FYI. ApacheCon NA, 2016 is coming.
On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 8:14 PM, lewis john mcgibbney <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi pmcs@, > > The Travel Assistance Committee (TAC) are pleased to announce that travel > assistance applications for ApacheCon NA 2016 are now open! > > This announcement serves as a purpose for you (pmcs@) to let members of > your community know about both ApacheCon NA 2016 and about the TAC > assistance to attend. Could you please forward this announcement to your > community, along with (if possible) information on how your project is > involved in ApacheCon this year? > > We will be supporting ApacheCon NA, Vancouver BC, May 9th - 13th 2016. > > TAC exists to help those that would like to attend ApacheCon events, but > are unable to do so for financial reasons. For more info on this years > applications and qualifying criteria, please visit the TAC website at < > http://www.apache.org/travel/ >. Applications are already open, so don't > delay! > > This year ApacheCon NA is split into two separate themed events - Apache > BigData > <http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apache-big-data-north-america> > and *ApacheCon* > <http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-north-america>. Due > to the small time frame of each event (3 days and 2 days) the Apache Travel > Assistance Committee will only be accepting applications from those people > that are able to attend BOTH events. > > > *Important: Applications close on Wednesday, March 2, 2016.* > > Applicants have until the the closing date above to submit their > applications (which should contain as much supporting material as required > to efficiently and accurately process your request), this will enable TAC > to announce successful awards shortly afterwards. > > As usual TAC expects to deal with a range of applications from a diverse > range of backgrounds. We therefore encourage (as always) anyone thinking > about sending in an application to do so ASAP. > > We look forward to greeting many of you in Vancouver, BC in May 2016! > > Best > > Lewis > > (On behalf of the Travel Assistance Committee) > >
