Excellent. Thanks. I should have more clarity on what days/times we have available next week, once Brian returns from his vacation.
> On May 8, 2026, at 7:41 AM, Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Rich, > > There is definitely interest from the Tomcat community - provided it does not > conflict with the Tomcat track. > > I can be the PoC. > > We'll start work on the list of things to do. > > We can start promoting it once the hackathon is confirmed and we have some > entries on the TODO list. > > Mark > > > On 06/05/2026 12:05, Rich Bowen wrote: >> It will be alongside the event. What's not clear at this point is if it's >> one or two days or the whole time. Depends on the response that this >> message receives. Because of course you wouldn't want it to compete with >> your track/content, but I don't know yet how much time/space we can get for >> it. >> Rich >> On Wed, May 6, 2026, 03:06 Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Rich, >>> >>> Is this going to run alongside the conference or is it planned as a >>> before/after event? >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> On 05/05/2026 20:32, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Tomcat community, >>>>> >>>>> We're organizing a hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow 2026 >>> (October 11–14) and Tomcat 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 >>>> >>> >>> > — Rich Bowen [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
