I hope you will also let them know of other sources for support besides hotwax, as the PMC chair.
David E Jones sent the following on 4/13/2009 10:45 AM: > As a follow-on to the April release branch, and to help encourage > community growth and participation for Apache OFBiz, I'm planning a tour > of the Mid-western United States. As part of this tour I'd like to visit > with individuals and organizations who are current and prospective > users, contributors, and others involved with or interested in OFBiz. > > In these visits I will be available to spend 1-3 hours with you and > answer questions about Apache OFBiz and how you can use it most > effectively. I would be happy to speak with individuals or as many > people from your organization as you would like. > > If you would like to better leverage opportunities to collaborate with > others in the community or there are specific things you'd like to see > in OFBiz, or be able to do with OFBiz, this is a great time to chat > about it. Also if you'd like general business level or technical help > with the software I'm happy to go over those sorts of things as well. > > I am doing this as the PMC Chair of Apache Open For Business with the > intent of helping grow the community and not in my role as an officer of > Hotwax Media. If you are interested in the services of Hotwax I'll be > happy to briefly answer questions and refer you to the Hotwax sales people. > > Below is the rough schedule I have in mind and the general areas I plan > to be in. I'll be changing it as needed to accommodate what people are > available for. If you're around these areas and available around these > times, please let me know! > > 17 April (Fri): Omaha NE, Des Moines IA, Kansas City MO > 20 April (Mon): St. Louis MO > 22 April (Wed): Indianapolis IN, Louisville KY (maybe Chicago IL) > 24 April (Fri): Memphis TN, Nashville TN > 27 April (Mon): Dallas TX, Oklahoma City OK > > Please contact me directly by email if you're interested in a visit. If > you know of someone else who might be interested in a visit, please make > an introduction and if they are interested I'm happy to play along. My > schedule is flexible on this trip so morning, lunch and evening visits > along with normal business hours are fine. > > There is no fee for this, but I won't refuse a free meal if offered. I'm > traveling in a 40' motorhome, so hints for parking somewhat nearby are > also appreciated. > > I am planning to do this in other areas in the near future, but don't > have firm plans yet. The next likely area will be the north-western USA > in July (around the time and place of OSCON which I'll be speaking at on > July 23rd in San Jose, CA). > > -David > > >
