Hi, On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 1:21 PM Claude Warren <cla...@apache.org> wrote: > ...Renaming the conference to "The ASFConference" or "ASFCon" would > go a long way to mitigating this problem...
I agree that the current name is not good, but would also like to get rid of the "con" suffix which means "idiot", or worse, in French. I suggest "ASF Tech" or "ASF Tech & Community", but Naming Is Hard anyway. > ...The positioning is an issue... It's always been like that, because our communities are all over the place in terms of technology and tech culture. Which is not a problem otherwise. One thing that I hear repeatedly is that many of us get the most value from the "hallways conference", meeting our peers in person, spontaneously cross-pollinating ideas [1], etc. How to "sell" that so people get a travel budget to attend, I don't know. But for me that's the real value of the conference, and I think the ASF as a whole gets a lot of value out of that. The "ASF Hallways Conference" would be a surprising name indeed ;-) -Bertrand [1] For those who were part of the Maven chat in the Széchenyi baths a few years ago, that's a fantastic example! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
