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> On Jun 17, 2017, at 22:59, Aman Sinha <amansi...@apache.org> wrote: > > Agree with Julian about ApacheCon being a better venue with a track (or > sub-conference ?) for Drill. The size and scale of the wider conference is > likely to be beneficial despite other competing Apache projects. Perhaps > the schedule could be managed in such a way that the conflicts with similar > projects is minimized. > > -Aman > >> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Julian Hyde <jh...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> It’s a legitimate concern, but remember that the more “popular” platforms >> tend to have their own conferences already. The Apache projects with the >> most talks at ApacheCon were probably Beam and Spark, with 3 each. >> >> Without strong commercial backing (and a large advertising budget) >> DrillCon is not going to see the promotion or attendance of say Spark >> Summit or Kafka Summit. So, I think we have a glass half full: we can >> promote “DrillCon (occurring as part of ApacheCon)” and promise a a full >> day of fascinating talks by Drill users and developers. We can reach not >> only the 30-50 people who came for Drill, but the 600 attendees who came to >> ApacheCon for other reasons and might not be aware of Drill. >> >> Julian >> >> >>> On Jun 16, 2017, at 9:20 AM, Matt K <bsg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> A counter point: I would be concerned that Drill would be overshadowed >> by more “popular” or more entrenched platforms. >>> >>> Drill is an excellent and somewhat unique tech that needs more exposure >> to grow. An event that focuses purely on Drill may have better success at >> that. >>> >>> The caveat may be that a Drill only summit may have low turnout and thus >> not succeed at the above goals, thus I’m not certain what the right choice >> is, but I wanted to bring up the point for discussion. >>> >>> >>> On June 14, 2017 at 2:32:45 PM, Julian Hyde (jh...@apache.org <mailto: >> jh...@apache.org>) wrote: >>> >>>> I like the idea of co-hosting a conference. ApacheCon in particular is >> a good venue, and they explicitly encourage sub-conferences (there are “Big >> Data” and “IoT” tracks, and this year there were sub-conferences for Tomcat >> and CloudStack). DrillCon was part of ApacheCon, people could attend a >> whole day of Drill talks, or they they could go to talks about other Apache >> projects in the larger conference, and connect with Apache members. >>>> >>>> Also, the conference is professionally organized, at a large hotel with >> good facilities. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately ApacheCon just happened (it was in Miami in May); but >> it’s something to consider next year. >>>> >>>> Julian >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jun 14, 2017, at 9:18 AM, Charles Givre <cgi...@gmail.com <mailto: >> cgi...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Bob, >>>>> Good to hear from you. I agree that there could be value in having a >> joint >>>>> Presto/Drill/Redshift conference, but how would you describe the >> overall >>>>> theme? >>>>> >>>>> In essence (not looking to start a flame war here...) these tools are >>>>> similar in terms of what the user experiences and I can definitely see >>>>> value in bringing the communities together. I also like the idea of >>>>> multiple tracks. I was thinking of having something like >> developer/analyst >>>>> tracks. >>>>> -- C >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Bob Rudis <b...@rud.is <mailto: >> b...@rud.is>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I grok this is the Drill list and I'm also a big user of Drill (and >>>>>> have made some UDFs) but there might be some efficacy in expanding >> the >>>>>> scope to the Presto and Redshift Spectrum communities. I'm not >>>>>> claiming there's 100% equivalence, but the broader view of being able >>>>>> to access multiple types of data sources from a central platform is >>>>>> compelling and -- at least in my circles -- not widely known. It >> could >>>>>> be an event with a a primary central track but three separate >>>>>> specializations that have a couple intraday time pockets. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Charles Givre <cgi...@apache.org >> <mailto:cgi...@apache.org>> wrote: >>>>>>> Hello fellow Drill users and developers, >>>>>>> I've been involved with the Drill community for some time, and I was >>>>>>> thinking that it might be time to start exploring the idea of a >> Drill >>>>>>> Summit or Conference. If you're interested, please send me a note >> and >>>>>> I'll >>>>>>> start having some conversations about what's next. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Personally, I think it could be extremely valuable to get Drill >>>>>> developers >>>>>>> and users together and share ideas about where things are and how >> people >>>>>>> are using Drill. >>>>>>> Thanks!! >>>>>>> -- C >>>>>> >> >>
