Hi all, Reading the application questionaire for the ApacheCon EU 2012 event i found some inconsistencies and/or unclear wordings in questions and the associated explanations. I advise you to have a look at it.
Q01 - Which country will you be travelling to ApacheCon from? If you wish to attend an ApacheCon outside of your region (eg ApacheCon US from Europe), please also outline why you should attend this event, instead of a more local one. Better would be: Q01 - From which country will you be traveling to the ApacheCon event? If you wish to attend the ApacheCon event outside your region (Europe vs ApacheCon NA or ApacheCon APAC, North America vs ApacheCon EU or ApacheCon APAC, Asia vs ApacheCon EU or ApacheCon NA), please outline why you should attend this event outside your region, in stead of attending a more local event. Better would be: Q02 - How many days are you intending to attend the event, and which sessions do you intend to visit? Full details of the schedule of sessions may be found at http://www.apachecon.eu Remark: this description might be a bit hard to swallow (and subsequently difficult to answer this question), as the schedule of the event is presented to the public later than the application for travel assistence regarding this event closes. Q07 and Q14 basically ask the same question. Q07 - Which Apache projects are you involved in at the moment? Please outline your involvement briefly (e.g. answer user queries on the mailing lists, have submitted bugs/patches, work on integration with Project Foo). Q14 - Are you currently involved in Apache project(s)? If you are currently involved in an Apache project, are you willing to have the TAC approach the PMC of that project for more information? If so, please mention which project you are involved in here. If you are currently a student, and can provide a letter of recommendation from a faculty member, please include that. Please make sure that it includes the name of the institution, and contact details for the faculty member. Q15 - Any additional information you'd like to supply? Remark: this question should be the last question before Q19 - To confirm you application, please sign your name here. Q19 - To confirm you application, please sign your name here. Better is: Q19 - To confirm you application, please state your name here. I also believe that questions should be grouped together. The first grouping could the questions related to the event (including Q16), the second grouping regarding the income, insurance, passport,etc, and the last grouping could be about the projects involved and the rest (Q15, Q19). Of course, my native language is not English (any variety) and this just an opinion. Regards, Pierre Smits ApacheCon EU 2012 <http://www.apachecon.eu> - Sinsheim, Germany Apache OFBiz <http://ofbiz.apache.org>
