More information from Sally Kundari & the ApacheCon NA team: > Hello everyone -- > > Two items of note regarding ApacheCon North America, taking place in > Portland, Oregon, the last week of February 2013. > > > 1) Call for Presentations has been extended to Sunday, 11 November. > > ApacheCon will kick off on 24 February with two days of pre-conference > trainings, BarCamp, and hackathon; the main conference + expo is 26-28 > February, followed by post-conference sprints, workshops, and team building > events through 2 March. > > This year's theme is "Open Source Community Leadership Drives > Enterprise-Grade Innovation", showcasing the diverse applications and > solutions made possible by Apache technologies. > > We encourage submissions that demonstrate novel uses of Apache products and > how they are helping to shape the future, including proposals on technical, > business, and community matters for audiences at all levels from beginner to > expert. Demonstrations of real-world experience in solving specific problems > are particularly welcome. Submit your presentation and training proposals at > http://na.apachecon.com/cfp/ > > > Dozens of Apache projects —from Abdera to Apache HTTP Server to > Zookeeper— will be represented across popular topic areas and tracks > that include: Apache Daily (everyday tools, frameworks, and components), > ApacheEE (Java Enterprise projects at the ASF), Big Data, Enterprise > Messaging & Integration, Cloud, Linked Data, Lucene/Solr & > Friends (Smart Search & Analytics), Modular Java, NoSQL Database, > OFBiz (Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning), Apache OpenOffice, Web > Infrastructure, Business & Community, and many more. > > > Travel assistance is available for select individuals who qualify. To apply, > visit https://www.apache.org/travel/ > > > Selected Speakers/Trainers will be notified on 26 November. > > > > 2) Early-Bird registration is NOW OPEN. > > > The SUPER EARLY BIRD registration rate is $1,095 ($330 less than last year!), > but you must register by 31 December, afterwhich the regular registration fee > of $1,395 is in effect. Sign up today athttp://acna13.eventbrite.com/ > > > Discounted hotel room rates are also now available: we encourage you to book > your accommodation as soon as possible, as space is limited. For details, > visit http://na.apachecon.com/venue/ > > > > Updates will be posted on the @ApacheCon Twitter feed and the ApacheCon > Website. We look forward to seeing you in Portland! > > --the ApacheCon Planning Committee
Cheers Jan -- On Nov 7, 2012, at 23:44 , Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> 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 > -- > >
