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I have translated your announce to Russian http://www.dataved.ru/2013/08/software-conference-in-sicily.html -- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://dataved.ru/ +7 916 562 8095 [1] Start using Apache Openmeetings today, http://openmeetings.apache.org/ [2] Join Alexei Fedotov @linkedin, http://ru.linkedin.com/in/dataved/ [3] Join Alexei Fedotov @facebook, http://www.facebook.com/openmeetings On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Maurizio Taverna <tavernamauri...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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* >> > >>
