Thanks so much, Austin for showing the interest. Agree with you on getting things done async/virtual is super important. It is the soul of Apache, the ALC will not affect the functioning way of ASF.
- Best Regards, Swapnil M Mane On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 8:59 PM Austin Bennett <aus...@apache.org> wrote: > Quite sensible: I am based in San Francisco and could spearhead an effort > here. > > Will look forward to contributing and helping this flourish. In-Person > really does help build community -- even though (esp. for Apache) getting > things done async/virtual is super important. > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 10:37 PM Swapnil M Mane <swapnilmm...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> Hello team, >> >> Recently, I got the opportunity to explore the possibility of having >> roadshow in India. >> During this process, I faced some challenges in contacting the local >> Apache >> people and committers, >> these challenges and my previous experiences (with other communities and >> student community) >> gives birth to the idea of forming the Apache Local Community (ALC). >> >> ALC will be similar to Google Developer Group [1], Facebook Developer >> Circles [2], Mozilla Reps [3], >> you can find the local GDG [4] and Developer Circles [5]. >> >> *What is ALC* >> ALC is a local group of Apache (Open Source), enthusiast. Each local group >> will be called as ALC chapter. >> >> *Role of ALC* >> -- Spread the awareness on Apache in the local community. >> -- Host various events for local open source lovers (at least should have >> one monthly meetup). >> -- Share the details about ASF, The Apache Way, and various Apache's >> projects in local students, developers, and the business community. >> -- Bring together project users and developers >> >> *How ALC will be formed* >> Each town/city will strictly have single ALC chapter. >> If ALC chapter doesn't exist in the town, the interested volunteer can >> contact ALC committee via form or mail to form it. >> An ALC chapter will be led by a community manager. >> >> *Benefits of ALC* >> -- We have limited ApacheCon and Roadshow, the ALC will open the doors for >> having frequent and small events. >> -- It will be a platform for committers from different projects (living in >> the same town/city) to meet and exchange knowledge, thoughts, and ideas. >> Currently, it happens the committer of one apache project doesn't know >> much >> about the committer from another project (both belongs to the same town ;) >> -- Building community, as the Apache maxim "Community Over Code". >> >> These all are very initial ideas if we planned to proceed with this, as a >> community, we can work details of defining roles and responsibility of >> ALC, >> the process of forming ALC chapters, how the ALC chapters will function >> (community manager/lead of ALC chapters), etc. >> >> I am aware of Apache Mentoring Programme [6] and Local Mentors [7], but >> the >> ALC is different from this, it is about forming a designated local >> community. >> >> All the inputs and thoughts are highly appreciated. >> >> P.S. ALC is just first word came in my mind, if you think there can be a >> better name than ALC, please feel free to discuss. >> >> [1] https://developers.google.com/programs/community/gdg/ >> [2] https://developers.facebook.com/developercircles/ >> [3] https://reps.mozilla.org/about/ >> [4] https://developers.google.com/programs/community/gdg/directory/ >> [5] https://developers.facebook.com/developercircles/find >> [6] https://community.apache.org/mentoringprogramme.html >> [7] https://community.apache.org/localmentors.html >> >> Best Regards, >> Swapnil M Mane >> >
