Re: Apache Con in Africa?

2015-10-22 Thread Santiago Gala
i'm currenty based in Dubai (UAE) and I'm definitive willing to help in what I can. The Gulf is much more oriented towards Africa than Europe, and I tend to agree that venues in places like Nigeria, Kenia, South Africa, Egipt, Ethiopia... are probably more suitable than a venue in the

Re: Apache Con in Africa?

2015-10-20 Thread Jim Jagielski
If LF would be willing, I would really like for us to take this further under consideration! > On Oct 19, 2015, at 11:30 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > > As the liaison to The Linux Foundation, who does ot ApacheCon events in Eu > and NA, I'd ask do you want to do this under that

Re: Apache Con in Africa?

2015-10-19 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi, On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate) wrote: > ...I attended Apache Con Europe (big data and core) two weeks ago and a couple > of us were floating the idea of getting an ApacheCon Africa to happen... Rich Bowen might correct me if

Re: Apache Con in Africa?

2015-10-19 Thread Rich Bowen
As the liaison to The Linux Foundation, who does ot ApacheCon events in Eu and NA, I'd ask do you want to do this under that arrangement or do you want to do this differently? Angela is willing, but our contract doesn't require it, since Africa is not explicitly covered. By the way, yes, I'm

Re: Apache Con in Africa?

2015-10-17 Thread Hadrian Zbarcea
Actually the discussions were around what are the safe countries preferred for international gatherings and obviously football (or soccer as Americans call it) was used as an example. Safety and health are the biggest concerns. I suspect Egypt could have been an option, I am not sure about

Apache Con in Africa?

2015-10-16 Thread Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate)
Hi All, I attended Apache Con Europe (big data and core) two weeks ago and a couple of us were floating the idea of getting an ApacheCon Africa to happen. We were talking South Africa specifically given our origins but in general the continent’s awake to tech and open source and S. Africa’s

Re: Apache Con in Africa?

2015-10-16 Thread Hadrian Zbarcea
I heard in the past year more interest in an African ApacheCon. However the suggested venue was somewhere closer to Europe, like Morocco. I suspect this is still too far away from the South African crowd, right? Best, Hadrian On 10/16/2015 06:03 PM, Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate) wrote: