On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org>wrote:
> jan i wrote: > >> Can it really be correct, that we are our representation at our "own" >> conference is at minimum ? >> All of you who consider going, should also consider giving a presentation. >> > > I definitely share the recommendation, but it is known that European > events attract more talks in our case. I think the situation wasn't much > different last year, honestly, with only a couple talks at ApacheCon US and > more activity at FOSDEM just a few weeks before that. And we had a full day > programme at ApacheCon Europe last time it was held (November 2012). > > > Please lets show how big a project and ecosystem we are, submit a talk. >> > > We have many ways to show how big we are. I attend events every time it > makes sense to be there, sure. ApacheCon, with a non-trivial admission fee > for the general public (up to 1400$), is hardly an event where one can > expect to enlarge the community or create awareness outside of the people > who are already active in Apache. For those who haven't looked at > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-north- > america/attend/register I must say that committers can enjoy a very good > discount this year, with the committer fee at 275$. > Thanks for sharing this -- I don't think we've received any widespread notification of this discount. > > So US-based people, and especially US-based committers, should definitely > not miss ApacheCon US, and while at it propose a talk: OpenOffice has a lot > of peculiarities that other Apache community members can be interested in. > For Europe-based people, ApacheCon EU 2014 will be a more convenient > occasion... but if someone can do both, wonderful! > > Regards, > Andrea. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Cats do not have to be shown how to have a good time, for they are unfailing ingenious in that respect." -- James Mason
