During ApacheCon Europe 2009 in Amsterdam, some Apache projects are hosting what we call "Apache MeetUps"
The following Meetups are scheduled for [http://www.eu.apachecon.com/ ApacheCon Europe 2009], in Amsterdam:
Monday 23rd (BarCamp during the day)
19:00 - 22:00 [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/Maven+Meetup+ApacheCON+Europe+2009 Maven Meetup]
19:00 - 22:00 [http://wiki.apache.org/portals/MeetupAmsterdam2009 Portals Meetup]
Tuesday 24th
19:00 - 22:00 [http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WICKET/Wicket+Community+meetups+-+Amsterdam Wicket Meetup]
19:00 - 22:00 [http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/JcrMeetupMarch2009 Jackrabbit Meetup]
19:00 - 22:00 [http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/LuceneMeetupMarch2009 Lucene Meetup]
SIGN UP HERE: [https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cDFlMTdSV3dKT1lkYUlVa2lWUFdkQXc6MA.. Sign up form]
If you'd like to organize an evening Meetup this year, please 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:
[http://www.onehippo.com/ Hippo]
[http://www.lucidimagination.com/ Lucid Imagination]
[http://www.topicus.nl/ topicus]
If you are interested in sponsoring a MeetUp, contact Delia Frees: delia@apachecon.com
What is a Meetup?
A Meetup is defined as:
- Organized by the members of the project community itself
- Covering an Apache project (like Wicket, Cocoon, Jackrabbit, Portals, etc)
- Having an open agenda, for which anyone can propose a talk, covering a wide range of subjects
- Bring together a diverse crowd: committers, users and people merely interested in a specific project
- Free or 'real cheap' for attendees (depending on sponsoring)
Also, Meetups generally:
- Happen during evenings or in off-peak hours
- Come with beers
- Are supposed to be fun
Things that worked out well in previous Meetups:
- Keep it short: short talks of about 15 to 30 minutes in length keep the audience's attention
Examples of successful Meetups
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]
[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]