On Friday, November 9, 2012, Kay Schenk wrote: > > > On 11/09/2012 09:59 AM, Donald Harbison wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Well I am planning on attending, but not certain about submitting a >>> proposal, AND I guess I must contact Sally regarding registration fees >>> for >>> committers... >>> >>> >> Kay, I'd love to hear you do a talk on openoffice.org web infrastructure >> and all the amazing details you are so familiar with...in other words, >> share your knowledge and expertise. It takes maybe 10 - 15 minutes to >> submit an abstract. You could really make a huge difference here. >> > > Thanks for this suggestion, Don. I'll think about it although I don't know > how well a topic like that would fit with the conference theme...
Eh, don't worry about the conf marketing. :) > "Open Source Community Leadership Drives > >>> Enterprise-Grade Innovation" > > It might be fun to see how OpenOffice performs accessing a Hadoop hive? :) > with jdbc:hive Hmm, that'd freak out our Watson Solutions gang. Great fun! > > As a former DB hack, this would be a fun challenge. > > OK, I know only an abstract is needed by Sunday. I'll get my brain cells > moving. > > > > I think the planners@ folks will sort out the discount codes and other > benefits for speakers and committers. It will likely be messy, but not as > messy as ACE (I hope!). > > /don > > > The former schedule does not seem to be in effect as early bird > registration is open NOW instead of the end of Nov: > > http://na.apachecon.com/ > > so I apparently missed the "Apache Committers’ Super-Saver Rate". :/ > > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:50 AM, Donald Harbison <dpharbi...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > Apologies for top posting. > > I realize that everyone must be very tired from the excellent effort > putting on the Apache OpenOffice track at ACE this week. More on that in > > a > > separate thread. > > For ACNA I recommend we call on our volunteers in the Americas to step > up.To get the ball rolling, I put in a proposal for an overview > presentation to cover the project. [1] I am not recommending we attempt > > to > > build a large track as we did for ACE. Let's see what we can do to put > > more > > meat on the bones of this overview talk though. > > To wit: it would be fantastic if we can see more proposals submitted > *before > *the deadline of *Sunday, November 11! * > * > * > I'm hoping Dave, Andrew, Kay, Pedro, Nancy, Louis, Ariel, Dennis and > > others > > may be able to do so. Since the venue is in Portland, Oregon, it may be > possible that our Asian colleagues will be able to make the trip. There > > is > > TAC funding available as you can see from the root note here. > > > > > [1] *http://s.apache.org/thv* > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> > Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:37 AM > Subject: ApacheCon NA: CFP final days & Early Bird registration open! > To: "annou...@apachecon.com" <annou...@apachecon.com> > > > Hello everyone -- > > Two items of note regarding ApacheCon North America, taking place in > Portland, Oregon, the last week of February 2013. > > > 1) Call for Presentations has been extended to Sunday, 11 November. > > ApacheCon will kick off on 24 February with two days of pre-conference > trainings, BarCamp, and hackathon; the main conference + expo is 26-28 > February, followed by post-conference sprints, workshops, and team > > building > > events through 2 March. > > This year's theme is "Open Source Community Leadership Drives > Enterprise-Grade Innovation", showcasing the diverse applications and > solutions made possible by Apache technologies. > > We encourage submissions that demonstrate novel uses of Apache products > > and > > how they are helping to shape the future, including proposals on > > technical, > > business, and community matters for audiences at all levels from beginner > to expert. Demonstrations of real-world experience in solving specific > problems are particularly welcome. Submit your presentation and training > proposals at http://na.apachecon.com/cfp/ > > > Dozens of Apache projects —from Abdera to Apache HTTP Server to > Zookeeper— will be represented across popular topic areas and tracks > that include: Apache Daily (everyday tools, frameworks, and components), > ApacheEE (Java Enterprise projects at the ASF), Big Data, Enterprise > Messaging & Integration, Cloud, Linked Data, Lucene/Solr & > Friends (Smart Search & Analytics), Modular Java, NoSQ > > -- > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------ > MzK > > “How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world > she wants, rather than to create it herself?” > -- Anais Nin >
