Thanks for all of your hard work Rich. I'm sad I didn't get to work with
you more!
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 1:16 PM Ryan Skraba wrote:
> Just adding my thanks as well: your advice has been both comforting
> and valuable as we've been working towards Community over Code Europe
> 2024[1]. Please d
Just adding my thanks as well: your advice has been both comforting
and valuable as we've been working towards Community over Code Europe
2024[1]. Please don't hesitate to continue lending your voice and
opinions! :D
All my best, Ryan
[1]: http://eu.communityovercode.org/ "Community over Code, B
> On Nov 9, 2023, at 5:46 PM, Shane Curcuru wrote:
>
> rbo...@rcbowen.com wrote on 11/8/23 9:45 AM:
> ...snip...
>> I'm honestly torn as to whether this troll-y message merits a response.
>
> No, it didn't merit a response, but here we are anyway! 8-)
>
> The response feels like it's from so
Huge thanks to you Rich for all the work you have done on Conferences over the
years. I know that sometimes it hasnt been as easy as you make it seem - but
you have always had a big smile, positive attitude and a willingness to put on
an amazing event :-)
Thanks
Sharan
On 2023/11/08 12:03:38 R
rbo...@rcbowen.com wrote on 11/8/23 9:45 AM:
...snip...
I'm honestly torn as to whether this troll-y message merits a response.
No, it didn't merit a response, but here we are anyway! 8-)
The response feels like it's from someone who fundamentally doesn't
understand ASF governance. The chang
Thanks Rich for all the spirit of the Community Over Code (AKA ApacheCon).
Sharing my personal experiences, I am not sure how much you were the
"Spirit" of the EU conference in Berlin, that was my first "ApacheCon"
experience - but that is where I got the "Community" vibes. This is where
(and beca
On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 12:42 AM Kanchana Welagedara
wrote:
>
> Dear Rich,
>
> With reminiscing of helping out to organize ApacheCon Asia 2006 Asia ( Sri
> Lanka ), my first ever ApacheConf experience, let me write this you .
>
> Your dedication, guidance and tireless efforts have made a profound i
Dear Rich,
With reminiscing of helping out to organize ApacheCon Asia 2006 Asia ( Sri
Lanka ), my first ever ApacheConf experience, let me write this you .
Your dedication, guidance and tireless efforts have made a profound impact
on Apache community . Apache conferences have flourished and have
> On Nov 8, 2023, at 8:06 AM, Owen Rubel wrote:
>
> "So rather than worry about these sort if artefacts of institutionalisation
> or what bad KPIs \& wrong incentives can drive in a corporate world -- lets
> just make sure together that these conferences are what we want."
>
> I kind of figur
"So rather than worry about these sort if artefacts of institutionalisation
or what bad KPIs \& wrong incentives can drive in a corporate world -- lets
just make sure together that these conferences are what we want."
I kind of figured that was the point of speaking up; to let you know how
vendor
On 8 Nov 2023, at 13:03, Rich Bowen wrote:
> Fyi, effective yesterday, I have stepped down as VP conferences. The
> responsibility for that role has passed to VP marketing, but communication
> around conferences will still happen on the planners mailing list, as it
> has for many years.
Thanks f
Hi Rich,
Thank you for your decade plus work as VP, Conferences. In my experience you’ve
done tremendous work and yet I appreciate your choosing your focus to be here
on Community.
For those criticizing Rich’s personal decision as “bad” because “sales”. Please
volunteer as a track chair. I was
Well Ed,
Feel free to take a look at any conference that has focused on
sales/marketing. Vendors take over ALL TALKS.
I used to speak at SpringOne, APIDays, APIWorld and others and the only way
I get to speak these days is through 'pay-to-play'; they literally tell me
that if I pay to be a vendor
That's an assumption and conjecture.
If it's a concern of yours, there are more productive ways to raise the
issue and socialize avenues to protect the interests you're advocating for.
On Wed, Nov 8, 2023, 10:00 Owen Rubel wrote:
> Sales and marketing go hand in hand; marketing promotes sales
Sales and marketing go hand in hand; marketing promotes sales and sales
uses marketing materials to get sales. It is a mutually
beneficial relationship.
True events are about messaging BUT conferences are also about education.
Too many conferences have gone down the route of merely pandering to
v
On Wed, 2023-11-08 at 06:33 -0800, Owen Rubel wrote:
> Weak sauce. Once marketing takes over, conference talks become merely
> part
> of SALES.
>
> ApacheCon has been about learning... not SALES and MARKETING.
I'm honestly torn as to whether this troll-y message merits a response.
I'd expect som
Weak sauce. Once marketing takes over, conference talks become merely part
of SALES.
ApacheCon has been about learning... not SALES and MARKETING.
Owen Rubel
oru...@gmail.com
On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 4:04 AM Rich Bowen wrote:
> Fyi, effective yesterday, I have stepped down as VP conferences. Th
Fyi, effective yesterday, I have stepped down as VP conferences. The
responsibility for that role has passed to VP marketing, but communication
around conferences will still happen on the planners mailing list, as it
has for many years.
It's my hope to get a little more engaged on the side of the
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