On 31 January 2014 02:06, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org > >wrote: > > > jan i wrote: > > > >> Can it really be correct, that we are our representation at our "own" > >> conference is at minimum ? > >> All of you who consider going, should also consider giving a > presentation. > >> > > > > I definitely share the recommendation, but it is known that European > > events attract more talks in our case. I think the situation wasn't much > > different last year, honestly, with only a couple talks at ApacheCon US > and > > more activity at FOSDEM just a few weeks before that. And we had a full > day > > programme at ApacheCon Europe last time it was held (November 2012). > > > > > > Please lets show how big a project and ecosystem we are, submit a talk. > >> > > > > We have many ways to show how big we are. I attend events every time it > > makes sense to be there, sure. ApacheCon, with a non-trivial admission > fee > > for the general public (up to 1400$), is hardly an event where one can > > expect to enlarge the community or create awareness outside of the people > > who are already active in Apache. For those who haven't looked at > > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-north- > > america/attend/register I must say that committers can enjoy a very good > > discount this year, with the committer fee at 275$. > > > > Thanks for sharing this -- I don't think we've received any widespread > notification of this discount. >
Its even better, get a talk accepted, and the entrance is 0,- $ so in other words you get between 275$ and 1.400$ for speaking about your hobby, not bad. rgds jan I > > > > > > So US-based people, and especially US-based committers, should definitely > > not miss ApacheCon US, and while at it propose a talk: OpenOffice has a > lot > > of peculiarities that other Apache community members can be interested > in. > > For Europe-based people, ApacheCon EU 2014 will be a more convenient > > occasion... but if someone can do both, wonderful! > > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "Cats do not have to be shown how to have a good time, > for they are unfailing ingenious in that respect." > -- James Mason >
