Dear Apache Incubator participant,
ApacheCon and Apache Big Data will be held at the Intercontinental in Miami, Florida, May 16-18, 2017. Submit your talks, and register, at http://apachecon.com/ Talks aimed at the Big Data section of the event should go to http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apache-big-data-north-america/program/cfp while other talks should go to http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-north-america/program/cfp Apache is where the future gets invented, and projects in the Incubator are where this happens. For Miami, we want to have a strong focus on what’s happening in the Incubator today that’s going to change the industry tomorrow. The goal of the conference is to strengthen and grow our project communities, and to build the relationships between your project and the larger Apache Software Foundation. But it’s also to showcase to the world what new things will be coming out of the ASF. If you’re a committer on an incubating project, you can take advantage of the committer discount when you register. You can register any time between today and April 16th for the low, low price of $275. This is more than half off of the early bird rate of $600 that everyone else pays, and about a quarter of the on-site fee of $1000. If you’re a mentor of an incubating project, please encourage the members of your podling to take advantage of this opportunity. ApacheCon is a great way to attract new contributors to an incubating project, as well as a way to get the project in front of the press. Here’s some ways, beyond just showing up, that you can make this your conference. Content track: Plan a track of content dedicated to your project, or several related projects. Content tracks are much easier to sell to attendees and sponsors than isolated talks, and give attendees a way to go from introductory level to deep dives into your technology. This builds your user community, and helps potential contributors get to a level of proficiency more quickly than they could on their own. If you think you have enough content for a track, get in touch with Rich (rbo...@apache.org) to discuss how this works. Sponsor: It costs money to put on a conference, and this is a great opportunity for companies involved in Apache projects - your employers - to get their name and products in front of the community. Sponsors can start any any monetary level, and can sponsor everything from the conference badge lanyard, through larger items such as video recordings and evening events. For more information on sponsoring ApacheCon, see http://apachecon.com/sponsor/ Volunteer: Volunteers are needed for various parts of putting on this event. These include, but are probably not limited to, the following: * Content committee: Review submissions and select final schedule for the event. * TAC (Travel Assistance Committee): We offer travel assistance for attendees of this event. This is a work-intensive process, to ensure that these awards are given out in an impartial manner to the people who will benefit from them the most. * Tour guides and on-site assistants: Conferences are a better experience for everyone if we have an on-site native to assist the visitors. We need recommendations of the best places to eat and play around the venue. We’ll be collecting these on the ApacheCon wiki at http://wiki.apache.org/apachecon So, get your tickets today at http://apachecon.com/ and submit your talks. ApacheCon Miami is going to be our best ApacheCon yet, and you, and your project, can’t afford to miss it. -- Rich Bowen - rbo...@apache.org VP, Conferences http://apachecon.com @apachecon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
