I know of some Lucene/Solr people in Brazil/Argentina that might be interested. I, of course can't speak for them, but I can make introductions at the appropriate time.
-Grant On Nov 9, 2010, at 5:41 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: > Bruno, > > This list is a good place to start, I've cc'd the appropriate internal list. > > I'm travelling right now, but as you know (we met in Oakland) I would like to > see an event in Brazil. All Incan say is to repeat what I said in Oakland - > for an event to take place in Brazil we need sufficient "on the ground" > energy to drive it and make it happen. This is a significant undertaking and > needs more than just one person I (and ConCom) look forward to working with > you once you have managed to gather the required energy in Brazil. > > Sent from my mobile device. > > On 9 Nov 2010, at 05:02, Bruno Borges <bruno.bor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm not sure if this mailing list is the right one to write about this, but >> I'm gonna take the risk. I suppose "Community" means anything related to it. >> And this is definitely about community. >> >> Before anything, I'd like to share my history with ASF. (skip if you want... >> :D) >> >> When I started to get involved with the Apache Software Foundation in a >> deeper level, I was still just a user, downloading Tomcat and using it. I >> guess most Java developers for the Web environment still do that. >> >> 5 years a go, I joined the Apache Wicket community and then my relationship >> with ASF has born. And for the last 5 years I've been speaking about it in >> Brazil, either in JUG meetings or at conferences around the country and >> sharing everything I wanted to share on my blog. I've even created a Google >> Groups for that, called Wicket pt_BR. With my contributions as an >> "evangelist" I gave birth to friendships with great people like Martijn >> Dashorst, Jeremy Thomerson, Eelco Hillenius and others from the Wicket >> community. >> >> Then, in 2008 I heard about the Apache TAC and, thanks to ASF, I could meet >> them in person during ApacheCon @ New Orleans. It was better than anything >> I've ever experienced. Considering how close I was to great people, >> professionals and friends, and how easy I could start chatting about >> anything to them, I thought that was the best conference it could ever >> exist. I thought: "ApacheCon is the best. I got free beer!". That was cool. >> Every conference I go here in Brazil, I wish someone put some beers instead >> of Coke. Until now... only #fail >> >> Then, right after I came back from New Orleans, I started to play with the >> SOA stack (Camel, CXF, ServiceMix and ActiveMQ). I also became friend of >> great people like Bruce Snyder, Claus Ibsen, Hadrian Zbarcea and Debbie >> Moynihan. >> >> Last year, 2009, when I heard about ApacheCon in San Francisco, I took the >> chance to apply again to the Apache TAC (no, I wasn't bargaining; it really >> is expensive to fly from Brazil to the USA, specially SF). I just applied >> for the tickets, and for accommodation I was safe with CouchSurfing friends >> I already knew. Also, I really wanted to help the organization. It was when >> I met Nick Burch, Ross Gardler and Noirin Shirley. Could not forget my latin >> friends Amelia Blevins and Carlos Sanchez. Other names like Jesse McConnell, >> David Blevins and Yeliz Eseryel are also in my good memories of ApacheCon >> 2009. Unfortunately this year, because of personal reasons (not because of >> TAC rules), I couldn't be present at ApacheCon. >> >> With the help of Bruno Souza, I discussed with some people, including Sally >> Khudairi, the idea of bringing ApacheCon to South America. >> >> What I saw on ApacheCon '08 and '09 was something amazing. Perfect for South >> America. Perfect for Brazil. The Apache Way is something that must be shared >> with everyone. >> >> A few months a go, I went to Brasilia (country's capital) to talk about the >> ASF in general, not on an specific project. It's amazing how people are >> unaware of what the ASF really is. And how people limit their knowledge to >> only what the big players show to them. Still, they all know Struts and >> Tomcat. It seems that South America is a big user of Apache projects rather >> than truly contributors. >> >> Now this year, with JavaOne going to happen in Brazil, and the sessions that >> were scheduled, I believe it is now the time to bring ApacheCon. There's no >> single talk about anything related to the Apache Software Foundation in this >> South America version of JavaOne. And I feel really sad about that. Sad that >> people that are behind the organization had the opportunity to accept papers >> (I myself proposed Wicket and Camel - papers I have been presenting since >> 2008 for rooms of 30~40 attenders). >> >> And I'm sure everyone will use Maven, Ant or Tomcat to demonstrate something. >> >> I don't know if this happened because of recent issues between Oracle and >> Apache, or just because of Java standards (like JSF, JavaFX, EJB) are more >> important than non-standard projects. It doesn't matter. I'm sure there was >> room. On my count, there are at least 3 subjects with more than 1 submission >> approved. Look at JavaOne track. >> >> Now, if the ASF, the most voted JCP EC member (with 95% votes), has no space >> on JavaOne Brazil, the country who have been bravely participating in the >> Open Source movement, giving birth to the OpenJDK thanks to Javali project, >> and Bruno Souza, than we should start considering other alternatives. >> Alternatives to standards, like Wicket or Camel. >> >> We already have ApacheCon Europe and North America. I'm sure we can do >> ApacheCon South America. >> >> Let's do this happen. Let's do it the Apache way. >> >> Bruno Borges >> www.brunoborges.com.br >> +55 21 76727099 >> >> "The glory of great men should always be >> measured by the means they have used to >> acquire it." >> - Francois de La Rochefoucauld >>