I'm +1 on the idea of a Arrow conference. June is a pretty busy month for me, so I would prefer another time, but I can arrange to make it if we do it then.
- Wes On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 1:06 PM, Siddharth Teotia <siddha...@dremio.com> wrote: > +1. I would love to attend. > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 4:18 PM, Kevin Moore <ke...@quiltdata.io> wrote: > >> Sounds great. Quilt Data may be able to sponsor some of the refreshment >> costs. >> >> ---- >> Kevin Moore >> CEO, Quilt Data, Inc. >> ke...@quiltdata.io | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinemoore/> >> (415) 497-7895 >> >> >> Manage Data like Code >> quiltdata.com >> >> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 1:41 PM, Li Jin <ice.xell...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I'd love to attend. I will be around for Spark Summit. >> > >> > Li >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 11:48 AM, Jacques Nadeau <jacq...@apache.org> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > Hey All, >> > > >> > > In light of growing interest in Apache Arrow over the past year and the >> > > great response to the meetup talk invitation I sent last week, I was >> > > thinking it may be time to hold a single day conference focused on the >> > > project. Wes and I have previously thrown this idea around and it seems >> > > like it might be a good time to get something started. Some of my >> > > colleagues did an investigation on how and when we could do this. I'm >> > > raising this to you all now to get people's thoughts. >> > > >> > > >> > > A rough sketch of what Wes and I have bounced around: >> > > >> > > *One day developer-focused event on Apache Arrow in San Francisco, June >> > 7, >> > > just after Spark Summit (open to other dates, but it would be nice for >> > > folks attending the conference to stay one extra day for Arrow). >> > > >> > > * Focus on interesting use cases and applications of Arrow. We could >> also >> > > use this event to discuss/plan/present about movement to Arrow 1.0 this >> > > year and beyond. >> > > >> > > *Goal of 100-200 attendees. >> > > >> > > *Dremio can offer to organize the event (venue, logistics, >> registrations, >> > > etc). The goal would be to keep ticket costs very modest to encourage >> > > attendance (eg, $50). Opportunity for sponsorship by vendors to help >> > drive >> > > down costs (eg, refreshments). >> > > >> > > *Still need to determine a venue but probably something downtown SF >> > nearish >> > > Moscone. >> > > >> > > *PMC or appointed sub-committee could review talk submissions. We could >> > use >> > > something like EasyChair to make this as simple as possible. >> > > >> > > What do people think? I think this could be good to continue to drive >> and >> > > grow the community in a positive way. >> > > >> > > thanks, >> > > Jacques >> > > >> > >>
