On 24 November 2014 at 11:05, Rob Vesse <rve...@dotnetrdf.org> wrote:
> Kay - > > Generally any interested Apache committer can ask to be added to the > reviewers group for ApacheCon events in the Linux Foundation CFP system. > > You simply need to drop an email here/to Rich offering to help. If you've > done reviewing for the previous two LF organised events then in principal > you should already be on the authorised reviewers list. > Reviewers this year might be a bit different from previous years, but of course if a project put a track together they will also need to help review the talks. As far as I can see, there are currrently no AOO talks submitted. > > Rich - > > In the CFP system if you want to filter reviews by events there are two > "ApacheCon North America" entries with no easy way to tell which refers to > this years event and which is next years. Can we get the LF folks to add > the year to those event titles in the CFP system to make the two events > actually distinguishable? > Good idea, mail sent to the right people in LF, who will make it happen rgds jan I. > > Rob > > On 24/11/2014 00:30, "Kay Schenk" <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > >On 11/22/2014 09:16 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > >> The CFP for ApacheCon Austin closes on February 1st, so we have just > >> over 2 months to get our content solicited for that event. I need your > >> help. > >> > >> At ApacheCon EU this week, I spoke with a number of project PMCs. I > >> requested that they attempt to put together what they feel would be a > >> good track - ie., a list of topics that they feel would need to be > >> covered in order for their project to be properly represented - and then > >> attempt to solicit *those* talks from their user/dev community. > >> > >> This has a few benefits over the standard "what do you want to talk > >> about?" CFP process. One, you end up with the talks that represent a > >> full coverage of a project, without big holes. And it's a great way to > >> encourage new speakers who are having trouble deciding what they might > >> speak about. > >> > >> I believe I'll be getting tracks from: > >> > >> * Cloudstack > >> * OFBiz > >> * OpenOffice > >> * Mesos > >> * httpd > >> > >> I would ask that you make this request of your project PMC, those of you > >> who have a project (or more) that you are active on. Or find the person > >> who should own this. > >> > >> In the coming days, I'd like to build a list of people that are > >> interested in making ApacheCon Austin happen, and in particular helping > >> get PMCs more involved in the process. If that's you, please speak up. > >> > >> Question: Do you think we need a dedicated mailing list for this, or > >> should we continue to do this on dev@community? (I'm open to either > way, > >> but if folks feel strongly one way or the other, we should do that.) > >> > >> > >> > > > >I think this list is fine for general contact from PMC representatives > >(yet to be determined). > > > >My question/concern at this point is what has been submitted so far? I > >don't think anyone but a few can review submissions before the closing > >date. It would help some PMCs to know what's been submitted up to this > >point. This is not an undesirable change, but different than what's been > >done in the past that's for sure. > > > > > >-- > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >MzK > > > >"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth > > to a dancing star." > > -- Friedrich Nietzsche > > > > >
