Hi Apache Community Development PMC, Wish to get some advices on how to form a community of Apache fans in China. Would a new China-specific project at the ComDev be possible? Please see the background and thoughts outlined below.
Apache projects and technologies have been widely adopted in China, such as Alibaba, Tencent, many enterprises, academic and public services. However, there has been little engagement between ASF and communities and enterprises in China. We, at KAIYUANSHE (www.kaiyuanshe.org<http://www.kaiyuanshe.org>, the first ground-up open source alliance chartered to promote open source governance and technologies in China and Asia with over 50 community and enterprise members now) wish to bridge the gaps between the leading international OSS communities, like ASF, and communities and enterprises in China. The last Apache roadshow was on 2009 in Shanghai. We, KAIYUANSHE, thought it'd be good to reboot the ASF engagement through another roadshow in China. The Apache Roadshow 2015 - China with KAIYUANSHE was organized by KAIYUANSHE and successfully held on Oct. 24-25 in Beijing with ASF's community sponsorship and keynoters support, i.e. Brett Porter, David Nalley, Niclas Hedhman, J. Aaron Farr and Jason Dai. Please see more roadshow details here. - ASF "Foundation" blog http://s.apache.org/q2L<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fs.apache.org%2fq2L&data=01%7c01%7ctedl%40064d.mgd.microsoft.com%7c407aaa4b8a314f85dc0a08d2ebd3057d%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=BX9JYQC1f13QXPZwKSGBm6%2bwC2D%2fn1%2bcOoq3rIQTwsw%3d> - @TheASF Twitter feed https://twitter.com/TheASF/status/664920266397646848<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2ftwitter.com%2fTheASF%2fstatus%2f664920266397646848&data=01%7c01%7ctedl%40064d.mgd.microsoft.com%7c407aaa4b8a314f85dc0a08d2ebd3057d%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=l6exPHzOHmI56%2bicv2MCtaEPkCHpdC7CWhdX0GFRwPs%3d> - annou...@apache.org<mailto:annou...@apache.org> (and archives) - ASF dedicated media/analyst list - http://apache.org/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fapache.org%2f&data=01%7c01%7ctedl%40064d.mgd.microsoft.com%7c407aaa4b8a314f85dc0a08d2ebd3057d%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=F1DdEAFN4EWnlKMlYZkPfa2izrtPwulToBHZcpf%2b0O4%3d> home page After the roadshow, we have received tremendous requests to form a China community to keep engaging with 5000+ audience who attended this roadshow and tens of thousands people who did not have time or were unaware of the events. So far, there already are many volunteers, including Apache members, PMC members, committers, contributors, developers and users, who are willing to join the China community steering committee and working groups to help grow the talents, projects and community in China and bridge between ASF and the fans in China following the Apache way. Any feedback or advice on how to form a community of Apache fans in China or how to form a new China-specific project at the ComDev would be greatly appreciated. Ted Liu Co-organizer of the Apache Roadshow 2015 - China Co-founding member of KAIYUANSHE
