Status report for the Apache Conference Planning Project (March 2008) General News ------------ * no general news Conference Overview ------------------- * ApacheCon Europe 2008 Location and date: Amsterdam, April 7-11, 2008 Lead: Noirin Shirley Co-Lead: Lars Eilebrecht Planning list: planners-2008-eu@apachecon.com Producer: Stone Circle Productions, Inc. * ApacheCon US 2008 Location and date: New Orleans, November 3-7, 2008 Lead: Shane Curcuru Co-Lead: Noel J. Bergman Planning list: planners-2008-us@apachecon.com Producer: Stone Circle Productions, Inc. * Apache Track or ApacheCon Peru 2008 Location and date: Lima, Peru, October 18, 2008 An Apache-related conference or track may be co-hosted with the VISION 2008. No final decision has been made yet. * OSSummit Asia 2008 (joint-conference with Eclipse Foundation) Location and date: (location and date to be defined) Leaders: J Aaron Farr, Justin Erenkrantz, Noirin Shirley Planning list: planners-2008-asia@apachecon.com Producer/Owner: OSSummit LLC ApacheCon Europe 2008 News -------------------------- * Number of registrations is very good. * Press releases about ApacheCon Europe have been published 28 Feburary and 17 March. * SCP's PR agency is setting up telephone interviews for journalists with select speakers and conference planners. ApacheCon US 2008 News ---------------------- * The Call for Papers for ApacheCon US was published 1 March. * A press release about the CFP and ApacheCon US will be published by the end of March. ApacheCon Peru 2008 News ------------------------ No news since last board report. OSSummit Asia 2008 News ----------------------- No news since last board report. |