On 5 July 2015 at 23:08, Pierre Smits <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> HI All, > > Please find below the details and sequence of talks of above mentioned > potential track. > > *Introduction* > > The ASF is the single biggest non profit organisation involved in > supporting communities to develop open source solutions. Being on the fore > front of open source development its portfolio encompasses numerous > software products that support businesses, governments and NGOs in key > areas like presenting web pages, business processes, development and big > data. > The contributors of the ASF come from all continents and organisations that > utilise the ASF products. As such key contributors have insights that can > help open source communities to stay healthy and grow. And various products > of the ASF can support the operational aspects of those communities. > > This track brings together some of the elements of the ASF philosophies to > build healthy communities, consider the user and introduce some of the > Apache product that any open source community can apply to ease the day to > day operations. > > *Talks* > #1 Talk 6115 - Communities matter: Developing and Enforcing the Apache Code > of Conduct, By Joan Touzet, Canada link: > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp/proposals/6115 > > This talk addresses the issue of the diversity needed in and already > available in the communities of open source projects, how project > management committees can attract talents and keep the entire community > happy. > > > #2 Talk 6085 - Will The Apache Maturity Model save your project? By > Bertrand Delacrétraz, Switzerland > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp/proposals/6085 > > This talk is about how to an open source community can measure and guard > the healthiness of its project(s). > > > #3 Talk 6071 - Conferencing with Apache OpenMeetings, Maxim Solodovnik > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp/proposals/6071 > > This talks is about the Audio & Video Conferencing solution of the ASF that > can be used in the operational area of the open source project and/or its > supporting organisation. > > > #4 Talk - Leverage Community Management with Apache OFBiz. By Pierre Smits, > The Netherlands > > This talk is about how Apache OFBiz can be used to manage the contributor > base of the project(s) of an open source community and how delegation of > permissions management can ease the burden on those who make anything > happen. At the same time it can present various insights on who is part of > which project and in what kind of role. > > #5 Talk - 6029 - It's OK - Consensus Reached. We've agreed to disagree! By > Sharan Foga, Czech Republic > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp/proposals/6029 > > Consensus is paramount in Apache projects when it comes to code. Opposing > viewpoints of contributors need to come together in order to reach > consensus. It can not be said to often that in order to have a healthy > project, contributors need to work towards an acceptable compromise and > express their consent when it comes to code changes. However, it must also > be brought repeatedly to the front light that consensus is not required > when it comes to procedural issues. There it is a nice to have. > > > #6 Talk 6168 - The Apache Way Theory. By Nick Burch, United Kingdom > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp/proposals/6168 > > This talk explains how the biggest non profit proponent of open source > development came to its philosophies and brought contributors all over the > world together to build some of the greatest open source products in > existence today. > this belongs in the community track. > > > #7 Talk 6168 - The Apache Way Practice, By Nick Burch United Kingdom > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp/proposals/6169 this belongs in the community track. > > > Theory is relevant, but tales of experiences, lessons learned help to give > the theory that extra punch to get the message across. > > #8 Talk 6107 - Bridging the Gap Between Enterprise Users and Open Source. > By Mike Bates, USA http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp/proposals/6107 > > I see this presentation as a potential driving force to increase the > adoption of Open Source solutions in general and of Apache products in > particular. After all, no open source project can exists without users. > > > Should you have questions and or remarks regarding this, feel free to post. > thanks for submitting the track. rgds jan i. > > Best regards, > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > Based Manufacturing, Professional > Services and Retail & Trade > http://www.orrtiz.com >
