KG01 - See comments inline On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Donald Harbison <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Kevin Grignon > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Don, > > > > I've added some content to the planning doc on the cwiki. > > > > Question: is the conference focused on opensource methods and process, or > > on the actual products, or both? > > > > To be honest, it is our to make it be what we envision. There are no > 'rules' per se. If you have a great idea for a session, then propose it. > KG01 - Good stuff. I'd be very interested in running design explorations and validations for future design direction, including visual signature (AOO look and feel), and social features. > I'm still looking for a signal on how to proceed with the CFP process. In > the meantime, we are advised to plan, plan, and more plan...in other words, > assume we have full control over what we want to do for now at least. A > good plan will trump no plan or a lousy plan on any given day. > > /don > > > > > > Regards, > > Kevin > > > > > > > > On Jun 9, 2012, at 3:11 AM, Donald Harbison <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > We have the opportunity to frame up and build a 'conference within a > > > conference' within the ApacheCON EU 2012 venue, November 5 - 9th in > > > Sinsheim, Germany. I've pulled an outline together on the wiki [1]. > > > > > > This is a 'call-to-action'. If you want to see this idea become a > > reality, > > > now is the time to volunteer. > > > > > > Timing is urgent here. In the northern hemisphere, many of us will go > off > > > on vacations in July and August. We need to earn our space from ConComm > > and > > > the other ApacheCon volunteers if this idea has any hope of success. > Note > > > that if you volunteer for this effort, you will also need to help out > > with > > > the broader conference as well. Share and share alike! > > > > > > I have asked that we sharpen our proposal and submit it to ConComm by > > > Friday, June 22nd... in two weeks time. Yes, that's compressed, but I > > > believe we have sufficiently experienced PPMC members who know what it > > > takes to make something like this happen. I've started a proposed > > committee > > > list on the wiki, but that's all it is a 'start'. > > > > > > This is a great opportunity to re-boot our OpenOffice community in its > > > country of origin. I'm personally very excited about this, and hope you > > are > > > too. Please engage and make this happen. > > > > > > [1] *http://s.apache.org/4cp* > > >
