2009/8/10 Ross Gardler <[email protected]>: >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Scott >> Wilson<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> JISC (UK university funding agency) are organising a one day "Widgets >>> Barcamp" in October for developers to create new W3C Widgets. Apache >>> Wookie >>> will feature heavily as the platform used at the event, and I'll be going >>> along as a facilitator/speaker. It's currently pencilled in for 12th >>> October >>> in London; I'll put up more details when they're confirmed. >>> >>> Here's the question for mentors - one of the organisers has asked me >>> whether >>> it would be appropriate to jointly badge the event as an "JISC/Apache >>> Wookie" barcamp. How would this sit with the use of the Apache brand?
... > With respect to Getting the conference commuter involved they already are > since I'm a member of ConCom and my focus is on the creation of smaller > events. To be able to use the Apache brand we need approval from ConCom > (note Sylvain's comments too). Don't worry it's a lightweight process for > these kinds of events. More details when I'm on a proper keyboard. The process of getting approval from ConCom is in development at present, fortunately I'm writing it so information that is not yet documented [1][2] is largely in my head. It's intended to be a lightweight process that brings the full backing of ConCom and the ASF brand to the event. Projects are free to run their own events, but they cannot use the Apache trademarks without approval from ConCom (and hence PRC). Approval is sought through [email protected] (I'll be the go-between there if you want to invovle ConCom). I note that (in ASF terms) this event is not a BarCamp since it has a specific topic of interest at BarCampApache events anyone can talk about anything, this event is actually a MeetUp, which is project/topic specific. The first thing to decide is whether you want to engage ConCom and thus get approval for the use of ASF trademarks. In return we can call on ConCom and PRC to help publicise the event through the official ASF channels. Note that this will mean the event is open to the public as a whole. Does the JISC (your current sponsor) wish to target this event at a specific group of people or are they happy for it to be opened up to the general public. >From my point of view both as a mentor and an advisor to the academic sector in the UK, I would strongly encourage the event to be open to the wider public. We can either seek additional sponsorship to cover costs outside the academic sector or we can charge non-academic participants a fee to cover additional variable costs. The key here is to develop a sustainable community and engaging with the commercial as well as academic sectors is a very important part of that. Ross [1] http://wiki.apache.org/concom-planning/ConComSupportedEvents [2] http://wiki.apache.org/concom-planning/ConComSupportWorkflow
