conferencing with Apache OpenMeetings > > *Securing With Apache products* > About: how Apache products support Identity Management, Security, > Authentication & Authorization > Topics could be: > > - Directory Management with Apache Directory > - RBAC enablement with Apache Fortress > - The Security Framework of Apache CXF > - Etc > > So you want big? We have BIG! > About the 'big' topics of today addressed by Apache products/processes > > - Big Data Solutions > - Scaling with Apache products > - Managing a BIG community > - etc > > > Of course the above are just suggestions. Maybe we could introduce some > kind of tagging to create, beyond tracks, a have a kind of pathway/streams > of interests areas? > > I invite you to post your suggestions of tracks/streams/broad scope > interests areas to this thread at apachecon-discuss@a.o. > > Best regards, > > > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > Based Manufacturing, Professional > Services and Retail & Trade > http://www.orrtiz.com >
