Hadoop fans, Earlier in the month I proposed a San Francisco-based Hadoop meetup. We are pleased to announce that we will be holding this event on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 from 6pm to 8pm.
Rapleaf has graciously offered to host the event in their SF office at 3rd and Mission (667 Mission St., 4th Floor). We are also thankful to Cloudera, who will be helping to sponsor the event. As mentioned in the initial proposal, the format of this event will be different than the presentation-based HUG; there will not be prepared lectures. Instead, all participants are asked to discuss their usage of, or questions about Hadoop. Please come prepared to introduce yourself and provide a one--two minute summary of what you're working on with Hadoop, areas you're interested in learning more about, and/or challenges that you're facing that might be addressed by a larger Hadoop community. All are welcome (developers, users, or managers; experienced or newbies). Based on the common themes that arise, we will break into smaller groups to discuss these in greater depth. Several experienced Hadoopers will be on hand to help moderate small group discussions. Agenda: 6pm - Socializing 6:30pm - Introductions, overview 7pm - Breakout sessions begin 8pm - Conclusion I hope to see many of you there! The space available has a limit of 40 participants; please RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/hadoopsf/calendar/15601471/. The meeting invitation is hosted at http://www.meetup.com/hadoopsf -- please sign up for this meetup group to get information about future meetups. Based on the success of the initial event, we hope to hold more of these in the future. Regards, - Aaron Kimball
