+ 1 I would love to attend too. I would be there in Spark summit and presenting too there.
Regards, Sourav Mazumder Data Science Center of Competency IBM Analytics On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 10:23 AM, Julian Hyde <jh...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 The Arrow community would benefit greatly from a > conference/unconference. > > Remember not to schedule it too close to ApacheCon. > > Julian > > > > On Apr 9, 2018, at 10:18 AM, Jacques Nadeau <jacq...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > 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 > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > >
