I like the ideas proposed here. I think all in all, we have to change the format of ApacheCon for it to be worth the efforts and financial burden. I also think we have to be more appealing to non-committers (unless we turn AC into a project Summit umbrella).
I’ve been a proponent of topic tracks, rather than project tracks. I’ve seen first hand an all day track have speakers talking to a handful of project members, all whom already knew the topics. I’d also like to see fewer tracks, such that the rooms are filled. I’ve been to GopherCon a few times, with only one main track, and it was great. Not saying we have to be that narrow, but 2-3 tracks tops IMO, ideally with cross project topics (“how I made X fast with HTTPD, PageSpeed and Cassandra”). Cheers, — Leif > On Dec 7, 2017, at 23:40, Kevin A. McGrail <kevin.mcgr...@mcgrail.com> wrote: > > OK, give me a few days. Mason invited me to speak in March and I have a > contact. I'll see what might be possible. > >> On 12/8/2017 1:30 AM, Hadrian Zbarcea wrote: >> I like the GMU idea and getting new generation of students interested in >> OSS. I think I can find SIs to sponsors and even follow Niclas' idea of >> connecting potential employers with talent. >> >> We can pull this off. >> >> >>> On 12/08/2017 01:05 AM, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: >>>> On 12/8/2017 12:38 AM, Hadrian Zbarcea wrote: >>>> Kevin, we're both (and others) in DC. Ton of demand here, as we know. How >>>> about trying to organize something here, even smaller events? >>> +1. Could be a nice time to throw the sponsor thank you party as well on >>> the night before the event with a speaker dinner. >>> >>> 1 day, 2 tracks, 12 presentations with a keynote and key end. I have a >>> friend with a nice conference room that hosted an ISSA meeting. I can ask >>> him how many it fits. Or I can talk to GMU especially if we have a >>> presentation or two on things like OSS in state/federal gov't and >>> CyberSecurity. >>> >>> Regards, >>> KAM > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
