I believe myself and Trevor meant it and determined . As a community also we respect the community vote +1 from me
On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 7:44 PM Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi - > > I’m originally from Chicago and would love to help out. > > (I know where to get the best pizza and microbrew. I don’t mean deep dish > either.) > > Regards, > Dave > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 25, 2018, at 12:40 PM, Trevor Grant <trevor.d.gr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > Hanging out at the booth at GOTO Chicago, talking to Kanchana- we got to > > kicking around an idea for doing an Apache Roadshow in Chicago for 2019. > > > > There's a number of good reasons to do this- but the main ones are: > > - There's an industrial balanced between FinTech, established large > corps, > > marketing, and startups. However, often these devs are unable to travel > to > > West Coast/East Coast for financial / time constraints. (Supports > multiple > > tracks). > > - Chicago is an airline hub (direct flights on almost any airline from > > almost anywhere). > > - Venues are accessible. > > - There's a lot of interest in ASF by evidence of strong meetup > communities > > around various Apache projects. > > - Chicago has never had an Apache event! / :'( > > > > Chicago is most beautiful in end of spring and mid fall. I know there's a > > lot of talk around several other conferences, PLUS GOTO Chicago next > year, > > but we wanted to gauge how supportive everyone one might be of this idea. > > > > If no one objects we'll put together a formal proposal. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > tg > >