Status report for the Apache Conference Planning Project (August 2008)
General News
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* no general news
ApacheCon US 2008 News
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* On 30 July, another press release has been issued highlighting the
OFBiz Symposium, BarCampApache, CampHadoop, the voluntourism day, and
the CrowedVine site for the conference.
* Early bird prices are being extended by 2 weeks to drive early
registration.
* Issues when registering for training classes when using the committer
discount code (for the conference) are being corrected by SCP;
a note to the committers list will be sent out when fixed.
* The OFBiz and various special event schedules are being posted on the
Web site, showcasing the wide variety of content we'll have, and the
first keynote speaker is being confirmed shortly.
OSSummit Asia 2008 News
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* OSSummit Asia 2008, as originally envisioned, is canceled.
The corresponding entry has been removed from the ApacheCon Web site.
* The Eclipse Foundation has indicated they may pull out or at least
reduce involvement. As such, we're now on our own in terms of a
China/Asia event.
* On Tuesday, 19 August, before the Board meeting the Asia 2008 planning
team will hold a conference call with Charel to discuss options.
There's a chance of still running a smaller event in Beijing in
December. We'll work out a new proposal and submit it back to the
conference comittee for review.
ApacheCon Europe 2009 News
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* The planning meeting will be held 1-2 November in New Orleans, the
weekend before ApacheCon US 2008.
ApacheCon US 2009 News
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* no news since last report
