ApacheCon US 2009 has MeetUps too!
Please see our expanded MeetUp schedule for events at ApacheCon US 2009, this 2-6 November in Oakland, CA!
Note that MeetUps at ApacheCon US 2009 are all free to attend. Most happen on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings of the conference week.
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During
ApacheCon Europe 2009 in Amsterdam,
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several Apache projects
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hosted well-attended "Apache
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MeetUps"
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The following Meetups are scheduled for ApacheCon Europe 2009, in Amsterdam:
Wiki Markup \[http://wiki.apache.org/portals/MeetupAmsterdam2009 Wicket Meetup\]Wiki Markup \[http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/JcrMeetupMarch2009 Jackrabbit Meetup\]Wiki Markup \[http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WICKET/Wicket+Community+meetups+-+Amsterdam Portals Meetup\] \\
Visit the above links to sign up!
Monday 23rd (BarCamp during the day)
- 19:00 - 22:00 Maven Meetup 31 attendees and counting..
- 19:00 - 22:00 Portals Meetup 20 attendees and counting..
Tuesday 24th
- 19:00 - 22:00 Wicket Meetup 52 attendees and counting..
- 20:00 - 22:00 JCR/Jackrabbit/Sling Meetup 27 attendees and counting..
- 19:00 - 22:00 Lucene Meetup 34 attendees and counting..
SIGN UP HERE: Sign up form
Location
Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre Piet Heinkade 11, Amsterdam
If you'd like to organize an evening Meetup this year, please contact Arjé Cahn at arje@apache.org. We have room for 6 Meetups in total, 3 on Monday 23rd and 3 on Tuesday 24th of March, between 18:00 and 23:00.
Sponsored by:
If you are interested in sponsoring a MeetUp, please contact Delia Frees: delia@apachecon.com
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What is a Meetup?
A Meetup is defined as:
- Organized by the members of the project community itself
- Covering an Apache project (like Wicket, Cocoon, Jackrabbit, Portals, etc)
- Having an open agenda, for which anyone can propose a talk, covering a wide range of subjects
- Bring together a diverse crowd: committers, users and people merely interested in a specific project
- Free or 'real cheap' for attendees (depending on sponsoring)
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- Happen during evenings or in off-peak hours
- Come with beers
- Are supposed to be fun
Some basic rules apply:
Things that worked out well in previous Meetups:
- Keep it short: short talks of about Talks are 15 to 30 minutes in length
- Adhere from becoming either a Hackaton (too much hacking, which scared away newcomers) or an ApacheCon (broad, covering many projects)
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- keep the audience's attention
Examples of successful Meetups
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- The Cocoon [GetTogether] \[http://web.archive.org/web/20021211212225/http:/outerthought.org/cocoon/gettogether/ 2002\], \[http://web.archive.org/web/20070731114515/www.orixo.com/orixo/events/gt2003/ 2003\], \[http://web.archive.org/web/20070731114515/www.orixo.com/orixo/events/gt2004\], \[http://web.archive.org/web/20051218082652/http://www.cocoongt.org/ 2005\], \[http://web.archive.org/web/20061128135645/http://www.cocoongt.org/ 2006\], \[http://web.archive.org/web/20071029162107/http://www.cocoongt.org/index.html 2007\], 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Wicket Meetup 2007, Wicket Meetup 2008
Wiki Markup