Status report for the Apache Conference Planning Project (October 2009)

ApacheCon US 2009 News (2-6 November)

  • Registration continues apace, PR is going well.
  • The conference now has two platinum sponsors, Microsoft and Thawte.

ApacheMeetUp BarCampApache Asia 2009 (Nov. 28-29 (Beijing); Dec 4-6 (Colombo))

  • Dates have now been fixed for the events, and budget secured from the board.
  • Charel will work as producer for the Beijing event, Sanjiva will co-ordinate all arrangements in Colombo.
  • Justin and Greg have booked tickets for Beijing and Colombo.
  • Awaiting draft contract from Charel for producing Beijing event.
  • Sanjiva has organized a team of local volunteers in Colombo led by Sagara Gunathunga (committer on WS).
  • Colombo team has posted a draft schedule and location information.

Apache Retreat, Ireland 2010

  • No news since last report

Other

  • A question was raised about extending the ACUS committer rate to non-committer TAC attendees. The producer had been given the impression that TAC attendees would be committers, but only half of them are. This has been resolved for the current conference, but TAC need to negotiate an agreement for future conferences.
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