Best of luck eli!
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Eli Reisman <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok, so I finally got in touch with the right people. As suspected, all my > "congradulations" and info emails had been going down a hole to @ > hortonworks.com and no one had noticed despite my emails to them :( > > anyway its set, I booked a flight, just have to find a room somewhere in > the vicinity and get my slides together. Really excited about the new stuff > to discuss (YARN, compute-vertex split, Jython support etc.) > > Thanks again for your help, sorry to dump this on you at the last moment or > cause a scare, I was really looking forward to this, and am glad to get the > chance to actually do it! > > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Eli Reisman <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi Avery, thanks for the response, > > > > Yeah it sucks because I was really looking forward to it, and had assumed > > as of a month or two ago that my talk was not accepted as I just didn't > > hear back from anyone I was poking at. I had no idea they would schedule > me > > without ever getting a confirmation etc. ?!? > > > > I have a number of calls out today again but no responses yet, so as I > try > > to contact them I definitely wanted to talk to all the Giraphers here and > > see if anyone was available to sub. I would not like to miss out on the > > chance to do this, but I really don't want us to lose the publicity for > no > > reason if I can't. > > > > So...if anyone is available, please let me know. I will continue trying > to > > get a hold of folks down in San Jose to get this clarified but I'd like > to > > have a standby ready just in case so we don't lose the spot. > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Avery Ching <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Eli, > >> > >> Congrats at getting your talk accepted at the Hadoop Summit. I've seen > >> it listed in the talks and I'm sure it is something that folks would be > >> interested in seeing. > >> > >> http://hadoopsummit.org/san-jose/schedule/ > >> > >> You should definitely reach out to your mentor at Hortonworks regarding > >> this. > >> > >> Since you did the heavy lifting and the submission it would be best if > >> you can give your talk. Last year when I gave a talk, there was > standing > >> room only (folks were really interested in Giraph). It would be a great > >> experience for you and also great for exposure for your new company. I > >> would advise that you try really hard to make it. If you absolutely > >> cannot, I hope that someone local might be able to make it on your > behalf. > >> > >> Avery > >> > >> > >> > >> On 6/24/13 8:24 AM, Eli Reisman wrote: > >> > >> Hey, > >> > >> Any of you going to be at Hadoop Summit in San Jose this week? > >> > >> I applied to talk about Giraph and its future (especially around YARN > >> but kind of open to all sorts of new stuff there) while I was at > >> Hortwonworks last spring. I did not hear back again since, upon > accepting a > >> job at Etsy, I did not have access to my Hortonworks email any more. I > >> bugged my contacts there about getting me back in the loop for this but > did > >> not hear back from any one. After the submission deadline had passed and > >> still no word back from anyone regarding this, I assumed my talk had not > >> been accepted. > >> > >> Now, I see I'm on the schedule to speak this thursday! I am still > >> trying to contact folks at HW to confirm that this is correct (they > never > >> once blinked at me never responding to any emails after the initial > >> submission?!?) and trying to work out the logistics of getting down > there > >> at this late date etc. > >> > >> So...if any of you are already set to be there and/or would be > >> interested in subbing this Thursday around 3:30 pm in San Jose for 40 > min, > >> please ping me back here and include *[email protected]* in the reply > >> too so I get it quickly today. I may not be able to pull this off, and > >> would love to see a Giraph committer represented there to talk about the > >> future of Giraph if I can't! > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Eli > >> > >> > >> > > > -- Claudio Martella [email protected]
