On Jan 14, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Nick Burch wrote: > Hi All > > As most of you will hopefully know, we have a desire to host another ACEU, > but know it can't be organised the same way, and ACNA is being run by an > external producer in a different way to past ApacheCons. > As said organizer, we will be happy to facilitate this meeting.
> I would like to propose that towards the end of ACNA, as many of us as > possible get together (with note taking / recording / google hangouts etc for > those not in Portland) to decide what we want to do about ApacheCon > post-Portland. Topics will include, but not be limited to: > * How does the new style producer arrangement work, and what should be > changed going onwards? I'd be interested in this feedback, but readers shouldn't feel that they need to wait - we are happy to hear good and bad comments at all times, and would love to hear form the community and particularly those interested in ApacheCon. > * Can we square the circle of user + developer + committer/contributor > needs with one ApacheCon event, or do we need to split (and if so > into what?) It would be a shame to do that in my opinion, and the contributors are those with the highest value as speakers and delegates to others thinking of coming to ApacheCon. > * Assuming we do want to run more producer led ACNAs and ACEUs, what do > we need to alter (if anything) from the RFP, what timescales etc should > we do for selecting a producer for both? (Note that producers ideally > want 12-18 months run-up) > I'll underline this. We've just won the rights to run DjangoCon 2014 and 2015, so we are running about 21 months ahead for conferences that aren't "first time around". > Everyone is welcome to attend, including past/present/future producers. > However, if we make amazing progress and get into nitty-gritty details, we > might need to make the last bit of the session concom only. Hopefully the > outcome of this + subsequent on-list discussions will quite quickly be a plan > for ApacheCons for the next few years! > That's understandable. > Pencil it in your diaries, and we'll try to announce a date + venue a little > closer to ACNA! > > Nick Please count us in on this one. regards Steve Holden st...@holdenweb.com +1 571 484 6266 http://holdenweb.com/ -- Python classes (and much more) through the web http://oreillyschool.com/ Conferences and technical event management at http://theopenbastion.com/ Next event: ApacheCon NA 2013: Feb 26-28 http://na.apachecon.com/
