Mark, thank you for very detailed answer. Apache application fails to find a mentor. We have four GSoC mentors in Moscow, and free software school project makes a strong community. We cannot replicate Zoe of course, but want to take chances anyway. :-)
-- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://www.telecom-express.ru/ http://harmony.apache.org/ http://dataved.ru/ http://klsh.ru/ On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Mark Hindess <mark.hind...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > In message <w2qc30d70961004202307ybd6c9226q144c67645196f...@mail.gmail.com>, > Alexei Fedotov writes: >> >> Mark, >> I see IBM, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank participated in the event. >> Do you know any reference explaining more about event organization, >> e.g. who may sponsor event like this in Moscow? > > I was one of the organisers. It was really just organised by > individuals that happened to work for those companies[0] rather than > by "companies" as such. At the London Java Unconference last year, > there was a session to discuss the question "what can graduates do to > distinguish themselves from their peers?"[1] posed by Barry Clearview, a > recruiter who runs a Graduate Developer Community. > > This event was part of the answer. > > You really need to find some committed individuals to organise it. We > were fortunate to find several of these at the London Java Unconference > and via other contacts in the London Java Community (also run by Barry). > What you really need to replicate the event is a Zoe Slattery! She > persuaded IBM to let us have the venue andpay for lunch, and did a huge > amount of organising everything else (including the other organisers). > > Are there any user groups or similar you could work with in Moscow? You > could also see if there are any "local" mentors registered in the Apache > Community Development "find a mentor" app[2]? > > You also need to invite graduates. Obviously, Barry invited members > of the Graduate Development Community that he organises. If there > is no equivalent community, you could probably just contact regional > universities directly. > > Regards, > Mark. > > [0] Although IBM provided the venue and the IBM Innovation Centre > provided sponsorship to cover other costs. > > [1] The question was something like that, I don't really recall exactly. > > [2] http://community.zones.apache.org/ > > >
