I'll be out there for JavaOne and I'd love to get together with other Jakarta folks. I haven't worked out my whole schedule yet, but I'm not sure how much time I'd have for an 'off-site convnention' (as cool as that sounds).
Marc Saegesser > -----Original Message----- > From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 5:15 AM > To: Jakarta General List > Subject: Re: JakartaOne? > > > On 3/4/02 1:25 AM, "James Strachan" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > JavaOne is around the corner. Do any Jakarta folks fancy a > JavaOne get > > together in a bar somewhere? Maybe Jon's new bar? > > > > I was thinking about this earlier in feb, but wasn't sure we > had the time... > > I wanted to call it 'OpenOne' (but 'JakartaOne' is nice...) > and use a space > like Jon's where we could have both a social gathering as > well as some short > technical talks on things that didn't make it into JavaOne > (for example, if > it didn't have anything to do with XML or web services). > > Here's what I had so far as a draft : > > I would like to get a sense of community interest for the > following idea > > Proposal > -------- > > Hold an off-site convention during the week of JavaOne to > provide a venue > for topics that didn't make the cut for JavaOne as well as > topics that did, > of course. Examples include (imagination challenged right now...) > > o bastard J2EE technologies > - template engines (could you guess I would suggest this ?) > - publishing frameworks (Cocoon et al) > - web app frameworks (Turbine, Maverick, Struts) > - ? > > o mainstream technologies > - web services (I want to hear Sam talk about Axis :) > - XML-RPC > - ? > > o community discussions > - JSPA issues > - ? > > o other stuff > - how about JDD talking about Objective C > - Gump sociology > - Maven > > > Rationale > --------- > > There are a lot of interesting things in the world that Sun's > marketing crew > doesn't have space or interest for at JavaOne. Many of > these things are in > daily production use by people, and it would be nice to hear > about them. > > Many developers will be in the area for this week, and if we > could find a > way to bring us together for both social interaction as well > as learning > about some of the topics we work on and are interested in, it > seems like a > win all around. > > Thoughts > -------- > > We have an in with an event space in San Francisco (hey, > Jon!) and from what > I understand, it has two distinct spaces, one of which can > serve alcohol. > So we can divide, cleanly, the social space and the technical > space. Those > in the social space can bring their own, I guess :) > > However, I think if we do this, we should pay for the space (unless > studio.tv wants the publicity :), and there lies a conflict > of interest > problem, but I assume that if the rate is competitive, as I > am sure it will > be, we can all look the other way. > > I don't know if we have the time to pull it off - it would be > nice to put > something non-lame together. I think we shouldn't be > aggressive about this > - find a spot in the schedule so people aren't torn between > J1 and this... > > > -- > Geir Magnusson Jr. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > System and Software Consulting > The bytecodes are language independent. - Sam Ruby > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
