Thanks Pierre for bringing this up. I’d like to add to those statements by suggesting that this is an exiting time for the Apache Directory project. There are several interesting topics that need to be communicated with the broader apache and open source community. I am having doubts about my ability to attend the upcoming ACNA but would be happy to help others define topics, themes, content, demos and collateral for their talks.
Shawn > On Dec 8, 2015, at 2:13 AM, Pierre Smits <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Have you ever wanted to attend the leading Apache event on Open Source to > meet up with the people behind the code of our Apache Directory project and > talk shop and/or meet up with the people participating in all those other > interesting Apache projects? But you never could, because of the cost > involved.... > > I wanted that and I had the same issue... Luckily for me - and a lot of > others before and with me - *and for you* of course, the Apache Software > Foundation has a program running to help out. > > This program run by the Apache Travel Assistance Committee (*TAC* for > short) enables selected persons to attend the *ApacheCon NA 2016* event. > And the good thing is that the TAC *will pick up the bill* regarding > flight, stay and meals. And of course the *attendance fee* of the event. > > I bet, by now you might feel *excited* about being able to attend ApacheCon > NA 2016 and visit the beautiful city of *Vancouver in Canada* as well and > rearing to read the rest of this posting to find out how to apply for this > reimbursement, but hold on a sec. As Heinlein wrote in 'The moon is a hard > mistress': TANSTAAFL (http://s.apache.org/tanstaafl). And that applies here > too; if you get selected for reimbursement, you will be asked/required to > *help > out* during the days of the event with on the ground operations (e.g. > assisting speakers, performing head counts). > > A small price for such an opportunity, I would say! > > So, if you want to attend and need help with the cost, go to the Apache TAC > site www.apache.org/travel) and apply there. Should you have questions, > feel free to ask me (via a direct mail), or members of the TAC (see: > http://s.apache.org/tac-pmc) > > Best regards, > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://ORRTIZ.COM>* > Ofbiz based solutions & Services > www.orrtiz.com
