Status report for the Apache Conference Planning Project (Feburary 2008)
General News
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* no general news
Conference Overview
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* 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
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* A press release about ApacheCon Europe was published 23 January.
* ApacheCon Europe 2008 Hackathon Sponsorship: The ASF board has
approved the special resolution of ConCom to sponsor the Hackathon
at ApacheCon Europe 2008.
ApacheCon US 2008 News
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* Unfortunately due to reduced volunteer attention, the CFP is not yet
opened, but will be soon. Shane and Ken are currently working on
getting the CFP ready by end of February. The deadline for the CFP
will be the week of ApacheCon Europe 2008 as the planning meeting
will be held the weekend following the conference.
ApacheCon Peru 2008 News
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No news since last board report.
OSSummit Asia 2008 News
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* The last conference call was held Feb 13th. Final date and location
are still being determined, though Shanghai in early December seems
most likely. There are several other open source events in China this
spring. The planners have expressed interest in cooperating with
these events to promote OSSummit.
