Hello team, Recently, I got the opportunity to explore the possibility of having roadshow in India. During this process, I faced some challenges in contacting the local Apache people and committers, these challenges and my previous experiences (with other communities and student community) gives birth to the idea of forming the Apache Local Community (ALC).
ALC will be similar to Google Developer Group [1], Facebook Developer Circles [2], Mozilla Reps [3], you can find the local GDG [4] and Developer Circles [5]. *What is ALC* ALC is a local group of Apache (Open Source), enthusiast. Each local group will be called as ALC chapter. *Role of ALC* -- Spread the awareness on Apache in the local community. -- Host various events for local open source lovers (at least should have one monthly meetup). -- Share the details about ASF, The Apache Way, and various Apache's projects in local students, developers, and the business community. -- Bring together project users and developers *How ALC will be formed* Each town/city will strictly have single ALC chapter. If ALC chapter doesn't exist in the town, the interested volunteer can contact ALC committee via form or mail to form it. An ALC chapter will be led by a community manager. *Benefits of ALC* -- We have limited ApacheCon and Roadshow, the ALC will open the doors for having frequent and small events. -- It will be a platform for committers from different projects (living in the same town/city) to meet and exchange knowledge, thoughts, and ideas. Currently, it happens the committer of one apache project doesn't know much about the committer from another project (both belongs to the same town ;) -- Building community, as the Apache maxim "Community Over Code". These all are very initial ideas if we planned to proceed with this, as a community, we can work details of defining roles and responsibility of ALC, the process of forming ALC chapters, how the ALC chapters will function (community manager/lead of ALC chapters), etc. I am aware of Apache Mentoring Programme [6] and Local Mentors [7], but the ALC is different from this, it is about forming a designated local community. All the inputs and thoughts are highly appreciated. P.S. ALC is just first word came in my mind, if you think there can be a better name than ALC, please feel free to discuss. [1] https://developers.google.com/programs/community/gdg/ [2] https://developers.facebook.com/developercircles/ [3] https://reps.mozilla.org/about/ [4] https://developers.google.com/programs/community/gdg/directory/ [5] https://developers.facebook.com/developercircles/find [6] https://community.apache.org/mentoringprogramme.html [7] https://community.apache.org/localmentors.html Best Regards, Swapnil M Mane
