Blot out the sun and talk about Cassandra? Seems kind of on the nose, right?
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 8:53 AM Russell Bradberry <rbradbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’m just throwing this out there, mostly because I’m a science nerd, but > why not August 21st in the viewability range for the Solar eclipse? Here > is a map showing the best viewing areas. > http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/maps.htm ( > > > Thanks, > -Russ > > > On 6/1/17, 2:03 PM, "Jason Brown" <jasedbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I kind of agree with Russ, here. However, at the same time, a > once-a-year, > in-person meeting that not everyone can physically attend isn't the > only > avenue to bring up issues for discussion. All > influencers/developers/power > users/whatevers should be encouraged to start discussions on the dev@ > ML, > at anytime. In addition to being more in the Apache Way, it's > trackable, > maintains history, and is publicly open to everyone. Traditionally, we > as a > community haven't done so well with dev@ discussions, although I > think it's > better than a few years ago and we are improving. > > All this being said, I think having an in-person get together of the > developers (and any others) to help discuss roadmap, new and crazy > ideas > wrt implementation, and just generally hang out is good thing. As space > usually follows budget, if we end up constrained for a NGCC, we may > need to > be more (or less) selective than in years past - I don't know how > that'll > happen, but perhaps we can find a way with PMC voting or something > along > those lines. > > I like the idea of a NGCC, but we shouldn't subscribe to it as the only > medium for discussions of big issues/features/concerns. > > -Jason > > p.s. Yes, Jira can serve a similar purpose as a dev@ thread, but it's > usually not a great place to have design discussions of large features > (I'm > guilty of this). > > On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:09 AM, K.Tomita <tomitakazut...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I'm organizer for Cassandra Summit Tokyo. > > we are Cassandra user's group of Japan. > > We're planning to hold a conference by Tokyo to invite some > committers > > at a first week in October. > > I'm preparing in order to announce it while being close. > > > > And I welcome NGCC. > > As far as possible , I'd like to cooperate. > > > > > > ** I hope tomorrow will be a good day ** > > > > Tomita Kazutaka > > > > mailto:tomitakazut...@gmail.com > > blog : http://www.intheforest.jp/blog/ > > twitter:http://twitter.com/railute > > ***** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** > > > > > > 2017-06-02 1:02 GMT+09:00 Russell Bradberry <rbradbe...@gmail.com>: > > >> read: developers *of* Cassandra > > > > > > Historically it has not only been developers of Cassandra but also > > specific power users, influencers, and experts. If you want to be > > successful in deciding the direction of a product, you need more > than its > > developers present. For instance, I am not a Cassandra developer, > but I > > have been invited every year. Same with folks like Peter Bailis, Rick > > Branson, and others who come in with a wealth of knowledge around > varying > > use cases. Unfortunately, I missed that last two years, but was > hoping to > > make it this year. > > > > > > -Russ > > > > > > On 6/1/17, 11:53 AM, "Eric Evans" <john.eric.ev...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Eric Evans < > > john.eric.ev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Is anyone working on an NGCC event for this year? Given all > of the > > > > recent changes, it seems like it could be really useful. If > not, is > > > > there interest? When would be good, September? October? What > about > > > > location? I think we could get the space to host such an > even in > > > > either San Antonio (centrally located), or San Francisco (San > > > > Franciscoly located). > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > And to be clear: > > > > > > NGCC == Next Generation Cassandra Conference > > > > > > And conference may or may not be a misnomer here. I think > what we're > > > talking about is more of a meeting of Cassandra developers > (read: > > > developers *of* Cassandra), to discuss their respective needs / > > plans, > > > and to talk about how that might fit into a project road map. > > > > > > IMO, a successful event would result in ideas and help inform > > > consensus about where the project is going, what is important, > and > > who > > > is willing to collaborate on what. I do not see this as a > place > > where > > > actual decisions would be made, that wouldn't be inclusive of > all the > > > people unable to attend. > > > > > > HTH, > > > > > > -- > > > Eric Evans > > > john.eric.ev...@gmail.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > >
