Hello Claude, Thank you for showing your interest. As per my thoughts, to build ALC, it is not necessary to have committers in the area (if they are present, it will be good). If you are *willing* to spread the awareness about ASF, The Apache Way, and various Apache's projects in local students, developers, and the business community, it's sufficient. As you mentioned, you know the community of OS developers, if we share the details on Apache with them, gradually the interested people will join and community will be built. Definitely, the process of building a community will take time, and the good thing is we are not in a hurry ;-)
Also, as the ALC concept gets popular, the committers of the respective area will automatically get to know about their local ALC and I am sure they will be happy to help and join. As I mentioned, >>>> 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. The nearby Apache people can be found here [1], and Apache Committers map [2] can also help, but I think, it is not up to date. Hope these details will help you, I am excited to work together :) [1] http://community.zones.apache.org/ [2] http://community.zones.apache.org/map.html Best Regards, Swapnil M Mane On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 3:54 PM Claude Warren <cla...@xenei.com> wrote: > As a developer in a small city (Galway, IE) I can't think of another Apache > developer in the area. I am certain there must be some and I know of OS > developers that are not Apache devs. Is there a mechanism where by Apache > committers may locate other committers in their area? Without this > capability I don't see how I could build an ALC team. It would be nice if > I could reach out directly to local developers. > > However, I am very interested in this idea. > > Claude > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 8:03 AM Swapnil M Mane <swapnilmm...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Thanks very much Andrew for showing the interest. > > > > Glad to hear from you Pranay, thanks so much for your comments. > > > > @Team, > > I will share more details on how to proceed further on this soon (waiting > > for getting some more inputs from the community). > > > > > > - Best Regards, > > Swapnil M Mane > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 12:04 PM Pranay Pandey <pandeypra...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Swapnil, > > > > > > This is a fantastic idea and need of the hour for sure. This concept > will > > > help to spread the word Apache across the world. I will be glad to > > > participate and help. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > Pranay > > > -- > > > Pranay Pandey > > > Mobile : +919826035576 > > > Skype: pranay.pandey > > > Linkedin: http://in.linkedin.com/in/pranaypandey > > > Twitter: @pandeypranay > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 11:07 AM 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 > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > I like: Like Like - The likeliest place on the web > <http://like-like.xenei.com> > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren >
