Yep. Tomek is driving the effort to start the Apache Local Community and I am helping with that :). Would be great to see more of those - starting around more focused communities - we organise already Apache Beam and Apache Airflow meetups so that's a good start :)
Speaking of workshops - again if you feel like running a workshop for Airflow - we are happy to help. You can contact me via private channels as well (mail/slack). We have already an "incubation" phase for five(!) more workshops that we might help with/co-organise - two in Lithuania (Kaunas and Vilnius), one in Amsterdam, one in Boston (OCSD conference) and one in Pittsburgh (PyCon) .... It's maybe not yet spreading like a wildfire yet but .... J. On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 9:37 AM Tomasz Urbaszek <turbas...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > Just for your information ASF has established idea of Apache Local > Community (ALC) : > > "ALC comprises local groups of Apache (Open Source) enthusiasts, called an > 'ALC Chapter'. > There will be a single ALC chapter per town/city. ALC is similar to Google > Developer Group, > Facebook Developer Circles, Mozilla Reps." > > It's not strictly related to Airflow but can be interesting for anyone who > wants to meet other contributors, PMCs > and encourage new people to contribute. > > Bests, > Tomek > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 5:43 PM Daniel Imberman <daniel.imber...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > Hi Jarek, > > > > I’d be glad to help at PyCon US as well, perhaps we could collaborate on > > something or submit two talks in hopes of getting twice the airflow > > coverage? :). > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 8:04 AM, Jarek Potiuk <jarek.pot...@polidea.com> > > wrote: > > > > Now hat you wrote it.... PyCon US looks great. And .... > > > > It is still 5 days to send CFP for PyCon US. I do not know if anyone else > > wants to but I am going to send a proposal :). Let me just think about a > > good subject. > > > > If they accept me - it will be much easier for me too arrange travel + > > accommodation (my company supports it then). If so - then I am all for > > running workshop with you. > > > > J. > > > > niedz., 15 gru 2019, 16:48 użytkownik Philippe Gagnon < > > philgagn...@gmail.com> > > napisał: > > > > > Hey Jarek, > > > > > > I help with the organisation of PyCon USA and I would love to help run > > one > > > of these during the sprint days at PyCon next April. I think it would > be > > > useful to have a "pocket committer" available to approve PRs quickly. > Do > > > you know if someone will be attending, and would be interested in > helping > > > out? > > > > > > Philippe > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 7:52 AM Jarek Potiuk <jarek.pot...@polidea.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > > > After organizing two "First time contributor's" workshops with Tomasz > > > (and > > > > last one with Tobiasz) I would like to encourage everyone (especially > > > > committers and heavy contributors) to organise similar events. I > think > > it > > > > is great kind of event that is super easy to organize and it has the > > > > following benefits: > > > > > > > > - more people are involved in Airflow Community > > > > - you get to know your users more > > > > - your users are aware that our community is super-welcoming > > > > - sponsoring companies are happy to host and sponsor such events > > > > (supports their recruitment) > > > > - attendees can learn something new and build relationships with > > > > committers/other contributors > > > > - you learn from the users what they need and how they use Apache > > > > Airflow > > > > > > > > We had some great feedback from our users > > > > I put together our learnings from the two events and prepared > > > ready-to-use > > > > instruction on how to run such workshops. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AIRFLOW/First+time+contributor%27s+workshop > > > > > > > > If you would like to organise such event - you can just follow the > > > > instructions! > > > > > > > > You can ping me or Tomek or ping us on #airflow-workshops channel in > > > slack > > > > which I just created. > > > > > > > > J. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Jarek Potiuk > > > > Polidea <https://www.polidea.com/> | Principal Software Engineer > > > > > > > > M: +48 660 796 129 <+48660796129> > > > > [image: Polidea] <https://www.polidea.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Jarek Potiuk Polidea <https://www.polidea.com/> | Principal Software Engineer M: +48 660 796 129 <+48660796129> [image: Polidea] <https://www.polidea.com/>
