ApacheCon US 2009 has MeetUps too!
Please see our expanded MeetUp schedule for events at ApacheCon US 2009, this 2-6 November in Oakland, CA!
Note that MeetUps at ApacheCon US 2009 are all free to attend. Most happen on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings of the conference week.
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During
ApacheCon Europe 2009 in Amsterdam,
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several Apache projects
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hosted well-attended "Apache
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MeetUps"
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The following Meetups are scheduled for ApacheCon Europe 2009, in Amsterdam:
Wiki Markup \[http://wiki.apache.org/portals/MeetupAmsterdam2009 Wicket Meetup\]Wiki Markup \[http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/JcrMeetupMarch2009 Jackrabbit Meetup\]Wiki Markup \[http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WICKET/Wicket+Community+meetups+-+Amsterdam Portals Meetup\] \\
Monday 23rd (BarCamp during the day)
- 19:00 - 22:00 Maven Meetup 31 attendees and counting..
- 19:00 - 22:00 Portals Meetup 20 attendees and counting..
Tuesday 24th
- 19:00 - 22:00 Wicket Meetup 52 attendees and counting..
- 20:00 - 22:00 JCR/Jackrabbit/Sling Meetup 27 attendees and counting..
- 19:00 - 22:00 Lucene Meetup 34 attendees and counting..
SIGN UP HERE: Sign up form
Location
Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre Piet Heinkade 11, AmsterdamVisit the above links to sign up!
If you'd like to organize an evening Meetup this year, please send an email to arje(@)apache(.)contact Arjé Cahn at arje@apache.org. We have room for 6 Meetups in total, 3 on Monday 23rd and 3 on Tuesday 24th of March, between 18:00 and 23:00.
Sponsored by:
If you are interested in sponsoring a MeetUp, please contact Delia Frees: delia@apachecon.com
What is a Meetup?
A Meetup is defined as:
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- Happen during evenings or in off-peak hours
- Come with beers
- Are supposed to be fun
Some basic rules apply:
Things that worked out well in previous Meetups:
- Keep it short: short talks of about Talks are 15 to 30 minutes in length Adhere from becoming either a Hackaton (too much hacking, which scared away newcomers) or an ApacheCon (broad, covering many projects) keep the audience's attention
Examples of successful Meetups
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- The Cocoon [GetTogether] \[http://web.archive.org/web/20021211212225/http:/outerthought.org/cocoon/gettogether/ 2002\], \[http://web.archive.org/web/20070731114515/www.orixo.com/orixo/events/gt2003/ 2003\], \[http://web.archive.org/web/20070731114515/www.orixo.com/orixo/events/gt2004 2004\], \[http://web.archive.org/web/20051218082652/http://www.cocoongt.org/ 2005\], \[http://web.archive.org/web/20061128135645/http://www.cocoongt.org/ 2006\], \[http://web.archive.org/web/20071029162107/http://www.cocoongt.org/index.html 2007\]unmigrated-wiki-markup
- \[http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/wicket-amsterdam-2007-11-30.html Wicket Meetup 2007\], \[http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=110019 Wicket Meetup 2008\]