On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 31/03/2008, at 5:31 PM, Maria Odea Ching wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > In the upcoming ApacheCon US 2008, the ASF will be offering a > > program where > > in different ASF projects will be featured (each slot will have a 4hr > > duration). I would like to submit some materials for Archiva for this > > program. Below is a draft I made of what we could present for Archiva. > > Comments, suggestions and violent reactions are welcome :-) > > > Sounds good :) > > > > > > > The first part would be a brief background on Archiva -- when and > > how it all > > started, what it does and how it can be used in the enterprise. > > The second part of the presentation would be a short demonstration > > of how > > Archiva works so as to give the audience a glimpse of what it > > looks like and what it does. > > I wonder if we just blend that into one introduction, depending on who > is present? If they've all seen it, maybe the demo isn't needed. > Yeah, we could just remove the demo if the audience is already familiar with Archiva. > > > The third part of the presentation would tackle > > the current status of the community and the current development > > of the project. This would include an introduction of the current > > contributors/committers of the project, some statistics on mailing > > list > > traffic, > > schedule and status of the next release and what to look forward to > > in the > > release. > > I think this will be particularly helpful - and maybe how to get > involved, where help is needed most, etc.? +1, attract new committers! :-) > > > > The fourth part would be a discussion on what the future > > plans are for Archiva. This will cover the roadmap, design discussions > > happening on the lists and the irc, and ideas being bounced around. > > The last part would be a presentation by one or two contributors/ > > committers > > of the project on what they are currently working on. The last > > two parts can be an interactive discussion with the audience where > > questions, comments and suggestions are entertained. > > This could probably take up a good half of the time if we have a few > people in there - I think this is the best bit :) > > - Brett > > -- > Brett Porter > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://blogs.exist.com/bporter/ > Thanks, Deng
