Status report for the Apache Conference Planning Project (June 2008)
General News
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* Result of the Hackathon Survey for ASF Committers
April 2008, the Conference Committee asked all ASF committers in a
survey various questions about Hackathon events. The complete result
of the survey is available in the following PDF:
http://wiki.apache.org/apachecon-data/attachments/ApacheConBrainStorm/attachments/ASF-Hackathon-Committer-Survey-April-2008.pdf
The result of the survey has been posted to the committers list
together with some further information and decisions the conference
committee has made based on the result:
- Hackathon will become a public event
Starting with ApacheCon US 2008, the Hackathon will become a
public event open to all committers, contributors and interested
developers. With making it a public event we hope that it will
be easier to find sponsors.
- Hackathon will continue to be co-located with ApacheCon
58% of all committers replied in the survey that Hackathons
should be co-located with ApacheCon. Only 5% voted against this.
- Registration fee for attending a Hackathon
The result of the survey shows that many people are willing to
pay a small fee for attending a Hackathon, especially if food
and drinks are included. However, it is the conference committee's
aim to make attending the Hackathon free of charge or to charge a
small fee only. However, depending on the location of the Hackathon
and available sponsors, etc., this may not always be possible.
- Camp Apache - the new BarCamp event
Some people think that we should have a bit more structure at the
Hackathon. However, instead of changing the Hackathon itself, we
will have a new BarCamp/Unconference event called "Camp Apache"
at ApacheCon US 2008 which will be held the second day of the
Hackathon as an additional event.
ApacheCon US 2008 News
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* Speakers have been notified, and the training and session schedule
is confirmed along with the pricing model. Registration is expected
to open beginning of July. The formal show Web site using a new CMS
is being tested.
* The OFBiz PMC has expressed interest in presenting training materials
and two days of session content co-located at ApacheCon US. The OFBiz
PMC is working on organizing content and finding speakers, and we
will work with SCP on marketing this additional content to the OFBiz
community.
* We will have a new BarCamp/Unconference event called "Camp Apache" at
the conference. It will be held on Tuesday, 4 November 2008, i.e.,
same time as the second day of the Hackathon. It will be a public
event and a small fee will be charged for attending.
OS Summit Asia News
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* None from June
ApacheCon Europe 2009 News
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* Final date and location for the Europe 2009 conference:
23-27 March 2009
Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* The lead for the conference will be Martin van den Bemt with
Noirin Shirley being the co-lead.
ApacheCon US 2009 News
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* Final date and location for the US 2009 conference:
2-6 November 2009
Oakland Convention Center and Marriott Hotel
Oakland, CA, USA
