As I'm not going to attend this conference, I won't be able to pull most of the weight here. But we are able to organize a Wicket Meetup in Oakland, or other things related to the Wicket community.
ApacheCon US will be a real blast, and I think you really should try to attend the conference (10 years of Apache!). We only need to show interest now, and then fill in the blanks later... I am hoping that the Oakland conference will have just a great Wicket meetup as we had in Amsterdam! >From the ApacheCon committee: We want to help you organize the possible content for your program, and we must begin organizing the remaining program schedule in this coming week, so a prompt response is really necessary. We extended the deadline by two days to ensure all PMCs have a fair chance to consider this invitation. Remember that all the planning team needs this Thursday, is an expression of interest, and estimated number of 1/2 or full days in order to 'slot' the various topics into tracks. Your mentor will follow up to coordinate the actual scheduling process, so that the final schedule can be assembled and we can open registration and marketing! Finally, we've had a few questions come across; Q. "I assume this also applies to the PPMCs of incubating projects - if yes, note that the pmc@ alias does not reach them, AFAIK." A. We encourage the Incubator PMC to shepard any podlings that are interested in participating, perhaps by organizing a fastfeather style track or meetups of their more mature podlings. The same would be true for interest from subprojects, not every single technology under a PMC needs to be highlighted. It's a PMC call. Q. Just to be 100% clear, does this mean that the PMC has the flexibility to propose content that was not originally submitted as part of the CFP and/or propose modified versions of content that was submitted as part of the CFP? A. Yes, both. This format of PMC-driven content allows the PMC to better focus any proposed accepted or rejected sessions and any forgotten topics to suit their community of users! You'll be able to work with the original proposers to ensure this content is most relevant today. Please continue to raise any questions to the Planners, we are happy to answer them all! your ApacheCon US 2009 Planners Team
