I will add Shindig to the list as well. On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Sagara Gunathunga < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Steve Holden <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sagara: > > > > Could name some other projects that you think would be suitable for > inclusion in the "messaging" track? > > In my POV following projects are suitable for above track considering > integration also under this track. > > Synapse > ServiceMix > Tuscany > Etch > Thrift > Avro > ActiveMQ > Qpid > > You also can find some other suggestion from here [1] > > [1] - > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-apachecon-discuss/201206.mbox/%[email protected]%3E > > Thanks ! > > > > > > regards > > Steve > > > > On Oct 15, 2012, at 11:03 PM, Sagara Gunathunga wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Steve Holden <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> On Oct 14, 2012, at 1:12 AM, Sagara Gunathunga wrote: > >>> > >>>> There was a concern raised by some people including myself during the > >>>> EU CFP time to have a Messaging or Enterprise Integration track > >>>> instead of allocating a track completely to a single messing project. > >>>> At that time we were too late to raise those issues and also had been > >>>> informed that the track chairs are always ready to accept "related" > >>>> talks if they looks good but looking at EU schedule I can see one > >>>> messing project got number of slots and it's hard to see any other > >>>> talks from messaging related projects on same track. > >>>> > >>>> Now we are in CFP for N/A event and still I can't see Messaging or > >>>> Enterprise Integration track instead what I can see is again possible > >>>> messaging track is allocated for a specific messaging project in same > >>>> as EU event. In case If we have enough space I'm very positive to have > >>>> more tracks like "General Messaging" and another track for a specific > >>>> messaging project but If we don't have enough space why can't we make > >>>> a general messaging track so that number of messaging related projects > >>>> can submit their talks and cover more scope/community ? > >>>> > >>> Thanks. In the case of North America, this is probably mostly due to > our relative ignorance of the Apache "ecosphere". So I am very glad you > have raised the issue. If you can suggest changes to the CfP to make it > more inclusive of a wider range we would be grateful for your help. We want > to give all projects the opportunity to showcase their work. > >> > >> Thanks for your kind response, I'm happy to help out in area of my > >> expertise. As I mentioned in my previous mail this is my suggestion. > >> > >> If we have enough space and enough people to handle more tracks please > >> add a new track called "Messaging", there are considerable number of > >> projects available under this category. In case if we don't have > >> enough space or people better to rename "Camel in Action" as a > >> "Messaging" track so that other messaging related projects also can > >> submit their talks under this track instead of limiting to a specific > >> project. > >> > >> Thanks ! > >> > >>> > >>>> Taking a different example I always think "Big data" is the ideal name > >>>> for a track instead calling it using a specific big data project name. > >>>> As I involved organizing number of Apache events in Asia from 2009 I > >>>> don't have any concern about impartiality of organizers, also I can > >>>> understand the difficulty with EU event with time but clearly in NA > >>>> event we have enough time to make changes so that event/tracks will > >>>> cover wide range of projects and get wider community attraction. > >>>> Finally I expect N/A organizers will consider my comments in a > >>>> positive manner. > >>>> > >>> We certainly do regard such input as positive, and stand ready to hear > your (and everybody else's) suggestions for improving the CfP and making > the conference more welcoming to a broader section of the Apache community. > >>> > >>>> Thanks ! > >>>> > >>> And thank *you*. > >>> > >>> regards > >>> Steve > >>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Sagara Gunathunga > >>>> > >>>> Blog - http://ssagara.blogspot.com > >>>> Web - http://people.apache.org/~sagara/ > >>>> LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/ssagara > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Steve Holden [email protected], Holden Web, LLC > http://holdenweb.com/ > >>> Python classes (and much more) through the web > http://oreillyschool.com/ > >>> Conferences and technical event management at > http://theopenbastion.com/ > >>> Next: Helping with ApacheCon EU (community edition) > http://apachecon.eu/ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Sagara Gunathunga > >> > >> Blog - http://ssagara.blogspot.com > >> Web - http://people.apache.org/~sagara/ > >> LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/ssagara > > > > -- > > Steve Holden [email protected], Holden Web, LLC http://holdenweb.com/ > > Python classes (and much more) through the web http://oreillyschool.com/ > > Conferences and technical event management at http://theopenbastion.com/ > > Next: Helping with ApacheCon EU (community edition) http://apachecon.eu/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sagara Gunathunga > > Blog - http://ssagara.blogspot.com > Web - http://people.apache.org/~sagara/ > LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/ssagara >
