Hey all, given that several people are busy in June, let's way until the fall. I'll take at look at the schedule of things and throw out a new idea in the next few months.
Thanks! Jacques On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >> > > > >> > > >> >
