March 2008 Conference Planning Committee Board Report

Status report for the Apache Conference Planning Project (March 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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* 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
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* 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
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No news since last board report.


OSSummit Asia 2008 News
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No news since last board report.


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