i'm currenty based in Dubai (UAE) and I'm definitive willing to help in what I can. The Gulf is much more oriented towards Africa than Europe, and I tend to agree that venues in places like Nigeria, Kenia, South Africa, Egipt, Ethiopia... are probably more suitable than a venue in the Mediterranean, where people has relatively easy access to ApacheCON EU.
If this proceeds I would be interested to help from my little spot in GST/Persian Gulf. Regards Santiago El lun., 19 oct. 2015 a las 17:31, Rich Bowen (<rbo...@rcbowen.com>) escribió: > As the liaison to The Linux Foundation, who does ot ApacheCon events in Eu > and NA, I'd ask do you want to do this under that arrangement or do you > want to do this differently? Angela is willing, but our contract doesn't > require it, since Africa is not explicitly covered. > > By the way, yes, I'm absolutely behind doing this, either in SA or Kenya. > On Oct 16, 2015 18:04, "Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate)" < > jane.r.wynga...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I attended Apache Con Europe (big data and core) two weeks ago and a > > couple of us were floating the idea of getting an ApacheCon Africa to > > happen. We were talking South Africa specifically given our origins but > in > > general the continent’s awake to tech and open source and S. Africa’s > just > > one part. > > > > The essence of our discussions distilled down to - make a monetary > > business case for it and it could happen - so I just wanted to stick this > > out there so the idea could maybe start to evolve… > > > > Reasons for it to happen: > > - There are a bunch of apache committers in S. Africa but honestly it’s > > super expensive for us to get to any ApacheCon elsewhere (flip side - > it’s > > cheap to come to us) > > - It’s a stunning venue! > > - S. Africa’s the gateway to Africa in so much as importing tech is > > concerned (Nigeria and others aren’t waiting for the world but are just > > inventing their own<http://fossfa.net/> (Free software and open source > > foundation for Africa) :) > > - There are big tech projects happening and more coming: i.e things to > > get involved in / things to expose to ASF > > Eg: The Square Kilometer Array telescope <http://www.ska.ac.za/meerkat/> > > or HPC community<http://www.chpcconf.co.za/> , or Space science< > > http://www.sansa.org.za/earthobservation/services> and engineering > > community or energy community or business > > > > > > - And just for kicks – apparently we know how to use water powered > > rockets best (yesterday’s slashdot< > > > http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/10/08/1639243/university-of-cape-town-team-breaks-world-water-rocketry-record > > >) > > > > Honestly, I’m sure others know more and better reasons than me too. > > Obviously we're biased – it would benefit the S. 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