Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 3 May 2024, at 13:22, Rich Bowen wrote: > > London can be a hassle for non citizen EU residents to travel to, since > Brexit. Very much agreed. It has even become complex and very random for non EU nationals with full eu residency/working permits. With seemingly identical situations or

Swag - lapel pins - any left & where ?

2024-04-16 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
Folks, At public policy meetings with Aliens (e.g. policy makers, politicians, civil servants, regulators) - I’ve been handing out Apache/ASF lapel pins to any those of our community present. That works well. Especially as this is not the sort of place one can wear any random URL t-shirt to

Re: [WG: Sharpeners] Propose: milder name

2024-02-18 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
> On 18 Feb 2024, at 01:13, sebb wrote: > > Sorry, but I find the name 'Sharpeners' antagonistic and aggressive. > To me it sounds like a group gearing up for a fight. > > Having names that are alliterative is all very well, but I don't think > it should be at the expense of a name that has

Re: [ALC] Request to establish ALC in Hangzhou, China

2023-12-04 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
Lovely ! > On 4 Dec 2023, at 18:17, Nadia Jiang wrote: > > +1. > Hangzhou is an energetic city with many talented developers. Apache Answer > (incubating) was also born in Hangzhou. If ALC Hangzhou can be established, I > hope to be part of it. Looking forward to influence more open-source >

Re: VP Conferences changes

2023-11-08 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 8 Nov 2023, at 13:03, Rich Bowen wrote: > Fyi, effective yesterday, I have stepped down as VP conferences. The > responsibility for that role has passed to VP marketing, but communication > around conferences will still happen on the planners mailing list, as it > has for many years. Thanks

Re: FOSDEM 2023

2022-12-11 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 11 Dec 2022, at 21:13, Sharan Foga wrote: > On 2022/12/11 17:51:02 Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: >> On 11 Dec 2022, at 16:33, Sharan Foga wrote: >> >>> Some good news! I just saw that we have been given an ASF booth for FOSDEM >>> so looking forward to be

Re: FOSDEM 2023

2022-12-11 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 11 Dec 2022, at 16:33, Sharan Foga wrote: > Some good news! I just saw that we have been given an ASF booth for FOSDEM so > looking forward to being there on 4th and 5th February and meeting up with > everyone. Good news indeed ! > As usual I will setup a wiki page with the details and

Re: European Commission Workshop day on Open-Source Sustainability

2022-12-01 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
Another one that came up during the prep time (and repost of the older Erasmus one as they strengthe each other): - Erasmus program for open source -- have 6 months of bursary / grant to work on open source near the tail end of your studies - at a facility large enough to

Re: European Commission Workshop day on Open-Source Sustainability

2022-12-01 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
All, As Michiel cannot be present - may make sense for those that participate to also have a look at their analysis on: https://blog.nlnetlabs.nl/open-source-software-vs-the-cyber-resilience-act/ as it appears that that topic may well get introduced by the various moderators. With

Re: European Commission Workshop day on Open-Source Sustainability

2022-11-29 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
Folks,Several of us are now either on panels or going to this event (at least 4 in 3 panels; or petty much every panel if I take the 'Friends of Apache' a bit more liberal).I understood from Roman that, while he will be there, the ASF will not have any formal position at this event - or a specific

Re: European Commission Workshop day on Open-Source Sustainability

2022-10-28 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 28 Oct 2022, at 17:27, Jarek Potiuk wrote: > Absolutely - that is great to have such support. > > I was a bit afraid that my points might be much more "private" than > the "ASF" voice in general so having the opportunity to get comms > involvement for such a potentially "wavy" event is cool.

Re: European Commission Workshop day on Open-Source Sustainability

2022-10-27 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
e industry. >>> It seems this is not the case. >>> >>> But they do explicitly welcome suggestions for people to be acting as >>> panelist on these sessions. >>> So, we can be more actively involved. If we want to. >>> >>> And I agre

Re: European Commission Workshop day on Open-Source Sustainability

2022-10-27 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
I've been in touch with the various organizers (who do not seem to be that organised). Happy to bundle things once we reach some sort of conclusion here. But suspect we need to do this in the next hours and days; not week. That said - these meetings are open - so anyone can 'show up' and

Re: European Commission Workshop day on Open-Source Sustainability

2022-10-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 25 Oct 2022, at 11:52, Christofer Dutz wrote: > So there still seems to be the possibility to participate in some of the > panel discussions as panelists. > But I think we should probably be as quickly as possible with sending them > proposals. My understanding as well - happy to help

Re: Inquiry: Apache swag (using unofficial vendor?)

2022-08-01 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 1 Aug 2022, at 20:37, Mary Grygleski wrote: > I am a Streaming Developer Advocate at DataStax, working with Apache > Pulsar. I'd like to understand if we are allowed to order stickers from an > "external" vendor and not the official Red Bubble? > > Because the nature of my outreach work

Re: [DISCUSS] Crazy or good Idea?

2022-05-11 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 11 May 2022, at 19:37, Matt Sicker wrote: > Small point of clarification: only the ICLA matters at Apache since > contributions are made by individuals. The CCLA is provided for > companies so perplexed by this concept that they feel the need for > more paperwork. Or, lets not forget, those