Hi, I'm looking to start a series of Tomcat events. Starting in London, the hope is that - if they are successful - to expand to any UK - or possibly European - location where there is a demand.
The essentials are: - 1 day event - ticket price is £50 - attendees get a say in the topics - lunch provided - me, and possibly a.n. other committer, presenting - venue TBD but somewhere in London Underground zone 1 At this point I am looking to see if there is sufficient interest in the Tomcat user community to go ahead and organise the first event. Please let me know (either on this thread or off-list) if you are likely to attend. I am trying to do this without taking on any financial risk for me personally or the Apache Software Foundation. That makes organising a venue tricky as they typically require payment upfront or a significant deposit. With that in mind, if anyone works for a company that would be willing to host the first of these please let me know. In return for providing the venue and the lunch, the hosting company will get 50% of the available places at zero cost. My guess is that we'd need a venue for ~20 people for the first event. The plan is to build up a small fund that we can then use to: - pre-book venues so we aren't reliant on companies - pay travel expenses for speakers so we can expand to locations outside of London - bring in additional speakers (so it isn't always just me doing the talking) My plan is to be completely open regarding the finances. I'll post a spreadsheet somewhere that shows all the income and expenses so everyone can see what money is generated by these events and where it is then spent. If the events turn out to be wildly successful and the events generate a large surplus (experience tells me this is unlikely) then that would be donated to the ASF. I look forward to your responses, Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
