On 1 July 2015 at 13:31, Pierre Smits <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Who, in his moment of brightness, dreamed up the notion that a perfectly > accepted household name (and thereby a de facto brand) as ApacheCon for the > main event of the ASF would benefit from adding an extension like CORE? > The apacheCON team did that with LF and marketing, and it was actually discussed quite while ago. This is the first time we divide the traditional apacheCON, so the intention is (and was) to make a clear statement, this is not the old apacheCON. > > ApacheCon in itself doesn't eat into the impact of the joint event 'Apache > Big Data', as that name doesn't have Con attached to Apache in all > promotions done up to now... Or dilutes the branding impact of that event. > Actually while we discussed it, one of the ideas was "apacheCON: big data", but LF preferred "apache big data" and since it is their event they choose. > > Is there a negative connotation with the name that it would benefit from > the CORE extension? > No just to avoid some confusion. Think of our homepage, travel assistance, reports etc, that is all done combined for the 2 events. Let me put it like I see it personally, despite contracts, producers etc, and please bear in mind, other people have different views. to me the total "thing" is apacheCON, that consist of 2 unique events (big data and core). rgds jan i. > Best regards, > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > Based Manufacturing, Professional > Services and Retail & Trade > http://www.orrtiz.com > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 2:20 PM, jan i <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > > We have now passed the deadline for submitting talks to ApacheCON CORE in > > Budapest. > > > > We have received 156 submissions, which now will be reviewed. Thanks a > lot > > for the > > big interest. > > > > It is already now clear, that some talks have been submitted to both > > events, and some > > talks submitted to CORE; really fits better in big data. The ApacheCON > team > > will contact > > the authors shortly, to clarify these cases. > > > > Apache Big Data has July 10th as deadline for CFP. There are a lot of > open > > slots here. > > > > Please do not hesitate to submit your proposal for Apache Big Data. > > > > thanks > > on behalf of the ApacheCON Team. > > jan i. > > >
