It's not clear to me what you are asking for here. The ASF is a charity and thus does not sponsor events other than its own. We sometimes help with getting the word out to our communities as a "community sponsor". The links in your mail are missing so it is hard to tell if this is something that would be broadly interesting to our communities as a whole.
Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation On 27 June 2013 07:38, Maurizio Taverna <tavernamauri...@gmail.com> wrote: > * > > Hello, > > I'm an Apache committer on the Isis project and currently involved in the > organization of a Software Conference in Sicily, October 3-4, 2013. > > You can find more information on the event website[1], promo video[2] and a > post on JavaCodeGeeks[3]. > > The conference targets software developers and other professionals in the > software industry, all sharing a common interest on Cloud Computing, Open > Source and Mobile Development > > The conference is founded on the idea of providing a community for > learning, networking and tracking innovation in software development. > > A number of speakers are Apache Members, other speakers are developers and > professionals involved in Open Source. The conference event would also be > good marketing opportunity for ASF, to invite developers to join the ASF. > > As part of our commitment to a successful event, we have involved local > people and volunteers of nonprofit organizations, included perks in the > conference, such as lunch, happy hour and shuttle transfer from/to airport. > > We have contacted many sponsors in the hopes of sponsorship, however, > feedback has been minimal. > > We would have loved to make the conference pass free to attendees, however, > this was not feasible, so in order to recover expenses a ticket purchase is > required. > > This said, any opportunity for any type of support and collaboration would > be greatly appreciated. > > If you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact > me. > > Please advise if there is different Apache group in which to send the > email. > > Cheers > Maurizio* >
