Sagara: Could name some other projects that you think would be suitable for inclusion in the "messaging" track?
regards Steve On Oct 15, 2012, at 11:03 PM, Sagara Gunathunga wrote: > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote: >> On Oct 14, 2012, at 1:12 AM, Sagara Gunathunga wrote: >> >>> There was a concern raised by some people including myself during the >>> EU CFP time to have a Messaging or Enterprise Integration track >>> instead of allocating a track completely to a single messing project. >>> At that time we were too late to raise those issues and also had been >>> informed that the track chairs are always ready to accept "related" >>> talks if they looks good but looking at EU schedule I can see one >>> messing project got number of slots and it's hard to see any other >>> talks from messaging related projects on same track. >>> >>> Now we are in CFP for N/A event and still I can't see Messaging or >>> Enterprise Integration track instead what I can see is again possible >>> messaging track is allocated for a specific messaging project in same >>> as EU event. In case If we have enough space I'm very positive to have >>> more tracks like "General Messaging" and another track for a specific >>> messaging project but If we don't have enough space why can't we make >>> a general messaging track so that number of messaging related projects >>> can submit their talks and cover more scope/community ? >>> >> Thanks. In the case of North America, this is probably mostly due to our >> relative ignorance of the Apache "ecosphere". So I am very glad you have >> raised the issue. If you can suggest changes to the CfP to make it more >> inclusive of a wider range we would be grateful for your help. We want to >> give all projects the opportunity to showcase their work. > > Thanks for your kind response, I'm happy to help out in area of my > expertise. As I mentioned in my previous mail this is my suggestion. > > If we have enough space and enough people to handle more tracks please > add a new track called "Messaging", there are considerable number of > projects available under this category. In case if we don't have > enough space or people better to rename "Camel in Action" as a > "Messaging" track so that other messaging related projects also can > submit their talks under this track instead of limiting to a specific > project. > > Thanks ! > >> >>> Taking a different example I always think "Big data" is the ideal name >>> for a track instead calling it using a specific big data project name. >>> As I involved organizing number of Apache events in Asia from 2009 I >>> don't have any concern about impartiality of organizers, also I can >>> understand the difficulty with EU event with time but clearly in NA >>> event we have enough time to make changes so that event/tracks will >>> cover wide range of projects and get wider community attraction. >>> Finally I expect N/A organizers will consider my comments in a >>> positive manner. >>> >> We certainly do regard such input as positive, and stand ready to hear your >> (and everybody else's) suggestions for improving the CfP and making the >> conference more welcoming to a broader section of the Apache community. >> >>> Thanks ! >>> >> And thank *you*. >> >> regards >> Steve >> >>> -- >>> Sagara Gunathunga >>> >>> Blog - http://ssagara.blogspot.com >>> Web - http://people.apache.org/~sagara/ >>> LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/ssagara >> >> -- >> Steve Holden st...@holdenweb.com, Holden Web, LLC http://holdenweb.com/ >> Python classes (and much more) through the web http://oreillyschool.com/ >> Conferences and technical event management at http://theopenbastion.com/ >> Next: Helping with ApacheCon EU (community edition) http://apachecon.eu/ >> >> >> > > > > -- > Sagara Gunathunga > > Blog - http://ssagara.blogspot.com > Web - http://people.apache.org/~sagara/ > LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/ssagara -- Steve Holden st...@holdenweb.com, Holden Web, LLC http://holdenweb.com/ Python classes (and much more) through the web http://oreillyschool.com/ Conferences and technical event management at http://theopenbastion.com/ Next: Helping with ApacheCon EU (community edition) http://apachecon.eu/
