I'm spending substantial time working in Usedom, so I could attend from there or in my way there from Madrid or back... if I know the timing well in advance.
I'm interested in cat herding and community issues, and would love to go. Regards Santiago On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Kevin A. McGrail < kevin.mcgr...@mcgrail.com> wrote: > Sounds like a great idea and perhaps this could be our apachecon EU? With > some funding and backing and minimal costs to attendees? > > Don't want to ruin your idea either but I do not know what a holocracy or > Alexanderplatz. So I am just throwing ideas out and will look at your > survey! > Regards, > KAM > > On May 10, 2017 4:15:24 PM EDT, Isabel Drost-Fromm <isa...@apache.org> > wrote: > >CAREFUL: This mail was posted to lists with different visibility > >levels. > >I would love to see any discussion following it happen in public. While > > > >I'm subscribed to a few of our events lists, I would assume many people > > > >at Apache aren't which is why IMHO dev@c.a.o might be a good place to > >take this proposal apart. > > > > > >Hi, > > > >TL;DR: Back when I created Berlin Buzzwords I did so to have an excuse > >to invite lovely people from all over the world to visit Berlin. It > >took > >until last week for me to ask some people outside of the NoSQL/ search/ > > > >big data circles what I would have to do to get them to travel to > >Berlin. The answer I got? "Just ask" - So here I am. > > > > > > > >Longer version (I know I'll regret thinking about this a second after > >hitting send): > > > >Looking in vain for an existing group of people to exchange ideas > >around > >the topic of distributed team management across organisation > >boundaries, > >last summer I started organising http://achnee.wordpress.com - "async > >cat herding" meetup for exactly this topic. I've scheduled it at lunch > >time, received lots of interest, but for one talk at a time usually > >attracted only roughly 20 attendees. > > > >Ever since I started that thing my head has been tossing around the > >idea > >to see if one could arrange something bigger. Something that touches > >community management, open development, inner source, project > >neutrality, foundation growth, async communication - essentially some > >sort of Apache Community Summit, or Apache Community Hackathon to > >overload the meetup acronym's meaning. > > > >I started working for a new employer (Europace.de, fintech founded in > >1999, meetup friendly, organised holocratically***) as "Open Source > >Strategist"*. Shortly after starting there a colleague (Stefan, CC'ed) > >told me that this company has space for 180ppl total at no cost (2 > >rooms, one of which can be split, so it's 3 rooms max). This > >information > >got me thinking, the result of that thinking made Stefan "slightly" > >nervous ;) However that same result also made a handful of ASF > >affiliated people smile when I shared it with them, so I thought it > >would make sense to take the idea one step further: > > > >With this mail I would like to see how much interest there would be in > >attending an event that is solely about Apache project leadership > >topics. > > > >If there's only <20 ppl, I'm happy to offer my family's living room, > >been there, done that before - promise to keep the 3D printer switched > >off this time around. > > > >If there's <70ppl, we can easily host this in the Europace Casino > >meetup > >room, no big deal, there's plenty of experience in how to do that there > > > >including one video recording set should we be inclined to record any > >talks. > > > >For the case that there's <200ppl interested, we will need some > >organisation time up-front, but I have been told that we would be > >welcome. > > > >If more than 200ppl attend, I'd have to get creative. > > > > > >Up until 200ppl I'd keep the event free as in free beer to everyone who > > > >contributed to Apache and hand out tickets on a first come first serve > >basis. Free as in free beer means no first class catering, no > >reimbursement for speakers, no fancy conference hotel to spend all your > > > >conference days in. However Europace.de is located close to Berlin > >Alexanderplatz - you won't starve for a lack of food. Nor will you get > >bored if you need some fresh air, happy to share local knowledge on > >what > >to do, where to eat, what to see ;) > > > > > >Apart from number of attendees there are a couple open questions I'm > >aware of: > > > >- In terms of topics I would love to focus on developer > >collaboration, Apache Way, Community leadership, distributed teams**. > >If > >we want organised tracks, I'd need speakers. For a first iteration I > >won't setup a double blind submission and review system and instead > >keep > >things as simple as possible which implies a good chance of unfairness. > > > >- For marketing I would love to bring this to the Berlin Buzzwords > >team, > >I can talk to German publishers, would rely on Apache channels for > >everything else. > > > >- Should someone want professional videos and want to pay for that I > >can > >see if I can get you in touch with the ppl who have done this in the > >past at Buzzwords, if not, maybe Google Live Hangouts could be an > >option > >(have done this for the past two achnee meetups, worked ok-ish, depends > > > >on bandwidth). > > > >- I have no idea wrt. to pricing - to avoid contractual obligations, > >tax > >implications and personal liability stuff I'd shoot for minimising > >number of signed contracts/ money collected with the caveat that people > > > >would have to be honest in giving back tickets they don't need (which > >currently doesn't work with meetup.com organised events here in > >Berlin). > >I've had crowdfunding suggested before - yes, this is an option, if we > >find or create an intermediate entity to collect and wisely spend the > >money that is not me - otherwise among other things my tax declaration > >get's even more complicated than it already is, and no I won't be the > >one creating an e.V. for that myself for the same reasons that I didn't > > > >do that back when Berlin Buzzwords was founded: I'm not a paperwork > >loving person, sorry. > > > > > >If you are interested in all of this, I have prepared a short poll for > >you: > > > >https://goo.gl/forms/XOceZSt8byzSD8ac2 > > > > > >Cheers, > >Isabel (about to regret having hit send in a minute, not proof reading > >as otherwise I won't send this out...) > > > > > > > >* If any of you have any good advise on where/ how to start and which > >pitfalls to avoid, lets talk separately. > > > >** Mostly out of personal interest and because I'm frustrated that for > >me it seems easier to find such content by anyone but the Apache > >Software Foundation, but maybe that's my personal filter bubble. > > > >*** Press teaser adapted, shortened and translated from the official > >German version: Hypoport AG is a FinTech service provider in the > >financial industry. The business model is based on a portfolio of > >institutional customers, private clients, financial services companies. > > > >Europace AG is a 100% subsidiary of Hypoport, developing and operating > >an online financial market place called Europace, the largest German > >platform for real estate financing, building loan products, and advise > >credit products. Europace is connecting roughly 400 partners - banks, > >insurances, financial sales institutions. Several thousand users are > >handling roughly 35k transactions each month with a volumn of about 4 > >billion Euro via the Europace platform. > > > > > > > >.oO(I'm wondering if anyone really reads until down here...) >
