On 15 Jul 2013, at 23:49, Leif Hedstrom 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
>
