Re: Quick Update about FOSDEM 2018
Top-posting my thanks to Sharan and agreement that the posters were very impactful and good quality. Make a note of whichever company did them! Regards, KAM On 2/5/2018 7:20 AM, Sharan Foga wrote: I wanted to post a quick update about FOSDEM that ran over the weekend. As usual it was a huge event, with lots of people a coming along from all over the world. Once again a big thank you to everyone who turned up to help out at the booth or to chat to people about the ASF or their project. I like FOSDEM because it's a place where you can finally meet in person the people that you have been chatting with on the mailing lists. So a great place to connect. This year we had some larger roller banners, one with our feather and one with our list of projects. Once again people were surprised to realise just how many projects we have at the ASF or that they were already using. Daniel organised a“Save the Date†sign with details of ApacheCon NA and the Apache EU Roadshow. This was great at promoting the events to everyone. We also had a few project demos running via a monitor at the booth. Visitor often want to find out more project details or see it in action so having a visual display really helped us interact with people. (BTW the Kibble demo got a lot of attention not only from visitors but Apache people too:-) As usual people came by to pick up stickers and I know we will never have them all so there are always people asking us for stickers that we don't have. I think this time Kaftka and Cassandra were requested a lot! We also had some different swag this time Apache balloons (which were popular not only with children), pens (that went quickly!), bracelets (we ran out of both our Meritocracy and Do I.T like a Girl ones), t-shirts (we printed a few and they were very popular, in fact someone happily donated 20 euros for 2 shirts), mugs (we had a few Apache mugs that became a most wanted item). FOSDEM is quite an intense conference because it runs over a couple of days a lot of information gets circulated to a large audience then discussions start discussions which start even more discussions. It's very easy to get caught up in conversations with people you have only just met about technology, development, community and any other topic you care to think of. I think it was a lot like that at the booth this year:-) I'd really like to thank all the booth volunteers (Daan, Rohit, Trevor, Myrle, Andrus, Kevin, Rich, Daniel, Pono and Isabel). I apologise if there was anyone I've missed out! It was also good to meet a few people from the earlier Apache days (so thanks to Xander and Torsten too!). It was an amazing fun event and I had a really great time. I hope that we can be present at FOSDEM in the future and continue to promote Apache there. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
Re: Quick Update about FOSDEM 2018
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Sharan Foga wrote: > ...Once again a big thank you to everyone who turned up to help out > at the booth or to chat to people about the ASF or their project Thank you Sharan and team for organizing the booth and everything! The booth, stickers and swag seemed to generate lots of interest. -Bertrand - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
Quick Update about FOSDEM 2018
Hi All I wanted to post a quick update about FOSDEM that ran over the weekend. As usual it was a huge event, with lots of people a coming along from all over the world. Once again a big thank you to everyone who turned up to help out at the booth or to chat to people about the ASF or their project. I like FOSDEM because it's a place where you can finally meet in person the people that you have been chatting with on the mailing lists. So a great place to connect. This year we had some larger roller banners, one with our feather and one with our list of projects. Once again people were surprised to realise just how many projects we have at the ASF or that they were already using. Daniel organised aâSave the Dateâ sign with details of ApacheCon NA and the Apache EU Roadshow. This was great at promoting the events to everyone. We also had a few project demos running via a monitor at the booth. Visitor often want to find out more project details or see it in action so having a visual display really helped us interact with people. (BTW the Kibble demo got a lot of attention not only from visitors but Apache people too :-) As usual people came by to pick up stickers and I know we will never have them all so there are always people asking us for stickers that we don't have. I think this time Kaftka and Cassandra were requested a lot! We also had some different swag this time Apache balloons (which were popular not only with children), pens (that went quickly!), bracelets (we ran out of both our Meritocracy and Do I.T like a Girl ones), t-shirts (we printed a few and they were very popular, in fact someone happily donated 20 euros for 2 shirts), mugs (we had a few Apache mugs that became a most wanted item). FOSDEM is quite an intense conference because it runs over a couple of days a lot of information gets circulated to a large audience then discussions start discussions which start even more discussions. It's very easy to get caught up in conversations with people you have only just met about technology, development, community and any other topic you care to think of. I think it was a lot like that at the booth this year:-) I'd really like to thank all the booth volunteers (Daan, Rohit, Trevor, Myrle, Andrus, Kevin, Rich, Daniel, Pono and Isabel). I apologise if there was anyone I've missed out! It was also good to meet a few people from the earlier Apache days (so thanks to Xander and Torsten too!). It was an amazing fun event and I had a really great time. I hope that we can be present at FOSDEM in the future and continue to promote Apache there. Thanks Sharan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
Re: [REQUEST] Speakers and Volunteers for OpenExpo Europe 2018 Madrid
Perfect! :) On 5 February 2018 at 11:31, Sharan Foga wrote: > Hi Ignasi > > Thanks very much for following up with this. > > Jim volunteered to do the keynote and I followed up with him again to check > and he confirmed that he was still available and happy to do it. > > Thanks > Sharan > > > On 05/02/18 10:59, Ignasi Barrera wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> I had a phone call with the organizers of the Expo and concreted most >> of the details about the spaces, talks, etc. Here are the relevant >> bits to the ASF participation in the event: >> >> * We've been offered to do a Keynote in English (30-45 min), in a room >> for ~400 people capacity. >> * A 30 minutes talk, in Spanish in a room for ~60/70 people. >> * A 30 minutes debate (preferably in Spanish but English is OK) in an >> open space. This space has no projector, etc. It is more for an open >> debate and Q/A. >> >> These three are pre-arranged talks for the ASF, but there will be a >> Call for Papers where talk proposals can be submitted by anyone >> interested in participating. >> >> As discussed with them, it would be awesome if the Keynote and talk >> could be about the ASF itself, the Apache Way, and about how to apply >> the Apache Way principles to the corporate world. One of the things we >> detected last year is that people were familiar with different Apache >> projects but many didn't even know there was a foundation behind them, >> so it would be good to explain who we are, where we come from and what >> we do. >> >> The incubation and mentoring topics we talked about could be good >> candidates for the open debate and Q/A: challenges to face when >> starting an OSS project, how to build a community, OSS strategies, >> etc. >> >> >> I'll be happy to do the Spanish talk. We need one volunteer for the >> Keynote and at least another for the debate. >> >> >> Thank you all! >> >> >> I. >> >> P.S. I'll share further details on the call for papers as soon as I have >> them. >> >> >> On 2 February 2018 at 09:04, Piergiorgio Lucidi >> wrote: >>> >>> Great! >>> >>> Thank you for this update Ignasi :) >>> >>> PJ >>> >>> 2018-02-02 8:43 GMT+01:00 Ignasi Barrera : >>> Hi! This is just a quick follow-up email. We told the OpenExpo organizers about the people we have for the event, but we are still waiting for their confirmation about the exact talks, format, duration, etc. As soon as we have their feedback we'll come back to you with all the details so everyone can prepare their stuff, trips, etc. I hope we have everything we need to know asap! I. On 11 January 2018 at 09:18, Sharan Foga wrote: > > Thanks Ismaël! > > On 2018-01-09 16:35, Ismaël Mejía wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Being a native spanish speaker I would love to help too, with a talk >> related to Apache / Mentoring / Open Source in general, or one on the >> project I am a committer. >> >> And of course I can also help with the booth too. I suppose giving >> info in the native language would be greatly appreciated :) >> >> Ismaël >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 3:45 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >>> >>> I'm willing to do it, but don't want to "take" the spot if other, >>> more qualified people can. >>> On Jan 7, 2018, at 9:58 AM, Sharan Foga wrote: Hi Jim If you are interested in the presentation slot then that can be in English or Spanish. I know that they are trying to include more English speaking content in their programme. Thanks Sharan On 2018-01-05 14:48, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > I'd love to help, but my Spanish is very, very rusty :( > >> On Jan 5, 2018, at 8:41 AM, Sharan Foga wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone >> >> Here is an update about our involvement in the Open Expo Conference in Madrid later this year. We are actively looking for speakers to present and talk at the event as well as volunteers to help out on the Apache booth. >> >> A few people are already writing some articles for the Open Expo ebook that is due to be published soon that looks at open source trends for 2018. (And thanks to all the people who volunteered to write something) >> >> Last year the conference was held on one day, but for 2018 it is scheduled over two days 6th and 7th June. You can find out more information on their website. >> >> https://openexpoeurope.com/en/ >> >> In preparation for the conference later this year , we have been offered the following: >> >> Presentation Slot >> We have been allocated a 30 minute presentation slot on 6th June 2018. We can choose the content and the presentation can be in E
Re: [REQUEST] Speakers and Volunteers for OpenExpo Europe 2018 Madrid
Hi Ignasi Thanks very much for following up with this. Jim volunteered to do the keynote and I followed up with him again to check and he confirmed that he was still available and happy to do it. Thanks Sharan On 05/02/18 10:59, Ignasi Barrera wrote: Hi! I had a phone call with the organizers of the Expo and concreted most of the details about the spaces, talks, etc. Here are the relevant bits to the ASF participation in the event: * We've been offered to do a Keynote in English (30-45 min), in a room for ~400 people capacity. * A 30 minutes talk, in Spanish in a room for ~60/70 people. * A 30 minutes debate (preferably in Spanish but English is OK) in an open space. This space has no projector, etc. It is more for an open debate and Q/A. These three are pre-arranged talks for the ASF, but there will be a Call for Papers where talk proposals can be submitted by anyone interested in participating. As discussed with them, it would be awesome if the Keynote and talk could be about the ASF itself, the Apache Way, and about how to apply the Apache Way principles to the corporate world. One of the things we detected last year is that people were familiar with different Apache projects but many didn't even know there was a foundation behind them, so it would be good to explain who we are, where we come from and what we do. The incubation and mentoring topics we talked about could be good candidates for the open debate and Q/A: challenges to face when starting an OSS project, how to build a community, OSS strategies, etc. I'll be happy to do the Spanish talk. We need one volunteer for the Keynote and at least another for the debate. Thank you all! I. P.S. I'll share further details on the call for papers as soon as I have them. On 2 February 2018 at 09:04, Piergiorgio Lucidi wrote: Great! Thank you for this update Ignasi :) PJ 2018-02-02 8:43 GMT+01:00 Ignasi Barrera : Hi! This is just a quick follow-up email. We told the OpenExpo organizers about the people we have for the event, but we are still waiting for their confirmation about the exact talks, format, duration, etc. As soon as we have their feedback we'll come back to you with all the details so everyone can prepare their stuff, trips, etc. I hope we have everything we need to know asap! I. On 11 January 2018 at 09:18, Sharan Foga wrote: Thanks Ismaël! On 2018-01-09 16:35, Ismaël Mejía wrote: Hi, Being a native spanish speaker I would love to help too, with a talk related to Apache / Mentoring / Open Source in general, or one on the project I am a committer. And of course I can also help with the booth too. I suppose giving info in the native language would be greatly appreciated :) Ismaël On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 3:45 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: I'm willing to do it, but don't want to "take" the spot if other, more qualified people can. On Jan 7, 2018, at 9:58 AM, Sharan Foga wrote: Hi Jim If you are interested in the presentation slot then that can be in English or Spanish. I know that they are trying to include more English speaking content in their programme. Thanks Sharan On 2018-01-05 14:48, Jim Jagielski wrote: I'd love to help, but my Spanish is very, very rusty :( On Jan 5, 2018, at 8:41 AM, Sharan Foga wrote: Hi Everyone Here is an update about our involvement in the Open Expo Conference in Madrid later this year. We are actively looking for speakers to present and talk at the event as well as volunteers to help out on the Apache booth. A few people are already writing some articles for the Open Expo ebook that is due to be published soon that looks at open source trends for 2018. (And thanks to all the people who volunteered to write something) Last year the conference was held on one day, but for 2018 it is scheduled over two days 6th and 7th June. You can find out more information on their website. https://openexpoeurope.com/en/ In preparation for the conference later this year , we have been offered the following: Presentation Slot We have been allocated a 30 minute presentation slot on 6th June 2018. We can choose the content and the presentation can be in English or in Spanish. If you would like to present at the conference then please let me know. (Jan or Ignasi – if either of you are interested in doing then please let me know as you have experience of the conference already!) Talent Acquisition They will have a Open Talent Acquisition area where people can do a short presentation and talk about what they are looking for. In the case of the ASF, the organisers suggested that we could talk about what the ASF is looking for when selecting projects for incubation. So we are looking for someone who can talk about incubation at the conference and in Spanish (as I would guess would be best) Mentoring They have a start up and community village and would like someone (or mulitple people :-) from the ASF to talk about mentoring and things like how to manage a community,
Re: [REQUEST] Speakers and Volunteers for OpenExpo Europe 2018 Madrid
Hi! I had a phone call with the organizers of the Expo and concreted most of the details about the spaces, talks, etc. Here are the relevant bits to the ASF participation in the event: * We've been offered to do a Keynote in English (30-45 min), in a room for ~400 people capacity. * A 30 minutes talk, in Spanish in a room for ~60/70 people. * A 30 minutes debate (preferably in Spanish but English is OK) in an open space. This space has no projector, etc. It is more for an open debate and Q/A. These three are pre-arranged talks for the ASF, but there will be a Call for Papers where talk proposals can be submitted by anyone interested in participating. As discussed with them, it would be awesome if the Keynote and talk could be about the ASF itself, the Apache Way, and about how to apply the Apache Way principles to the corporate world. One of the things we detected last year is that people were familiar with different Apache projects but many didn't even know there was a foundation behind them, so it would be good to explain who we are, where we come from and what we do. The incubation and mentoring topics we talked about could be good candidates for the open debate and Q/A: challenges to face when starting an OSS project, how to build a community, OSS strategies, etc. I'll be happy to do the Spanish talk. We need one volunteer for the Keynote and at least another for the debate. Thank you all! I. P.S. I'll share further details on the call for papers as soon as I have them. On 2 February 2018 at 09:04, Piergiorgio Lucidi wrote: > Great! > > Thank you for this update Ignasi :) > > PJ > > 2018-02-02 8:43 GMT+01:00 Ignasi Barrera : > >> Hi! >> >> This is just a quick follow-up email. >> >> We told the OpenExpo organizers about the people we have for the >> event, but we are still waiting for their confirmation about the exact >> talks, format, duration, etc. As soon as we have their feedback we'll >> come back to you with all the details so everyone can prepare their >> stuff, trips, etc. >> >> I hope we have everything we need to know asap! >> >> >> I. >> >> >> On 11 January 2018 at 09:18, Sharan Foga wrote: >> > Thanks Ismaël! >> > >> > On 2018-01-09 16:35, Ismaël Mejía wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Being a native spanish speaker I would love to help too, with a talk >> >> related to Apache / Mentoring / Open Source in general, or one on the >> >> project I am a committer. >> >> >> >> And of course I can also help with the booth too. I suppose giving >> >> info in the native language would be greatly appreciated :) >> >> >> >> Ismaël >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 3:45 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> >> > I'm willing to do it, but don't want to "take" the spot if other, >> >> > more qualified people can. >> >> > >> >> >> On Jan 7, 2018, at 9:58 AM, Sharan Foga wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi Jim >> >> >> >> >> >> If you are interested in the presentation slot then that can be in >> English or Spanish. I know that they are trying to include more English >> speaking content in their programme. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Sharan >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2018-01-05 14:48, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> >> >>> I'd love to help, but my Spanish is very, very rusty :( >> >> >>> >> >> On Jan 5, 2018, at 8:41 AM, Sharan Foga wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Everyone >> >> >> >> Here is an update about our involvement in the Open Expo >> Conference in Madrid later this year. We are actively looking for speakers >> to present and talk at the event as well as volunteers to help out on the >> Apache booth. >> >> >> >> A few people are already writing some articles for the Open Expo >> ebook that is due to be published soon that looks at open source trends for >> 2018. (And thanks to all the people who volunteered to write something) >> >> >> >> Last year the conference was held on one day, but for 2018 it is >> scheduled over two days 6th and 7th June. You can find out more >> information on their website. >> >> >> >> https://openexpoeurope.com/en/ >> >> >> >> In preparation for the conference later this year , we have been >> offered the following: >> >> >> >> Presentation Slot >> >> We have been allocated a 30 minute presentation slot on 6th June >> 2018. We can choose the content and the presentation can be in English or >> in Spanish. >> >> >> >> If you would like to present at the conference then please let me >> know. (Jan or Ignasi – if either of you are interested in doing then >> please let me know as you have experience of the conference already!) >> >> >> >> Talent Acquisition >> >> They will have a Open Talent Acquisition area where people can do >> a short presentation and talk about what they are looking for. In the case >> of the ASF, the organisers suggested that we could talk about what the ASF >> is looking for when selecting projects for incubation. >> >> >> >> So we are looking f
