Hey Jukka, Count me in!
Arje Hi Jukka, > > yes, I'm interested in helping (I also planned this years Felix/OSGi track) > > Regards > Carsten > > Jukka Zitting wrote: > > Hi, > > > > [Cross-posting to Sling, Chemistry, and Jackrabbit. Feel free to reply > > on only the list(s) you're most interested in. I'm following them all. > > :-)] > > > > The ApacheCon organizers have allocated two full days for the Content > > Technology track, and I'm now moving forward to fill up that schedule. > > > > Anyone interested in participating in the planning and organizing the > > JCR-related program at the ApacheCon? The Content Technology track is > > already getting pretty crowded so I probably can't promise more than a > > single normal session with speaker benefits (note that unlike before, > > speaker travel is not covered) per project, but we can also arrange > > space for unofficial sessions, workshops, meetups, etc. To do this, I > > need people who'd like to help in planning and organizing the event. > > Any volunteers? > > > > Since the speaker selection comes with benefits (conference pass, some > > hotel nights covered, etc.) and I'm one of the candidate speakers, I'd > > like to form a small committee of community members to select the > > JCR-related sessions to be included in this track. Anyone interested > > in helping out with this? > > > > See the suggestions below and > > http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/ContentTrackApacheConUs2009 for more > > information. > > > > BR, > > > > Jukka Zitting > > > > > > SUGGESTIONS > > > > * People pay to see the scheduled content at ApacheCon. Provide > > material which will reach and attract our paying audience. If you have > > Geeks for Geeks content to present, please save that for the daytime > > un-con tracks, or evening MeetUps/BOFs. Consider that people attending > > the main tracks probably need to have a clear business case for > > registration costs - but your community are free to attend the free > > evening programming (and that's free as in beer!), so choose > > appropriately! > > > > * Work with your community. Some of the best presentations have been > > from presenters who don't belong to that project's PMC. > > > > * Be creative! You're not limited to the strict 50-minute-sessions > > model. You can organize the schedule in whatever way makes the most > > sense for your project's content. (Ensure that your attendees still > > get their coffee- and lunch-breaks and keynote sessions.) > > > > * The main track drives paid attendence, so you must submit > > well-written proposals. If the proposals are not clearly written, and > > answer "Who, What, and Why?", then what can be expected of the > > presentations? We've reviewed the proposals that were received in the > > main CFP, and they accompany this email. You can use these verbatim > > (appropriately edited for spelling/to fit the program!), or work with > > the submitters to refine them to work better within the track you're > > planning and/or solicit completely new proposals. Use whichever > > solution creates the most effective program. > > > > * During the day, we will run un-con tracks on Wednesday through > > Friday in smaller rooms (capacity ~50), also coordinated by PMCs. They > > do not need to be formalized until the morning of the track, but > > guidance for the prospective audience can be gathered on the un-con > > tracks' wiki pages. Registration will be required to attend these > > parallel tracks, but they're a great place to schedule the > > ?Geeks4Geeks content that's really interesting for a narrower > > audience. > > > > FREE STUFF! > > > > During the day, on Monday and Tuesday, we will run a free BarCamp > > alongside the traditional Hackathon. The space set aside for the > > BarCamp and Hackathon is truly massive, and should have a very open > > feel without excessive background noise. By colocating these events, > > we can enable attendees to jump between hacking together and attending > > BarCamp sessions. > > > > Free evening activities include MeetUps and BOFs. These will be > > organized by the PMCs, and can be scheduled for any night from Sunday > > through Thursday. Wednesday night is set aside for the free BIG > > FEATHER BIRTHDAY BASH! and Welcome Reception. We expect to attract > > many commuting attendees from the Bay Area, both for the main program > > (paid registration required) and for all of these free events and > > opportunities. > > > > REALITY CHECK > > > > Of course the economic realities do not permit the Conference Producer > > to cover the costs of everyone who has information to present to such > > a diverse audience of this many topics. For this conference, for each > > hour of main track material, the Producer will be covering one (1) > > hotel night plus one (1) conference pass, and will provide an > > additional (1) night for overseas travelers. However, the conference > > will not be paying airfare for speakers from the US and Canada, and > > will work on a limited case-by-case basis with those from overseas. > > And with so many friends in the Bay Area, those who are not covered > > can consider staying with fellow ASF members who are willing to host. > > > > If you're not sure how this will work for you, or what it means when > > you start getting creative with the program, please check with your > > planning-mentor. > > > > > -- > Carsten Ziegeler > cziege...@apache.org > -- Kind regards, Met vriendelijke groet, Arjé Cahn Hippo a.c...@onehippo.com / a...@apache.org Amsterdam - Hippo B.V. 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