Hi everyone - I plan to attend ApacheCon 2007 in Atlanta, and will be happy to get a slot in the fast-feather session to talk about the UIMA project.
Thanks for the opportunity! -Marshall William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > Hello incubator committers! > > You should have received an email from me if you are a committer, > sent on 8/17, encouraging you to attend ApacheCon US 2007. You might > or might not know that early registration discounts are extended still > until September 22nd, so you have a week and a half still to save some > wampum on your registration! > > But this is going to you now because tomorrow night we are finalizing > the next press release about ApacheCon, and we want to generate excitement. > What's more exciting than tomorrows' next big thing? That would be here > at the Apache Incubator and at Apache Labs! See the press release below > for how this was sold in the past. > > If you 1) plan to attend and 2) are willing to present a 15 minute short > presentation about your incubating or labs technology, the attendees would > very much appreciate learning about your podling's technology! These have > been warmly received, the attendees are very kind to folks who haven't done > that much public speaking. And you get the satisfaction of championing > your podling! > > Lars is starting the schedule soon, and is willing to modify it (space > available) all the way through the convention. But for the purpose of > identifying what technologies are represented, **please reply** with the > project *you* are willing to speak about to the general@ list, so everyone > finds out about all the projects that will Fast Feather. Do so today > (in the next 24 hours) and *your project* can appear in the next official > press release about the convention! > > Many thanks, see you in Atlanta! > > Bill > > > > ================ > from the AC/EU 2007 press release... > > FAST FEATHER TRACK – ALL DAY Thursday > Due to the overwhelming response to the Incubator Fast Track in Austin at > ApacheCon US 2006, we expanded the idea for Amsterdam – AND IT WAS A HIT!!!!. > > The ASF is now over 10 years old, with more than forty top level projects and > dozens of other active projects in the Incubator and elsewhere. Additionally, > there are new ideas and potential projects being hatched in the Incubator and > Labs every day. > > With this in mind, we bring you the Fast Feather Talks. An extra session track > has been added for Thursday. Join us in an intimate setting to hear 10 to 15 > minute updates on some of your favorite (or soon-to-be favorite!) projects > within the ASF community. Stay for a few talks, or stay all day and get caught > up on the exciting, cutting-edge world of ASF projects! > > Incubator: incubator.apache.org/ > > The Incubator is the entry path into The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) for > projects and codebases wishing to become part of the Foundation's efforts. All > code donations from external organizations and existing external projects > wishing to join Apache enter through the Incubator. > > Labs: labs.apache.org/ > > Apache Labs is a place for innovation where committers of the foundation can > experiment with new ideas. The aim is to provide the necessary resource to > promote and maintain the innovative power within the Apache community without > the burden of community building. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
