On Nov 8, 2012, at 01:35 , Simon Metson <[email protected]> wrote: > Fwiw I think there are two (maybe three...) talks and one training session > going in from Cloudant. Hopefully I'll be there with some other folk.
That’s a great start! Some more activity and we are good! :) Jan -- > > > On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 at 23:44, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> the subject says it. All infos are here: >> >> http://na.apachecon.com >> >> (It is in lovely Portland Oregon, if you need any excuse, February 24-28, >> 2013 :) >> >> I likely can’t make it myself, so I am counting on you guys to pick up the >> bat! >> >> There are multiple ways of getting involved. I hope we can show a strong >> CouchDB presence. >> >> >> 1. Attend. Just get a ticket and go. If you are a committer, special rates >> apply. (If you are on the fence about contributing, now is a good time to >> gain the commit bit in time :) — The more CouchDB folks attend, the better a >> time everybody will have, and the more we can show the world that we are >> awesome :) >> >> >> 2. Give a talk. There are plenty of things to talk about in CouchDB land, >> why not do some of it? :) — Below is a list of potential topics. For some of >> them I have ready talks, abstracts, sometimes even slides and recordings >> from previous talks, all of which I am happy to share and make available for >> you to take and make your own. >> >> - Introduction to CouchDB >> - Introduction to BigCouch >> - Introduction to PouchDB >> - Introduction to TouchDB >> - Advanced CouchDB / BigCouch / PouchDB / TouchDB >> - Building Apps with a distributed databases (dealing with conflicts and >> whatnot) >> - The CouchDB Implementation. >> - CouchDB Grows Up: the state of the CouchDB community >> - CouchDB and Git at Apache, sharing experiences >> - Your CouchDB Use Case (why you use it and how) >> >> The rules are outline in the Call for Papers: >> >> http://na.apachecon.com/cfp/ >> >> The one caveat is the deadline, it is *this Sunday*, November 11th, no >> late-comers. I hope we can still get a bunch of things in, I’m counting on >> you. Especially the US & Canada based non-committers here, this is a great >> way to give back to the CouchDB project if you want to. >> >> If you think you are not qualified, bullshit, if you read this, you will be >> fine to give most of the talks above. If you have anything else in mind, >> submit that, too :) >> >> If you need any assistance writing the abstract, making slides later and >> rehearsing, please get in touch, myself & others here are happy to help. >> >> If you think this is intimidating, it most certainly is (lot’s of smart >> people that one doesn’t know, foreign city, etc). I guarantee it is worth >> getting over this. The Apache folks a friendly bunch, even if they come over >> rough sometimes on mailing lists. It is really nice to put names to faces >> and I’m sure you will make a friend or two. >> >> Plus, this is a great opportunity to check out on other projects. I am >> currently at ApacheCon EU and I learned tons about Cassandra and Lucene, >> both of which have implemented things we might want to look at in the future. >> >> Last but not least, there is a budget for helping with travel expenses. >> >> >> 3. Run / attend a community event. The two days before ApacheCon proper are >> reserved for all sorts of community events like BarCamps, Hackathons, >> Trainings and whatnot. I’d love to see a CouchHack-like event there, where >> devs and users can come together, and teach and learn and hack together. All >> we need is a space to do things. I know we have friends in Portland that >> could help with that. It’d be a matter of attending and volunteering to help >> to be around. — I’d love if one of you could step up and say, “Hey, I’ll >> take this” and then you, or a small group, can set everything up and invite >> everybody to come. >> >> I’ve done this before in Berlin and it is great fun and not a lot of work, >> so I agreed to do it again (the promised email is forthcoming) in Berlin. If >> you think you can do it, but need help, let us know loud and clear, together >> we can do this! >> >> >> * * * >> >> If you have any questions, please get in touch. I hope we can turn this into >> a great event for the CouchDB community, by the CouchDB community :) >> >> >> May the Couch be with you, >> Jan >> -- >> >> > >
