Thanks, Myrle for the support to the community. Having our track on the ApacheCon North America 2020 will be a pivotal moment for us as a community.
The *core and digital banking industry* it is expected to be a *$20bn industry by 2025* (*). As Paul Maritz told us in Amsterdam a few years ago, we have the opportunity to become the open-source standard for the financial industry and capture a significant portion of it. We can do this as a community, together, because the *community outperforms the individuals. * We have a lot to learn from other Apache projects. How can we grow to be a multi-billion industry? How to improve as contributors? How to attract more talent to space? How to convince big players to join us? What do we need to include on the platform to make it appeal to big banks? How companies working with Fineract can have a business model that allows us to empower the community and not depend on external aid like in the past. We need to learn a lot from ourselves, what other Fineracters are doing, what other companies in the space are doing. We've been developing a lot of cool stuff and serving different actors in the industry. It's time to share all the knowledge, and have a good time together. Let's make it happen!! Have a wonderful weekend! Javier (*) This number I got it from the Technisys <https://www.technisys.com/> CEO presentation at a Fintech Forum, a month ago. On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 5:16 PM Myrle Krantz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > The 2020 dates probably won't go out before November. But there's no harm > in starting to think about what kinds of talks we might want to give now. > When we start looking for track chairs, I'll put James and Javier on the > contact list! > > I've been very involved in ApacheCon Europe, but I'm guessing you all are > more interested in ApacheCon North America. > > Being a track chair means that you get to pick the talks for your track, > and you are responsible for soliciting proposals and promoting your track. > So the first thing you need is a name, and you have that. Great! : o) > > Best Regards, > Myrle > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 10:16 PM James Dailey <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Myrle - >> >> Thanks for the offer and suggestions. >> >> I'd like to get a bit more information on the Track development idea (can >> you send me a template or more details on what 'best tracks' look like?) >> >> And, Javier - let's collaborate so we have a strong offering/proposal to >> ApacheCon. >> >> Finally - what dates and where (sorry couldn't find it). >> >> . thanks >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019, 12:36 PM Javier Borkenztain <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Myrle, thanks for bringing this up, I think this is a great idea of >>> getting the support of the ApacheCon. This will help us a lot with the >>> logistics and also, will help us mingle with the rest of the communities. >>> >>> I would love to volunteer to serve as a track chair of the Fineract >>> track at the ApacheCon 2020. If nobody has any issue, please introduce me >>> to the ApacheCOn planners so we can start thinking ahead. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Javier >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 7:55 AM Myrle Krantz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Javier, >>>> >>>> I'm not just on the board. I'm also the Chair of ApacheCon Europe. : >>>> o) Which is why I haven't been around much lately... >>>> >>>> But as such, I'd like to suggest that Fineract request a sub-conference >>>> at ApacheCon 2020. Either in Europe or in North America or both. This >>>> would dramatically reduce the cost of the conference and effort to our >>>> community, allow the Fineract community to leverage Apache offerings like >>>> TAC (Which enabled the attendance of 5 Fineract community members in >>>> Montreal in 2018! : o), and allow us to play with the "big boys" in PR and >>>> Media relations for our conference. We'd also have a hackathon space, and >>>> the opportunity to cross-pollinate with other Apache communities. >>>> >>>> All we'd need is someone from the community who is willing to step up >>>> and serve as track chair. Track chair would coordinate with the community, >>>> review submissions, and ultimately select the talks for the Fineract >>>> track. If anyone wants to volunteer, I'd be happy to introduce you to the >>>> ApacheCon planners list. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Myrle >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 6:18 PM Javier Borkenztain <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Fineracters, how are you doing? >>>>> >>>>> It has been now 5 years since our last global summit and I believe our >>>>> community has lots to share since then. >>>>> >>>>> Since Sharjah, collectively we have >>>>> >>>>> - Created Apache Fineract 1.x and Fineract CN >>>>> - Grow our community and expand it to Fintech new users >>>>> - Got our former chairman into Apache board :) >>>>> - and much more stuff that I would love to see on the >>>>> presentations... >>>>> >>>>> Hence, I would like to propose we do a new summit, where we can all >>>>> meet and greet, present what are we doing all over the world, share new >>>>> ideas and grow our community. >>>>> >>>>> We should have a technical, business, and strategic tracks on how we >>>>> should move forward. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> Javier >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --
