On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org> wrote:
> 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 > -------------- > > * 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 > ---------------- > > * 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 > > I am generally +1 on this idea. I think the devil is in the details, but it would be nice to at least give it a shot. I felt like the BarCamp/Summit in Denver was very productive, but I may be biased. The one thing I would like to see more of is actual hacking. Maybe find one big bug or a new feature, and sit around and hack it out. Maybe break up into small groups of 3 or 4 people. I'm not sure if this approach would work, but more coding is something that I would like to see happen at these events, even if it's only a day or less.
