Re: [Volunteers Needed] Apache talks at Re:publica Conference in Berlin

[Sharan Foga]

Hi Johannes

Sorry for the late response on this and thank you very much for offering to 
help. I’ll contact you offline with more details.

Thanks
Sharan

On 2018/03/22 10:54:59, Johannes Geppert  wrote: 
> Hi Sharan,
> 
> I live close to Berlin in Leipzig and would may be able to present the
> foundation on the 3th or 4th of may on the re:publica.
> However I'm not involved in the FOSS Backstage and the Apache EU Roadshow
> events.
> But I can give a general talk about the foundation and point the events.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Johannes
> 
> #
> web: http://www.jgeppert.com
> twitter: http://twitter.com/jogep
> 
> 2018-03-12 19:14 GMT+01:00 Sharan :
> 
> > Hi All
> >
> > We are looking for volunteers to do some short short talks on the
> > Foundation and our upcoming EU Roadshow at the Re:publica conference in
> > Berlin on 2nd - 4th May 2018. Newthinking, the company that is helping
> > organise our the Apache EU Roadshow this year will have a booth at the
> > Re:publica event that will also have a small area to run talks for
> > audiences of approx 20-30 people. The idea is to promote both FOSS
> > Backstage and the Apache EU Roadshow events.  Re:publica is a well attended
> > conference with average attendance numbers of around 9000, so this could be
> > a good opportunity to promote Apache in general and the EU Roadshow.
> >
> > You can the full details of the request below and the main points are as
> > follows
> >
> >  * Conference Website : https://re-publica.com/en
> >  * Date: 2^nd - 4^th May 2018.
> >  * Location: Berlin
> >  * Talk Topics: Apache EU Roadshow, Apache Software Foundation
> >  * Talk Format: Presentation with Q&A, Panel Discussion etc
> >
> > The talk format is open, so if several people are interested, we could
> > also include do a panel discussion, but the main thing is that we need is
> > someone there to promote the EU Roadshow. :-)
> >
> > Please let me know if you are interested and available to participate.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Sharan
> >
> >
> >  Forwarded Message 
> > Subject:Apache Roadshow at re:publica Berlin
> > Date:   Wed, 7 Mar 2018 13:00:34 +0100
> > From:   Ekaterina Klykova 
> > Reply-To:   e...@newthinking.de
> > To: sharan.f...@gmail.com
> > CC: d...@newthinking.de
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Sharan,
> >
> > as you probably heard today from my colleague Paul Berschick, I'm
> > organizing the newthiking stand at the re:publica conference on May, 2-4
> > and would like to invite you (or another Apache representative) to be a
> > part of our stand program there.
> >
> > Re:publica  is the biggest European
> > conference on digital culture (9000 + visitors last year), covering a
> > multitude of topics pertaining to digitalization, from the legal aspects
> > over politics to fashion. Here 's
> > the last year's schedule if you want to take a look.
> >
> > We will have a stand in the sponsoring area with our own program. Our goal
> > is mainly to present our upcoming projects, including FOSS Backstage and,
> > hopefully, Apache Roadshow as our partner. Although it will only be a stand
> > and not an official stage, we will be a part of the official re:publica
> > program. We expect to have 20-30 people visiting each talk, depending on
> > the topic. As for the FOSS Backstage, we are planning to have a talk on the
> > basic aspects of FOSS and the importance of the conference as well as two
> > additional talks from the conference speakers and FOSS community members in
> > Berlin. If you set the room filter for 'newthinking' here <
> > https://17.re-publica.com/en/17/sessions>, you can take a look at our
> > program last year.
> >
> > It would be great if there would be someone to introduce Apache Roadshow.
> > Depending on your interest and availability we could provide you more than
> > one slot there for more specific talks. Nevertheless, as the re:publica is
> > not necessarily tech-specific, the talks should be quite generous and not
> > too tech-y. The duration is about 20 min + 10 more min for Q&A. We are open
> > for other formats, e.g. discussion panels, workshops, etc. that could then
> > last longer. Please let me know if you're interested. I would appreciate if
> > you could share this with Apache community as well.
> >
> > Looking forward to your feedback.
> >
> > All the best,
> > Ekat
> >
> > --
> > Ekaterina Klykova
> > newthinking communications GmbH
> > Schönhauser Allee 6
> > 
> > -7
> > 10119 Berlin
> >
> > t: +49 30 92105-978
> > e:e...@newthinking.de
> > http://www.newthinking.de
> >
> > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin
> > Amtsgericht Charlottenburg
> > HRB 102015 B
> > Geschäftsführung: Christian Müller
> >
> >
> 

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Re: Fwd: Random ramblings on time

[Shane Curcuru]

Thanks Isabel!  For those dev@community list readers, I'll try to add
some context to this discussion over who does what and how the ASF
relies on volunteers here.

Isabel Drost-Fromm wrote on 3/28/18 1:39 AM:
> 
> This message was initially circulated on an ASF internal list. Surfacing
> here to make the discussion visible to those who aren't members of the
> foundation in an effort to make it as accessible as possible. Moving the
> internal list to BCC:
...snip...
> Hi,
> 
> in his questions to the board, Daniel Gruno included one that I believe
> is very interesting:

The Membership of the ASF[1] recently elected a new Board of
Directors[2], as we do every year at our annual corporate meeting.  A
part of that process, individuals who are nominated by the Membership
for the election post a candidate statement about their vision for the
ASF[3].  This year, Daniel posted an excellent list of questions,
prompting the director candidates to think about different aspects of
how to keep the ASF going strong for the future.

A big part of discussions is how the ASF can scale our internal
operations - the corporate stuff, plus the services we provide to all
our projects (press, branding, infrastructure, etc.)[4] while we're
continuing to grow.  In particular, how do we do this while maintaining
our independent and volunteer-led leadership - while still managing
paying for critical services that volunteers can't fully support.

>> Which roles do you envision moving towards paid roles. Is this the
>> right move, and if not, what can we do to prevent/delay this?
...snip...
> I took me seeing the following talk to get a vague understanding of the
> dynamics at play when we start talking vendor neutrality at the
> foundational level:
> 
> https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/corporate_shenanigans/
> 
> https://www.slideshare.net/MikeMilinkovich/corporate-shenanigans
> 
> 
> I would like to figure out the dynamics at play at the ASF and how they
> impact us. Please bear with me - those who were here for nearly two
> decades will need to do a lot of explaining.

A *requirement* of all Apache projects is that they are managed by
volunteers and are run independently of undue corporate influence:

  https://community.apache.org/projectIndependence.html

Apache bylaws are explicitly structured so that all Apache projects
report directly to our independent board.  Thus, if a PMC running a
project does 'go off the rails' or get influenced by a vendor at the
expense of the community, the board can directly work with them to
course correct.

In particular: the ASF expects that PMC members & committers are acting
in the best interests of their Apache project as a whole.  This often
causes a tension when those committers are paid employees of $BigCo that
runs a business on top of various Apache projects, and has it's own
corporate interests.

> 
> What roles do we have at the ASF?
> 
> ---
> 
> project committers - volunteers, expected to make decisions in the best
> interest of their project.
>    Source of conflict of interest: often paid by an employer who has a
> vested interest as they are either using the project or helping
> customers (in return for money) use the project or because their product
> is built on top of the project.
> 
>    How to capture? Hire the majority of committers or even all of them.
> Current counter measure: PMC oversight - scalpel vs. hammer.

PMCs being self-aware and reporting this kind of thing to the board are
the scalpel.  The hammer is when situations like this go unreported, or
become a detriment to the project as a whole, and the board gets
involved to ensure the project is managed independently.

> 
>    We mildly care if ppl go away here - communities are expected to be
> open for new people to flow in, if all else fails and there are no users
> to step up and help the project either personally or by funding it's
> developers projects go to the attic, harm done: potentially grumpy users.

"communities are expected to be open for new people to flow in" - this
is a requirement.  A known anti-pattern is when one employer's employees
who are committers start doing project work while ignoring other
committers, and while freezing out (either in terms of code or new
committers being elected) anyone not from that company.  That's when the
board will get involved, if the PMC can't self-correct.

> ---
> 
> pmc members - volunteers, otherwise same as above. Current counter
> measure against capture: Education and board oversight - hammer vs.
> scalpel.
> 
> ---
> 
> infra - used to be all volunteers recruited from projects, I would guess
> they used to by paid by their employers.
> 
>    I don't see a "how to capture" risk here.

The ASF currently has an Infra Admin on staff, along with our crack team
of infrastructure sysadmins.  So our core infrastructure support can't
be "captured" by a commercial company.

But.  But... many of our proje

Help with task: How do I edit the site?

[بغداد امول]

I would like to help out with the task listed at
https://helpwanted.apache.org/task.html?60e13b6e

[ANNOUNCE] Welcome Maxim Solodovnik as a new PMC member

[Sharan Foga]

The Community Development PMC has invited Maxim Solodovnik to become a new 
member of the PMC and are happy to announce that he has accepted.

Maxim has been active in our community for a while and has also been helping us 
administer and support GSoC (many of the GSoC mentors are probably familiar 
with his name :-) 

He is open, enthusiastic and positive, and is someone who is always willing to 
share his Apache knowledge. We are sure that Maxim will be a valuable addition 
to the PMC. 
 
Please join me in welcoming Maxim and congratulating him on his new role.

Thanks
Sharan


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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Welcome Maxim Solodovnik as a new PMC member

[Daniel Ruggeri]

On 2018-03-28 10:32, Sharan Foga wrote:

The Community Development PMC has invited Maxim Solodovnik to become a
new member of the PMC and are happy to announce that he has accepted.

Maxim has been active in our community for a while and has also been
helping us administer and support GSoC (many of the GSoC mentors are
probably familiar with his name :-)

He is open, enthusiastic and positive, and is someone who is always
willing to share his Apache knowledge. We are sure that Maxim will be
a valuable addition to the PMC.

Please join me in welcoming Maxim and congratulating him on his new 
role.


Thanks
Sharan


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Hear hear! Congratulations and welcome, Maxim!!!

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Re: Booth Volunteers Needed for Apache EU Roadshow 2018 in Berlin

[Sharan Foga]

Hi All

I’ve started putting together a wiki page here with details of the volunteers

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/Apache+EU+Roadshow+2018

Existing volunteers, please feel free to update the table with times, dates etc 
that you prefer, so that we can get a good picture of who will be on duty and 
when.

At the moment it looks like we have main volunteers for the Buzzwords part but 
no main volunteers for the FOSS Backstage / Roadshow part (since quite a few 
people are presenting during the FOSS Backstage bit :-).  

Do we have people who are not presenting at FOSS Backstage or the Roadshow that 
could be our main booth / lounge people during those days? (Remember that booth 
time can be shared so volunteers get the chance to see some of the 
presentations too:-)


Thanks
Sharan

On 2018/03/21 14:46:13, Sharan Foga  wrote: 
> Hi All 
> 
> Our Apache EU Roadshow will run from 11th - 14th June 2018 is Berlin. It is 
> held in conjunction with Berlin Buzzwords and FOSS Backstage and starts as a 
> 2 day Apache Lounge on 11th and 12th during Berlin Buzzwords and leads on to 
> tracks covering Cloud, IoT, Tomcat, Httpd and Microservices on 13th and 14th.
> 
> We are looking for volunteers to help out on the Apache booth during these 
> events.  As well as a booth, we will also have an Apache Lounge area where 
> people can come along to chat, relax, hack and network.
> 
> We are looking for up to 8 volunteers (4 for each event) to be available to 
> spend time on the booth and the Apache Lounge, talking to attendees about the 
> ASF, and handing out stickers,  leaflets or giveaways.
> 
> If you can only help out during only one event but not the other, then that 
> is fine too as I know some people may be speaking or attending one of these 
> events.
> 
> Please respond if you are available and would like to help out with this.
> 
> Thanks
> Sharan
> 
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Re: Booth Volunteers Needed for Apache EU Roadshow 2018 in Berlin

[Kevin A. McGrail]

I will stop by and help as I can in between speeches and sponsor meetings.
I will likely be more of a floating helper

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 14:46 Sharan Foga  wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I’ve started putting together a wiki page here with details of the
> volunteers
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/Apache+EU+Roadshow+2018
>
> Existing volunteers, please feel free to update the table with times,
> dates etc that you prefer, so that we can get a good picture of who will be
> on duty and when.
>
> At the moment it looks like we have main volunteers for the Buzzwords part
> but no main volunteers for the FOSS Backstage / Roadshow part (since quite
> a few people are presenting during the FOSS Backstage bit :-).
>
> Do we have people who are not presenting at FOSS Backstage or the Roadshow
> that could be our main booth / lounge people during those days? (Remember
> that booth time can be shared so volunteers get the chance to see some of
> the presentations too:-)
>
>
> Thanks
> Sharan
>
> On 2018/03/21 14:46:13, Sharan Foga  wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> > Our Apache EU Roadshow will run from 11th - 14th June 2018 is Berlin. It
> is held in conjunction with Berlin Buzzwords and FOSS Backstage and starts
> as a 2 day Apache Lounge on 11th and 12th during Berlin Buzzwords and leads
> on to tracks covering Cloud, IoT, Tomcat, Httpd and Microservices on 13th
> and 14th.
> >
> > We are looking for volunteers to help out on the Apache booth during
> these events.  As well as a booth, we will also have an Apache Lounge area
> where people can come along to chat, relax, hack and network.
> >
> > We are looking for up to 8 volunteers (4 for each event) to be available
> to spend time on the booth and the Apache Lounge, talking to attendees
> about the ASF, and handing out stickers,  leaflets or giveaways.
> >
> > If you can only help out during only one event but not the other, then
> that is fine too as I know some people may be speaking or attending one of
> these events.
> >
> > Please respond if you are available and would like to help out with this.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Sharan
> >
> >
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