On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Nick Burch <n...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi All > > The Apache Conferences Committee (ConCom) are pleased to announce the 2nd > Apache Retreat at Knockree in Ireland, from Friday 13th to Monday 16th May. > As some of you may already known, your project is taking part in the > retreat, and is hosting a hackathon/planning session there. > > For those who haven't been to an Apache Retreat before, they're a weekend > long event when Apache committers and community members get together to hack > on code, attend un-conference sessions, put faces to names and generally > have a fun time. > > The project hackathons provide a great chance to plan new releases, solve > bugs, try out new ideas and designs, as well as meeting people you've > previously only emailed! The weekend will also feature a BarCamp > un-conference, so when you're not hacking there's plenty else of interest to > get up it. > > For more information on what the event is like, what the venue's like, > what's planned and how to sign up, please see: > https://sites.google.com/site/apacheretreatknockree/ > > In addition, the Travel Assistance Committee is supporting the event, and > can fund travel for those who otherwise couldn't make it. The deadline for > applications is Saturday 12th March, please see > http://www.apache.org/travel/ for information on what's covered, the > criteria and how to apply. > > Otherwise, we look forward to seeing your project hacking away in Ireland in > May!
I'll add a secondary plug for the Ireland retreat, and note that it dovetails nicely with the elego-sponsored Berlin hackathon the following week. -Hyrum
