During the ApacheCon Europe 2009 in Amsterdam, some Apache projects are hosting what we call "Apache Meetups".
The following Meetups are scheduled for ApacheCon Europe 2009, in Amsterdam:
[http://wiki.apache.org/portals/MeetupAmsterdam2009 Wicket Meetup]
[http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/JcrMeetupMarch2009 Jackrabbit Meetup]
[http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WICKET/Wicket+Community+meetups+-+Amsterdam Portals Meetup]
Visit the above links to sign up!
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)
Also, Meetups generally:
- Happen during evenings or in off-peak hours
- Come with beers
- Are supposed to be fun
Some basic rules apply:
- 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)
Examples of successful Meetups
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][http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/wicket-amsterdam-2007-11-30.html Wicket Meetup 2007], [http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=110019 Wicket Meetup 2008]