> Hi Spark community,
>
> We're organizing a hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow 2026 (October
> 11–14) and Spark has sessions on the schedule. We'd love for your community
> to participate.
>
> The idea is simple: dedicated time and space at the conference for
> contributors (new and existing) to work together on real tasks — fixing bugs,
> writing docs, tackling issues that need focused attention, or onboarding new
> contributors.
>
> To participate, we'd need a few things from your project:
> • A point of contact — someone we can coordinate with on logistics and
> who'll be present at the event.
> • A list of tasks — bugs, docs, features, good-first-issues, or whatever
> your project wants to focus on. This helps people show up ready to contribute
> rather than spending the first hour figuring out what to work on.
> • Promotion — a message to your dev@ and users@ lists letting people know
> this is happening and encouraging them to attend.
>
> This is the first year we're bringing the hackathon back, so we're treating
> it as a pilot — we want to gauge interest before committing to scale. Even if
> only a few contributors from your project can participate, that's a great
> start.
>
> If you're interested, please reply here or reach out to me directly. Even a
> quick "yes, we're in" or "maybe, let's talk" is helpful as we figure out how
> many projects to plan for.
>
> Also, please join us in the #hackathon channel on the ApacheCon Slack —
> that's where we'll be coordinating as things come together:
> http://s.apache.org/apachecon-slack
>
> Thanks,
> Rich, on behalf of the Community Over Code planners
