+1 to that and... 1) Don't compare conferences such as ApacheCon with a one week 5* vacation somewhere in the Mediterranean or in the Red Sea - there's absolute NO relationship between the two!!! 2) Consider the TAC! 3) Don't make this an AOO-specific or -only issue. If it's an issue at all it applies to every individual planning to attend.
Cheers Daniel On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Shane Curcuru <[email protected]> wrote: > PLEASE NOTE: the committers@ mailing list is NOT the proper place for this > discussion. Please Reply-To: [email protected] with questions or > suggestions about ApacheCon or any other ASF-specific events. > > committers@ is meant for official announcements about the ASF, and is a > mandatory list for all 2,000+ Apache committers. Thanks. > > The questions about pricing are valid ones: it's just they belong on another > list where the people who do conference planning discuss this kind of thing. > > Isabel has an excellent point: the ASF Travel Assistance Committee does have > a program where Apache committers can apply for funding to attend ApacheCon > and other specific Apache community events - so that's something to keep in > mind for other events (the deadline was unfortunately yesterday). > > Committers on the Apache OpenOffice podling wishing to attend ApacheCon EU > this year should contact the PPMC for more information about the AOO tracks > and attendance. > > - Shane > > > > On 8/17/2012 5:11 AM, Isabel Drost wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >>> Am 16.08.2012 12:01, schrieb Nick Burch: >>>> >>>> The important thing is that the early bird tickets are now on sale, >>>> so you can go ahead and start buying your tickets! Early Bird >>>> tickets for Committers cost €325 (inc VAT and fees). To purchase at >>>> this rate, please enter the promotion code ApacheCommitter on the >>>> ticket selection page. For those of you who can claim back German >>>> VAT, the early bird cost is just over €250, so hopefully cost won't >>>> prevent anyone from attending this time! >>> >>> >>> It will prevent most of the community members which are also being >>> committers to attending this conference. >> >> >> Two comments on that: Yes, this is more than average European >> community events like FrOSCon/FOSDEM charge, but than again in my >> opinion ApacheCon is not really all-volunteer-at-no-cost-organised >> (planners, please correct me if I'm wrong). >> >> To get community members in who work on Apache after hours only and >> don't get their ticket paid for by their employer/university there is >> the option to apply for travel support - http://www.apache.org/travel/ >> >> I think the point you raise is an important one - albeit it I guess it >> has been discussed often in the past already: In terms of pricing this >> is one of the cheapest ApacheCons I know of. >> >> >> Isabel >> >> OT: Mechtilde, CU next week at FrOSCon? Any other Apache people going? >> >
