Hello Ross, thank you for your reply. Below the missing links to the website[1] and video[2], sorry about that. The objective is provide to speakers (most from ASF) and attendees an enjoyable experience in a not ordinary venue. I did not expect any financial support from ASF, just support to get the word out.
Maurizio [1] http://www.medit-symposium.com [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzTUCHHGSdQ 2013/8/15 Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com> > 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* > > >
