On 2012/11/08 19:19, Andrea Pescetti said: > On 23/10/2012 Andrea Pescetti wrote: >> especially those who live in the US may be pleased >> to know that the website of the next ApacheCon North America is online: >> http://na.apachecon.com/ >> The conference will take place in Portland, Oregon, USA, 26-28 Feb 2013. >> The Call for Papers is already open and will stay open until 12 Nov 2012 > > If anybody missed this: the deadline for submitting talks is 11 Nov (so > in 3 days; and I was mistaken in writing 12 Nov, apparently it's closing > one day earlier). > > North-American community members, please do submit a talk (if someone > needs an incentive: having a talk accepted will save you the 1300 USD > admission fee). Others are welcome too, of course. > > I won't attend ApacheCon NA or submit a talk, for a few reasons:
I may not attend to ApacheCon NA 2013, too. Although I would love
to meet more of our OpenOffice US community in person, my school project
is really tight. I would have a serious problem if you see me in
ApacheCon NA 2013. :p
> 1) Time. ApacheCon is amazing, but I can't take another week off from
> my, totally unrelated, job to attend the US edition too. (I also prefer
> to spend my money in different ways, but time is the main issue).
>
> 2) Overlapping events. In the first weekend of that month (February
> 2013) we will already have FOSDEM in Brussels, which I will very likely
> attend.
>
> 3) Conference spirit. ApacheCon US seems a business-oriented conference,
> while ApacheCon EU is the "community edition". We have plenty of project
> members, especially in North America, who will feel perfectly at home in
> a business-oriented conference, while the "community edition" is just
> fine for me.
>
> I might be wrong about item 3, but a lot of people on this list have
> probably attended both ApacheCon NA and ApacheCon EU and can explain the
> difference better than I can.
>
> Regards,
> Andrea.
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