> On Dec 14, 2017, at 7:12 AM, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > > On 12/12/2017 02:18 PM, Leif Hedstrom wrote: >>> On Dec 12, 2017, at 6:34 AM, Kevin A. McGrail <kevin.mcgr...@mcgrail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 12/12/2017 8:26 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: >>>> Unclear what distinction you're making here. Apachecon is of course short >>>> for "apache conference". The brand has a following. >>> The distinction is I am looking at something smaller like a BarCamp level >>> event not an AC level event. >> I can definitely see the value in this, but it's somewhat saddening if >> ApacheCon as a conference would no longer exist :-/. But, if it’s not a >> viable Conference, we should stop wasting our time / money... > > ApacheCon will still exist. That is certainly the plan. The board approved a > substantial amount of money for ApacheCon to continue to exist. > > What's frustrating to me is all the people spreading the message that > ApacheCon is no longer going to exist. This is making my job a lot harder, > because everyone I approach already "knows" that ApacheCon is no longer going > to exist. > >> BarCamp and project Summits are great, we do 2 every year in my primary >> projects. In an ideal world, I’d still like to see an ApacheCon with a 3 or >> 4 days program: >> * 1-2 days of BarCamp / Project Summits, at the conference location, >> sponsored for any projects who wants to organize one. I’m OK with requiring >> an ApacheCon registration go participate here. >> * 2 days of a topic based, 2-track Apache related conference. I would >> strongly encourage that we broaden the horizon here, such that a talk would >> not necessarily need to be specific to one (or a few). Almost everyone is >> using at least one Apache Project for any solution they made, and I think >> it’d be interesting to learn more about how ASF projects are used together >> with other projects for example. > > What you describe here is indeed exactly what the plan is. I need help to > make it happen.
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