Status report for the Apache Conference Planning Project (November 2008)
General News
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* The conference committee is planning to make it easier for PMCs
(or even third parties) to run smaller Apache-related events
such as meetups or BarCamps, and to get formal recognition by
the ASF, i.e., being allowed to use the Apache name and logo
for the event. The criteria and guidelines for such events are
still to be created.
* The conference committee has started exploring the possibilities
of having an ApacheCon (or smaller Apache event) in Brazil in 2009.
ApacheCon US 2008 News
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* ApacheCon US 2008 in New Orleans has finished successfully.
Attendance numbers were still good, even though the recent
economic downturn affected many attendees.
* Despite moderate attendance numbers, the first BarCampApache was
a successful event, and the conference committee is planning to
continue having BarCamp events at future ApacheCons, and as
separate events.
ApacheCon Europe 2009 News
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* The planning meeting was held the weekend before ApacheCon US 2008
in New Orleans, and a draft schedule is available. The final
schedule should be available soon, and speakers will be notified.
ApacheCon US 2009 News
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* The conference committee has voted William A. Rowe, Jr. the lead,
and Cliff Skolnick the co-lead for ApacheCon US 2009. Call for
2009 US team members has already begun, and expected to wrap up
in November.
* The Call for Papers has opened 7 November 2008, and the planning
meeting will be held the weekend after ApacheCon Europe 2009 in
Amsterdam.
Apache Meet Up and BarCamp Beijing 2008
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* Apache Meet Up Beijing 2008 will be held 5 December 2008 at the
Intel office in Beijing, followed a one-day BarCamp Beijing event.
* The conference committee has voted to make the Apache Meet Up
in Beijing a formal ASF event (not ApacheCon). The event will
be using ApacheCon Web site infrastructure, but doesn't require
any ASF funds. Registration for the event will be free, and thus
we do not expect to generate any profit from the event.
* Three conference committee members have signed up to organize the
event, and it will be produced by SCP.
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* The conference committee has held an internal meeting the day before
ApacheCon in New Orleans. The purpose for the meeting was to
discuss the possibilities of making ApacheCon a real ASF event,
i.e., to bring ApacheCon in house which means that the ASF has to
take the financial risk of producing ApacheCon events.
A few days later Justin and Lars met with Charel to discuss this
plan. The meeting went very well, and Charel is willing to work
with us to discuss the necessary legal and operational changes.
The meeting minutes are available in the concom archive.
Please note, that no final decisions have been made yet.
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