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
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
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
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
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
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
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: