On 6 Jun 2011, at 19:03, Nóirín Plunkett wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> wrote: >> My apologies if this proposal is out of place on either list, but I think >> it's worth thinking about early. Obviously I speak for neither Apache nor >> TDF but I have a deep concern for OpenOffice.org and am very keen to see the >> community healed. >> >> Given that: >> * both LibreOffice (October, Paris) and Apache (November, Vancouver) have >> conferences in the second half of the year, >> * between them cover both Europe and North America, >> * plenty of people will be travelling anyway to attend them, >> * it's much easier to co-operate with people you've met >> >> I would like to suggest to both TDF and Apache that they host an >> "OpenOffice.org Unity Summit" (or some less cheesy name if you prefer!) at >> both conferences, inviting everyone associated in any way with the overall >> OpenOffice.org community (open source projects like LibreOffice or the >> proposed Apache project, their direct downstreams like NeoOffice, their >> commercial derivatives like Symphony) to attend, preferably without charge. >> > > We haven't yet started scheduling the "Meetups" for ApacheCon yet (it > is still five months out :-)), but with such a vibrant community, it > seems certain to me that *someone* will propose an OOo one. It is > usual at Apache that those who volunteer to do the work get to steer a > course for that work, but I think we can ensure that it's open and > inclusive, and we always welcome new volunteers! > > Our Meetups are typically evening events adjacent to the main > conference, and are free of charge to attendees (whether or not > they're registered for the conference.) We'd be more than happy to > welcome the whole FLOSS-Office ecosystem, I'm sure. > > However, it seems to me that October and November are still rather far > off, and with the wealth of conferences over the next two months, > perhaps we could set something up sooner than that? OSCON, anyone?
I'll be at OSCON and would be pleased to help with this, sure. S. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
