Hi all,
so one of the outcomes from the latest BarCamp, is that there might be a
place for one, or even two, official ATS Summits. The ideas floating was
something like:
Release Summit
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* To be held in the June / July timeframe.
* Ideally connected (before or after) one of the larger conferences in
this timeframe (e.g. Velocity CA or OSCon).
* Focus on releasing next stable release
* Focus on planning for upcoming stable features
* 3-day event (1 for release, 1 for planning, 1 for "talks" and presentations)
Mid-term Summit
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* To be held in the December - January timeframe.
* Possibly connected to an ApacheCon (time permitting?)
* Focus on how to get to the next stable release. Realign as necessary.
* Focus on bug triaging and bug squashing.
* 2-day event (1-1.5 for realigning / triaging, 0.5 - 1 for talks,
presentations)
This would require a little more planning and effort to put together than
the BarCamp's, but I personally think it's time well spent. We would of
course still participate in other BarCamp events, and also organize our own
BarCamp's as people feel. Hacking is never a bad thing.
We would work with the ASF Event planning org to put a more official stamp
on this. We'd also try to get some more corporate sponsors for locations,
food and possibly a T-shirt or some other schwag. This also depends on how
much time and effort the PMC feel it can spend on organizing this.
One concern is that this could sound too developer centric. I really do
believe that users and anyone interested in the development and status of
ATS can enjoy such events. Particularly as we move ahead on usability
improvements, plugins, documentations, management interfaces etc.
Thoughts? Good? Bad? No way! ? :)
-- Leif
