Committers, friends, fellow revelers! We've less than two months to go until ApacheCon kicks off with style in New Orleans! Are you ready?
Hopefully by now, you've already registered, and you've had a chance to suss out which sessions you're interested in. You've probably signed in to CrowdVine to make plans to meet with the people working in your project - or to follow the people who know where to find the best bars ;-) But apart from New Orleans nightlife, what could possibly be more exciting than your Next Big Thing? The Fast Feather Track provides space for the projects that are just too new or fast-moving to fit in to the normal CFP. So if you've got the skinny on an Apache Incubator project, or the lowdown on the Labs, this is your chance for fifteen minutes of fame. The Fast Feather Track is all about the technology - so whether you're a novice or a natural at public speaking, there's room for you! Anything new at The Apache Software Foundation belongs here - whether you're ready for showtime and want the world to know, or you're still finding your feet, and just fishing for a few new contributors. We don't expect that the Fast Feather Track will be set up and nailed down this far out - we'll try and slot your sessions in somewhere, right up to the last minute. But if you've already got your ticket, and you know what you want to talk about, please let us know now, so we can make sure there's space for everyone. You'll need to send * a title (you can make it vague, if you're not sure whether that release will make it out the door in time, or you're still arguing over the project name!), * a brief description of what you want to talk about (remember that the talk is only 15 minutes long - five sentences is probably plenty), * and a short bio (if you're already speaking at ApacheCon, you can skip this step). to the mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] list. What do you get out of it? If you send in your details soon, we'll do our best to make sure they appear in the program - and we'll be able to make sure that your talk gets printed nicely on the schedule at the conference. You'll also get bragging rights, kudos and karma - and you might even pick up a few new groupie^Wcommitters. ApacheCon New Orleans - are you ready, for just about anything? Craig & Carsten, your Fast Feather Krewe (NB Speaking in the Fast Feather Track does not entitle you to the full range of speaker perks - you'll get a shiny badge, and your bio in the program, but you won't get your travel, room or registration comped. Doesn't make it any less fun though, we promise!) -- Carsten Ziegeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
