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> From: Eric Baldeschwieler <eri...@hortonworks.com> > Date: June 11, 2013 10:46:25 AM PDT > To: "common-...@hadoop.apache.org" <common-...@hadoop.apache.org> > Subject: DesignLounge @ HadoopSummit > Reply-To: common-...@hadoop.apache.org > > Hi Folks, > > We thought we'd try something new at Hadoop Summit this year to build upon > two pieces of feedback I've heard a lot this year: > > Apache project developers would like to take advantage of the Hadoop summit > to meet with their peers to on work on specific technical details of their > projects > That they want to do this during the summit, not before it starts or at > night. I've been told BoFs and other such traditional formats have not > historically worked for them, because they end up being about educating users > about their projects, not actually working with their peers on how to make > their projects better. > So we are creating a space in the summit - marked in the event guide as > DesignLounge - concurrent with the presentation tracks where Apache Project > contributors can meet with their peers to plan the future of their project or > work through various technical issues near and dear to their hearts. > > We're going to provide white boards and message boards and let folks take it > from there in an unconference style. We think there will be room for about 4 > groups to meet at once. Interested? Let me know what you think. Send me any > ideas for how we can make this work best for you. > > The room will be 231A and B at the Hadoop Summit and will run from 10:30am to > 5:00pm on Day 1 (26th June), and we can also run from 10:30am to 5:00pm on > Day 2 (27th June) if we have a lot of topics that folk want to cover. > > Some of the early topics some folks told me they hope can be covered: > > Hadoop Core security proposals. There are a couple of detailed proposals > circulating. Let's get together and hash out the differences. > Accumulo 1.6 features > The Hive vectorization project. Discussion of the design and how to phase it > in incrementally with minimum complexity. > Finishing Yarn - what things need to get done NOW to make Yarn more effective > If you are a project lead for one of the Apache projects, look at the > schedule below and suggest a few slots when you think it would be best for > your project to meet. I'll try to work out a schedule where no more than 2 > projects are using the lounge at once. > > Day 1, 26th June: 10:30am - 12:30pm, 1:45pm - 3:30pm, 3:45pm - 5:00pm > > Day 2, 27th June: 10:30am - 12:30pm, 1:45pm - 3:30pm, 3:45pm - 5:00pm > > It will be up to you, the hadoop contributors, from there. > > Look forward to seeing you all at the summit, > > E14 > > PS Please forward to the other -dev lists. This event is for folks on the > -dev lists. >
