ApacheCon as opposed to a retreat has a fee (IIRC below|around a 1000
USD with a discount for committers). Also ApacheCons are held in
fairly expensive hotels. You don't have to stay in that hotel to
attend (though most people do, not sure why), but you still have to
find an alternative in the same area.
I thought ASF will pay for airplane tickets if kindly asked to..
Apache recently started providing limited travel assistance, given on
a case to case basis to those considered in need of such assistance.
So this is more of an exception, not the rule. Also I think speakers'
all|some expenses are paid and the conference fee is waived.
At least hotel rooms and food are included, don't they?
For retreat yes (although the details are not final on the food). For
ApacheCon - no.
what do "Free" labels on retreat site mean?
No conference fee, and a free room.
Andrus
On Jan 26, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Andrey Razumovsky wrote:
I see. And what about "fortune cost"? I thought ASF will pay for
airplane
tickets if kindly asked to.. At least hotel rooms and food are
included,
don't they? Otherwise, what do "Free" labels on retreat site mean?
2010/1/26 Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]>
Yes, I was at ApacheCon once in 2006 coincidentally also held in
Dublin.
Apache conference format was the same as any big technology
conference, held
in a big hotel, with some open source "celebrity" keynote speaker,
corporate
sponsors (Google, Sun, etc.) having stands in the common area. And
then a
few days of sessions, with each session held by the Apache committers
talking about their projects (e.g. a sample schedule
http://us.apachecon.com/c/acus2009/schedule/2009/11/04 ). I am not
sure
what percentage of attendees are committers vs. non-Apache
developers, but I
think it is more than 50%. So it is a good albeit fairly expensive
way to
meet people from various projects (I didn't use this opportunity to
the full
extent in 2006 as I was still very new to Apache).
This year there will be still a traditional conference in US in
November
(which I am tentatively going to attend and maybe give a Cayenne
presentation), but Apache is experimenting with "non-conference"
formats
(e.g. BarCamp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp ) - smaller
cheaper
informal gatherings that focus on more face-to-face meeting and
doesn't cost
a fortune for attendees.
A retreat in Ireland is one such attempt. I think another
announcement with
more details is coming out soon, as currently the event organizers
are using
the registration on the eventbrite site as a questionnaire on
people's
preferences about the event details (e.g. catering vs. cooking,
etc.).
Andrus
On Jan 26, 2010, at 12:37 AM, Andrey Razumovsky wrote:
Hi,
When I first got a notification couple months ago, that seemed
interesting.
I sent some questions to those responsible for the organization,
but never
got an answer. Have you ever been on Apache Cons? So can you share
some
experience of what's going on there?
2010/1/22 Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]>
http://apache.eventbrite.com/
I am seriously considering going there. I like the fact that ASF is
trying
to move from official expensive conference to a number of smaller
informal
events. If others want to join we can share a car (although the
place is
pretty close to Dublin, so public transportation seems like a
reasonable
option).
Andrus
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