Hi, Thank you so much for the wonderful news and the detailed guidance; Pushmina and I are thrilled to get started and will begin updating our Confluence pages.
Would it be possible to arrange a brief call for the three of us (Pushmina, myself, and you/Gavin) to align on next steps? Best Regards, Alina Kazi On Fri, 18 Sept 2026, 01:12 Gavin McDonald, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Comdev members, and to Alina. > > Your application for an ALC in Islamabad has been approved! > > Next Steps: (I apologise but this email has become quite long :D ) > > There is of course some documentation to read and an area in the Comdev > Confluence wiki that belongs to your ALC to look after and fill out. > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/451974627/ALC+Islamabad > > This page is for general information on the Islamabad Chapter - currently > that will be yourself, you are ALC Lead for Islamabad, and Pushmina is the > other member to add to that page. > > You will want a mentor, I would volunteer , but I have not been a part of > any ALC Chapter before so I will try and find a willing Mentor for you to > help you get started. > > There are other wiki pages related to your ALC which are sub-pages of the > above > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/451974629/ALC+Islamabad+Events > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/451974631/ALC+Islamabad+Reports > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/451974633/ALC+Islamabad+Team+Meetings > > Hopefully those are self-explanatory but do ask if you need to. > > Again in the wiki , this page > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/123899294/ALC+Chapters > > lists other chapters in other cities/countries. I encourage you to take a > look around those pages for some ideas on what these other ALC groups do, > and what information they provide on their pages. > I would go as far as to suggest contacting some of the people listed in > the other ALC pages, especially those listed as (Chapter Lead) to get some > insights on what they do. > > One last piece of 'paperwork' I want to point out for now , is your > reporting page > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/451974631/ALC+Islamabad+Reports > > Starting next month October, and for every 3 months you should aim to put > in a report of activity, however small or large, of what the ALC members > have been up to. Initially this will just be setup stuff, and trying to > organise your first meeting. (We could also push your first report out to > November if you feel next month is going to be too soon, nothing much to > report) > > An example from another ALC on what they report on, as an example is , > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/158863417/ALC+Warsaw+Report+March+-+June+2020 > > But you can use your own reporting style. > > For the successful start and continuation of your ALC Chapter, I strongly > suggest > you fill out these reports, so that the rest of us can see how things are > going, > whether you are doing great or whether you might need some assistance in > some > areas. It also tells me that the ALC is at least active and current. > > As well as emailing this mailing list [email protected] you can > also talk > with us on Slack the-asf.slack.com instance in the #alc slack channel - > please come > join us there even just to say hello! - And other ALC members may be > around for > any advice with any luck. (I see you have an account there already, we may > need > to send an invite out to Pushmina) > > I feel that this is enough information for now. I hope you will be able to > locate a > suitable venue and get a meetup of some kind organised soon! > > So again, congratulations. Let's make a success of this new ALC Islamabad. > > -- > > > *Gavin McDonald - * > Systems Administrator, ASF Infrastructure Team > V.P Travel Assistance Committee > ALC Organiser, Comdev. > >
