Hi Swapnil, This is a fantastic idea and need of the hour for sure. This concept will help to spread the word Apache across the world. I will be glad to participate and help.
Best Regards, Pranay -- Pranay Pandey Mobile : +919826035576 Skype: pranay.pandey Linkedin: http://in.linkedin.com/in/pranaypandey Twitter: @pandeypranay On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 11:07 AM Swapnil M Mane <swapnilmm...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 >
