I really scared of the fact there will be no ApacheCon EU this year :( I have my wedding on May 25 this year, and already have scheduled trip to Prague on May 26 ....
I'm afraid bachelor's party on May 16-20 in Miami will be too much :))))) Maybe I can see you in Prague? Unofficial Flex Meetup :))) On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > As I said Maxim … I am not sure there will be one this year. > And think of applying for TAC … you remember it’s a lot of fun too ;-) > > Chris > > Am 24.01.17, 09:59 schrieb "Maxim Solodovnik" <solomax...@gmail.com>: > > Hello Chris, > > I have no budget to visit US :( > Will try to attend ApacheCon EU :) > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Christofer Dutz > <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > > Ok so I managed to come up with a proposal for a Flex Summit prior to > ApacheCon this year in Miami: > > > > We could have an official Flex Project Summit on Monday prior to > ApacheCon at the ApacheCon venue. However financially this would be a > separate thing. > > At a Price of 125$/Person we would be provided with a location which is > fully equipped and capable of hosting 40 People (Including projector, wifi, > audio-recording, power-plugs, …). > > > > A financial break-even for the Linux Foundation would be at 30 > registrations. If we manage to get above that number, the LF would add some > food goodies to the coffee break. If we are below the 30 they could reduce > the costs by removing Mic and Recording. I guess that’s a really fair deal. > What do you think? > > > > If we agree and see a chance of having somewhere around the 30 > Attendees, I could give the girls the go and they would setup a > registration-form for the event. We would be added to the “Co-Located events” > Page of the ApacheCon and get two dedicated Flex Summit Signs on Site (Yay … > wouldn’t have done it without those signs ☺ ) > > > > So now we need to check how many people would really register for such > a thing. I don’t want to have the girls do the preparation work for just 10 > People attending. > > > > So guys … please don’t stay quiet … I would be happy to get some “+1”, > “-1” or “0” … or “+10000” to see where we’re going. So all of you who sort of > switched to monitoring mode on this list … please speak up. If it’s only the > usual 1 x -1 and 3 x +1 there’s no use in me investing more time into this. > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am 19.01.17, 16:13 schrieb "omup...@gmail.com im Auftrag von OmPrakash > Muppirala" <omup...@gmail.com im Auftrag von bigosma...@gmail.com>: > > > > On Jan 19, 2017 3:42 AM, "Christofer Dutz" > <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> > > wrote: > > > > Yeah … well I would still like some other opinions. > > > > Thing is, that the ApacheCon was intentionally changed to having > Core and > > BigData in parallel to make room for a Project Summit Day prior to > the > > conference. > > So I’m proposing to do exactly this. > > > > The good thing of us having a Project Summit as part of the Apache > Con > > would be that the Linux Foundation takes care of organizing, the > logistics, > > the Tickets and so on. And people wanting to attend, but not being > able to > > afford it, can apply for Apache Travel Assistance. In the best case > the ASF > > would pay for flights, hotel and conference. I contacted Angela > (the one > > from the Linux Foundation who organizes the conference) and asked > her if it > > is possible to buy just a Project Summit ticket. Hopefully she will > confirm > > that this is possible. In that case I don’t see a reason for us not > taking > > the opportunity. Especially as eventually there might not be a > European > > ApacheCon this year. > > > > So again … what do you guys think? > > > > > > +1 for sure. Thanks for working on this! > > > > Regards, > > Om > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > Am 18.01.17, 17:25 schrieb "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com>: > > > > > > > > On 1/18/17, 3:52 AM, "Christofer Dutz" > <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> > > wrote: > > > > >I just remembered that I wanted to reply to this one … > > > > > >Well the thing is, that I won’t be able to convince my company > to have > > me > > >fly to the US just for a FlexJS event with about 10-30 > attendees. > > > > > >Would it be an option, if there was a FlexJS Day before the > conference, > > >but attendees wouldn’t have to buy a ticket for the entire > conference, > > >but could only come (and eventually pay) for the FlexJS event? > > >This way I could justify the costs with my boss … speaking at > the > > FlexJS > > >event and the Conference would definitely be enough for them. > > > > ApacheCon has a rule about "no other conferences within 3 weeks > before > > or > > after ApacheCon". Naturally, they want sponsors to put money > into > > ApacheCon and attendees to buy tickets. Anything that looks > like it > > undercuts that would be denied. It might be possible to > convince > > ApacheCon that our little 10-30 person get-together does not > harm their > > business. Not sure. > > > > FWIW, at the last (and only, so far) FlexJS World Tour, we only > had > > about > > 10 non-committers show up. Many more attended on-line. So > maybe the > > next > > get-together should just be on-line. > > > > Thoughts? > > -Alex > > > > > > > > -- > WBR > Maxim aka solomax > > -- WBR Maxim aka solomax
