On 30 August 2011 21:30, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Raphael Bircher <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Rob >> Am 30.08.11 20:52, schrieb Rob Weir: >>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Raphael Bircher<[email protected]> wrote:
... >> * That it's strange to organize Events under Apache What do you find strange? The new model of event organisation in the ASF is still in development (like most things at the ASF very little is fixed in stone). We (the Conference Committee) would welcome your assistance in making the model work better for ASF projects. > What will not be possible is for an independent group of volunteers to > organized an event in their country, and call it "Apache OpenOffice > Foo" and hold this event without coordinating and seeking the approval > from the Apache Conferences Committee. But if they do the > coordination, then I don't see a problem. A few short years ago engaging with ConCom was next to impossible. However, due to some hard work over recent years this has changed and we are now seeing a significant growth in community run events. Getting ConCom support for a proposed event is not hard. See http://wiki.apache.org/concom-planning/ConComSupportedEvents Ross
