Passing this along, in case you missed it on committers@ --kevan
On Jan 30, 2010, at 7:36 PM, Noirin Shirley wrote: > Come along to the first Apache Retreat, in Knockree, Ireland, from 9th > to 12th April 2010! > > If you're not yet registered, visit http://apache.eventbrite.com/ to sign up. > > If financial concerns are putting you off, assistance is available. > Visit http://www.apache.org/travel/index.html for more information and > to apply - the deadline has been EXTENDED, to February 8th 2010! > > If you're not sure Wicklow's your kind of place, or you feel too old > for hostelling, just have a look at the location and some of the > facilities: > http://people.apache.org/~noirin/knockree/ > > The Retreat is a chance to get away from the usual hustle and bustle, > and to collaborate and connect with other ASF committers. There'll be > a BarCamp on-site, including local participation, and you'll have > plenty of great opportunities to hack, bounce ideas, and talk. > > Don't forget that there's a lot you can get done, even in a short > time, when you meet face-to-face with a critical mass of other > contributors. At a recent Bay Area hackathon for just two projects, > the Traffic Server podling finalized the issues that were blocking > their first ASF release, got a working version running on OS X, and > cross-signed GPG keys. HTTPD project members pushed their latest > release out to the mirrors, and worked on community-building, > including electing some new committers & PMC members! > > Hope to see you in April :-) > > Your Apache Retreat planning team
