Status report for the Apache Conference Planning Project (December 2007)
General News
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* New Committee Member
The conference committee has voted to add Martin van den Bemt as new
member. Martin received 6 +1 votes (and no other votes). The change was
acknowledged by the board (Henning Schmiedehausen) on November 16, 2007.
* Renewal of SCP Contract
The ApacheCon contract with SCP has an evergreen clause, and the
conference committee has voted to renew the contract. This extends
the contract with SCP until 2010.
* Meet the Producer
A "Meet the Producer" session was held at ApacheCon US 2007, November
13 to discuss ApacheCon. Fewer ASF members than expected attended the
meeting, but the feedback and discussions have been very constructive,
and ConCom will be - as far as possible - trying to address the issues
for future conferences.
* New concom-site Mailing List
A new mailing list (concom-site at apache.org) has been created with
the purpose of discussing and developing a new Conference Management
System.
Conference Overview
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* ApacheCon US 2007
Location and date: Atlanta, November 12-16, 2007
Lead: Rich Bowen
Planning list: planners-2007-us@apachecon.com
Producer: Stone Circle Productions, Inc.
* 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
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.
* ApacheCon Peru 2008 (name not final yet)
An Apache-related conference may be co-hosted with the VISION 2008
conference in Lima, Peru. Details are being discussed and no final
decisions have been made yet.
ApacheCon US 2007 News
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* The conference in Atlanta finished successfully. According to Charel
Morris of SCP, the conference has been profitable. The exact details
will be provided once we receive the final profit & loss statement
from SCP.
ApacheCon Europe 2008 News
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* The schedule of speakers has been finalized, and all speakers have
been notified November 28.
* An initial version of the Europe 2008 Web site is live since
December 4th.
* Registration is planned to be opened by the end of January 2008.
OSSummit Asia 2008 News
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* OSSummit LLC and the planning team is still in the process of finding
a new date and location. The conference will remain in China, but it
may not be Hong Kong again. A final decision has not been made yet.
ApacheCon US 2008 News
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* The Call for Papers is planned to be opened January/February 2008.
The planning meeting will be held the weekend after ApacheCon Europe
in Amsterdam.
ApacheCon Peru 2008 News
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No news since last board report.
