I'm interested but not sure if I can go (we are expecting our second child early May...) -Remko
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:29 AM, Nick Williams < nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net> wrote: > Guys, let's show up for Apache Logging! They're hurting for CFP's right > now. Rich Bowen at ApacheCon assures me that if money is an issue getting > committers to come and lead talks, the Travel Assistance Committee will do > everything it can to help you get there. Email them at t...@apache.org. > > I'm definitely going and I'll submit a CFP as well. I'm open to > suggestions. Let's try to get 3-5 good Apache Logging talks in from > different people! If we can get two PMC members to come, we can even have a > summit, which would be great exposure! We need to coordinate so that we're > covering different topics and not stepping on each other. > > I NEED A ROOMMATE AND YOU DO, TOO! Hotel is the biggest expense for > this--more than flights and committer registration combined. I'm looking > for someone who wants to go and is willing to share a hotel room and split > the cost. If we can get 4 Logging guys there, we can use just 2 hotel rooms > and save a bunch of money. I plan on flying in Sunday night and checking > out of the hotel Friday morning--that's five nights. If someone can only > share the hotel for 3 nights, we can split the price accordingly. > > Inline below I have included the answers I got to some questions I asked > Rich. > > I hope some of you will come to ApacheCon with me! It'll be a great > opportunity to publicize Log4j 2.0 GA! > > Nick > > On Jan 27, 2014, at 6:21 AM, Nick Williams wrote: > > > - What exactly is a project summit? > > Rich: Some projects are taking the opportunity to have a "summit" of one > kind or another, to do sprints on features, or to discuss the direction of > the project, or to do bug triage, or whatever. A project summit is whatever > you want to make it, if two or more members of the PMC are together in a > room to make it happen. > > > - What exactly is a tutorial and how is it different from a talk on the > normal days? > > Rich: A talk is 50 minutes. A tutorial is 3 hours. That's the main > difference. A tutorial is usually more indepth, with hands-on elements - > more of a training class than an overview. > > > I noticed the fee is normally $799 (until Friday, then $1099), but it's > $275 for "committers." That means that anyone who's a committer on any > Apache project whatsoever /only/ pays $275 to attend the entire conference, > right? > > Rich: That's correct. > > > > > The registration page says there is an additional fee for tutorials on > April 10th: "$399 for 1/2 day tutorials ($299 for students) and $749 for full > day tutorials (students and attendees)." What it doesn't say is: > > 1) Is there an additional fee for tutorials on April 10th for > /committers/? > > Rich: Yes, tutorials have a fee for everyone. > > > 2) Is there an additional fee for tutorials on April 11th for anyone (it > only mentions April 10th, but the schedule shows tutorials on April 11th as > well)? > > Rich: We'll get that fixed. > > > 3) Is there an additional fee for project summits on April 10th or 11th? > > Rich: Project summits are usually open to anyone interested in the > project, and no extra fee is charged. > > > It says they will have 5-9 tracks going on this year. I assume that > means 5-9 conference rooms (based on the # of CFPs submitted), which means > 5-9 simultaneous talks can occur. > > Rich: That is correct. > > > It sounds like there is potentially time to have multiple talks on > Apache Logging. Though I am new-ish, I'd love to present on behalf of > Apache Logging. Do we want to have multiple talks? > > > > Nick > > > > On Jan 26, 2014, at 9:29 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: > > > >> I would like to attend but I'm not sure I can. > >> > >> Ralph > >> > >> On Jan 25, 2014, at 11:11 AM, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hi folks, > >>> > >>> I would like to remind you ApacheCon is happening in April 2014. > >>> If you would like to submit your talk, now is the chance. > >>> > >>> I think it would be great to have somebody presenting our Logging > frameworks. > >>> I will not be there unfortunately. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Christian > >>> > >>> --- > >>> http://www.grobmeier.de > >>> The Zen Programmer: http://bit.ly/12lC6DL > >>> @grobmeier > >>> GPG: 0xA5CC90DB > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org > >>> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org > >
