Hi No response here, so I assume the FFT will be covered by Nick.
rgds jan i. On 13 February 2015 at 12:48, jan i <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On 12 February 2015 at 23:23, Nick Burch <n...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> Hopefully most of you will know about the Fast Feather Track? For those >> who don't, it's often described as: >> >> a series of short talks, 10-20 minutes in length, covering things that >>> are new / interesting / exciting / incubating / recently changed / etc. >>> It's a great chance to learn about what's hot, what's new, and what's >>> coming soon! Whether that's a new project entering the incubator, something >>> shortly to graduate, or an amazing new area of technology that'll change >>> everything when it's done, the Fast Feather Track is the place for it! >>> >> >> It tends to be a mixture of people having their first chance of speaking >> at ApacheCon, and old-hands talking about the fun new thing that has got >> them all excited once more. As such, it's an important source of practice >> for new speakers (many of whom go on to give great full talks the session >> after), and a chance for more experience ASFers in the audience to learn >> about interesting new things in a friendly small space. >> >> (There have also been bigger FFT sessions during lunches, where more >> experienced speakers spoke to a bigger audience about fun/new/interesting >> stuff, which has worked well as and when the lunch setup permits it) >> >> >> A few years ago, I made the mistake of asking the then ApacheCon >> conference committee what was happening with the Fast Feather track that >> event, and somehow landed up running it then, and for some time to come... >> >> However, I worry that I might've been organising it too long, and so I'd >> like to offer it up in case someone else fancies taking over running it for >> Austin? >> > no way you do a good job, you have the experience. It is not so easy to > loose something you do well. > > >> >> >> Organisational wise, it isn't too much work. You need to write a little >> bit about what you want in the track and who should submit (plenty of >> examples on the wiki! Just search within http://wiki.apache.org/apachecon >> ). >> Then you just setup a form / google doc / etc to collect session >> proposals, put out the word to potential speakers (pmcs@, general@i.a.o, >> twitter etc), notify whoever you want to have, tell the LF what space you >> need, turn up and learn lots of new fun things! :) >> >> >> So, anyone fancy trying their hand at conference organising with a nice >> small, easily manageable, fun mini-track thing? Fast Feather needs you! >> > Well if you really want to give it up, I could offer to be point on FFT; > provided you promise to help behind the scenes (e.g. convincing the grey > beards to participate). > > It of course need to be coordinated with my TAC work on site, but that > should be possible. > > rgds > jan i. > > >> >> Nick >> > >
