Anyone else up for doing some Wookie hacking in Amsterdam in October? Begin forwarded message:
> From: Nick Burch <[email protected]> > Date: 1 August 2011 17:35:52 GMT+01:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Apache in Amsterdam in October - 1 day track CFP and > Hackathon/BarCamp > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Hi All > > It's been a little while now since our last event in Amsterdam, but we're > pleased to announce that we'll be back (albeit in a smaller form) this > October! We'll be hosting an Apache track at GotoCon on Friday 14th, and then > a Hackathon + BarCamp on Saturday 15th. Whether you want to talk, hack or > learn, there's hopefully something there for everyone! > > > If you might be interested in presenting, we're holding a CFP for the track. > Be quick though, it's only going to be open for one week, so get your > submissions in by this coming Sunday! > > GotoCon is aimed at developers, but not necessarily current Apache users, so > it's a slightly different (more outreach) audience to our own ApacheCons. As > we've only got the one track (plus hopefully a bit of the search track > too...), we're ideally looking for talks that'll cover several projects. That > could be how to combine several Apache projects to solve a problem, giving an > overview of several projects in the same space, or just explaining how we > work to an interested audience. Sucessful speakers will get a pass to the two > days of the conference, hotel and a contribution towards travel, so get > thinking about your talk! Submissions should be made at > https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE9UbjZldDREWVAyRk1saEMtbWM1d0E6MQ > > > Whether you're someone who likes presenting or not, we'd love for as many > people as possible to join us on the Saturday. Hippo have kindly agreed to > give us some space, so we're going to be hosting a hackathon and BarCamp. > Depending on numbers, and especially on the number of people willing to help, > we may open the BarCamp up to everyone, or just keep it for committers and > potential future committers. > > Either way, it'll be a great chance to meet with other Apache folks, learn > about new projects, find out more about how Apache works, hack on some code > or share your ideas! If you'd like to come, please sign up on the wiki, and > indicate your interests and if you might be able to help with organising if > we open things up for a public BarCampApacheAmsterdam! The wiki is > http://wiki.apache.org/apachecon/AmsterdamHackathon2011 > > Thanks > Nick > (On behalf of ConCom)
