Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-18 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
oms, we can discuss something 2-3 days as a full ApacheCon 2018.

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-14 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 12/14/2017 5:41 PM, Leif Hedstrom wrote: I’m slightly confused. I think you are saying that you want to split off, and do a “Barcamp” (or whatever we call it:), separate from AC as Rich Bowen is planning? I’m a bit -1 on that, a big driver for getting people to both “Barcamps (Summits in my

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-14 Thread Leif Hedstrom
> On Dec 14, 2017, at 7:12 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > > > > On 12/12/2017 02:18 PM, Leif Hedstrom wrote: >>> On Dec 12, 2017, at 6:34 AM, Kevin A. McGrail >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 12/12/2017 8:26 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: Unclear what distinction you're making here. Apachecon is of course short

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-14 Thread Leif Hedstrom
> On Dec 14, 2017, at 10:56 AM, Kevin A. McGrail > wrote: > > On 12/14/2017 9:12 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: >> ApacheCon will still exist. That is certainly the plan. The board approved a >> substantial amount of money for ApacheCon to continue to exist. >> >> What's frustrating to me is all the

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-14 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 12/14/2017 9:12 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: ApacheCon will still exist. That is certainly the plan. The board approved a substantial amount of money for ApacheCon to continue to exist. What's frustrating to me is all the people spreading the message that ApacheCon is no longer going to exist. Th

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-14 Thread Rich Bowen
On 12/12/2017 02:18 PM, Leif Hedstrom wrote: On Dec 12, 2017, at 6:34 AM, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: On 12/12/2017 8:26 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: Unclear what distinction you're making here. Apachecon is of course short for "apache conference". The brand has a following. The distinction is I am

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-12 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
Leif we had an AC 2017 and we are talking about a colocated AC2018 eu. So i thought a one day us barcamp might be a nice mixup. I am looking at space and will respond in a bit. With the holidays it might.take a while to.pin down a space. Regards, KAM On December 12, 2017 2:18:02 PM EST, Leif

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-12 Thread Leif Hedstrom
> On Dec 12, 2017, at 6:34 AM, Kevin A. McGrail > wrote: > > On 12/12/2017 8:26 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: >> Unclear what distinction you're making here. Apachecon is of course short >> for "apache conference". The brand has a following. > The distinction is I am looking at something smaller like

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-12 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 12/12/2017 8:26 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: Unclear what distinction you're making here. Apachecon is of course short for "apache conference". The brand has a following. The distinction is I am looking at something smaller like a BarCamp level event not an AC level event. I would like to see us

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-12 Thread Rich Bowen
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017, 13:28 Kevin A. McGrail wrote: > I don't think we are proposing an apachecon but rather an apache > conference. Call it what you will. > Unclear what distinction you're making here. Apachecon is of course short for "apache conference". The brand has a following. > I agree.

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-08 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
I don't think we are proposing an apachecon but rather an apache conference. Call it what you will. I agree. I want 2 rooms with 6x50 min speeches each on 12 different topics plus a keynote and endnote for all plus a lunch break. I would even consider selling two tracks for sponsor speeches.

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-08 Thread Leif Hedstrom
I like the ideas proposed here. I think all in all, we have to change the format of ApacheCon for it to be worth the efforts and financial burden. I also think we have to be more appealing to non-committers (unless we turn AC into a project Summit umbrella). I’ve been a proponent of topic track

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-07 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
OK, give me a few days.  Mason invited me to speak in March and I have a contact.  I'll see what might be possible. On 12/8/2017 1:30 AM, Hadrian Zbarcea wrote: I like the GMU idea and getting new generation of students interested in OSS. I think I can find SIs to sponsors and even follow Nicla

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-07 Thread Hadrian Zbarcea
I like the GMU idea and getting new generation of students interested in OSS. I think I can find SIs to sponsors and even follow Niclas' idea of connecting potential employers with talent. We can pull this off. On 12/08/2017 01:05 AM, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: On 12/8/2017 12:38 AM, Hadrian Zb

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-07 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 12/8/2017 12:38 AM, Hadrian Zbarcea wrote: Kevin, we're both (and others) in DC. Ton of demand here, as we know. How about trying to organize something here, even smaller events? +1.  Could be a nice time to throw the sponsor thank you party as well on the night before the event with a speak

Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-07 Thread Hadrian Zbarcea
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Re: ApacheCon 2018

2017-12-07 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
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