Hi Marat and Zineb, Thank you for expressing the willingness to help :) I won't be able to help with the organization and that's why I'm looking for volunteers to help out and take my place. This being an in-person conference and with everything going on in the world these days it is difficult to make that kind of commitment.
If you'd like to consider becoming a track chair for the Integration track, this is is what was required for a virtual conferences in the past from a track chair: https://www.apachecon.com/acah2021/chairs.html Above all, the responsibility of a track chair is to make sure that the track happens. And I think, for an in-person conference, that should include presence at the conference. For one in-person conference that I chaired (in Las Vegas 2019) I Christina helped out and took that role over from me. She made sure that talks were introduced and on schedule as I wasn't physically present there. This is an option that can be repeated, but I do believe someone has to be there. Other than that, the format is pretty much set, a day of a track is 6 or 7 sessions and the track chair(s) need to find presenters for the amount of days requested for the track. There are always last minute changes and those need to be handled by finding substitute presenters or making changes to the schedule. As I've mentioned, the call for tracks was ~two weeks ago and we're getting to the last days when the track can be requested. There are practical physical limitations, and not all tracks will be approved, or approved for the requested number of days. It would make me happy to see that the Integration track continues at ApacheCon, and I think the community benefits from it. I'm happy to help along the way in any way that I can, but in full honesty I can't (co)chair the track this time around. zoran On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 8:21 PM Zoran Regvart <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Cameleers, > asking once again, without volunteers helping to organize this there > will be no Integration track at ApacheCon this year and we are > approaching final moments in which the organizers will accept tracks. > > zoran > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 11:33 AM Zoran Regvart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Cameleers, > > this year's ApacheCon will be an in-person event in New Orleans, > > Louisiana from October 3-7, 2022. The @planners are asking for track > > submissions. > > > > Are there any volunteers that wish to help organize this event? > > > > zoran > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > From: Rich Bowen <[email protected]> > > Date: Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 9:53 PM > > Subject: Call For Tracks: ApacheCon North American 2022 > > To: ApacheCon Planners <[email protected]> > > > > > > The Planners for ApacheCon are excited to be working on the next edition > > of ApacheCon, which will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans in New > > Orleans, Louisiana from October 3-7, 2022! This will be our first live > > event since 2019, and the team is putting together a great event for > > attendees. > > > > As we plan the schedule of sessions, we are seeking input on what tracks > > to host for this year’s live event. One distinct advantage of > > ApacheCon@Home was that the limitations of the space-time continuum were > > not a major concern. But in a physical space like the Sheraton New > > Orleans, the number of tracks we can host for one event is more limited > > (until we can get a hold of a TARDIS). > > > > To that end, this is a general Call for Tracks to start determining what > > we are going to host on the 2022 conference schedule. If you are > > interested in having a track for ApacheCon 2022, please respond to this > > email off-list with the following information: > > > > > > Name of track > > Track captain name(s) > > Expected number of sessions for your track > > > > Note that not all tracks will be the same length in terms of sessions, > > and not all proposed tracks will be accepted. It is our hope to be > > flexible with the schedule and accommodate as much variety of live > > sessions as possible, but we are also contemplating a virtual event > > later that could accommodate tracks not selected for the live event. > > Track selection will be based on: > > > > > > Past attendance/interest > > Interest in new technologies/approaches > > Work history between planners and candidate track captains > > > > > > Please have this information to me ([email protected]) by March 15, 2022 > > at 2359 GMT, so we can begin the selection and Call for Presentations > > process. > > > > > > -- > > Zoran Regvart > > > > -- > Zoran Regvart -- Zoran Regvart
