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On Wed 26 Jun, 2019, 8:08 PM Myrle Krantz, <my...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Much like for Las Vegas, I'm hoping we can find a volunteer or two who is
> interested in helping to make the hackathon in Berlin awesome.
>
> Is anyone interested in assisting here?
>
> To quote Rich:
>
> "I need 1 to 3 volunteers to own the Hackathon for ACNA.
>
> The Hackathon has long been a central part of ApacheCon. However, the
> success of the hackathon waxes and wanes over the years, due largely to
> whether someone steps up to drive it.
>
> The hackathon has multiple intertwined purposes:
>
> * Attract and mentor new committers
> * Strengthen personal bonds within project community
> * Foster cross-project cooperation
> * Knock out difficult bugs/features/documentation projects
>
> For this to be successful, the following things need to happen
>
> * Projects need to know about it
> * They need to prepare ahead of time. In particular, they need to think
> about what they will be working on
> * The plan (ie, what we'll be working on) must be promoted both within
> the project (so that core project members show up prepared) and outside
> (so that curious people show up and play along)
> * There needs to be great signage on-site, and we need to mention it at
> every plenary
>
> To this end, I need someone(s) to step up to own this. I do not have
> time to be the point person on this.
>
> I need someone who cares about building project communities, is
> enthusiastic about working directly with projects to build their
> hackathon plans, and who plans to attend ACNA to do the on-site stuff
> necessary to support the above. I need someone who is willing to take
> the reins on this and drive it without much direction from me or anyone
> else, and just report back periodically on progress.
>
> Please let me know if you are willing to lead this effort. Thank you."
>
> Thanks,
> Myrle Krantz
> Conference Chair, ApacheCon Berlin 2019
> The Apache Software Foundation
>

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