-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Mark,
On 1/24/17 8:00 AM, Mark Thomas wrote: > On 19/01/2017 22:45, Mark Thomas wrote: >> More updates as I get them. > > We are all systems go :) !! > We *really* need to start getting names against the various talk > ideas we already have and turn those into CFP submissions ASAP. If you have already submitted a paper, please either annotate the TomcatCon NA 2017 wiki page[1] or reply to this message and let us know. We need to be able to reach-out to get speakers for those topics that don't yet have a presenter, and we don't want to double-book a topi c. [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TOMCAT/TomcatCon+NA+2017 > The CFP closes on 11 Feb. Note that you don't have to have the presentation ready in order to make a submission. You can wait until it's been accepted to begin working on it if you want. For those who think they might not be able to "get off work", remember that Tomcat (presumably) powers your software deployments. You have been getting completely-free software and support the whole time you have been using Tomcat. You probably use other ASF software in your stack since you are using Tomcat. I think you can make a pretty compelling argument to your boss that (a) the way you "pay" for Tomcat is to be a part of the community, (b) part of being in the community is occasionally going to conferences, (c) part of being in the community is sharing your experiences (giving presentations), and (d) this type of conference counts as "professional development". If you give a presentation, it also counts as a publication :) While your employer can't "sponsor" your presentation, it is entirely appropriate for you to include your employer's name in your sides (usually on an introductory slide). Both you and your employer are free (and encouraged!) to publicize your presentation as widely as you can. It's great for us because we get more interest in the conference. It's great for you because you get to be a speaker at ApacheCon^H^H^H^H^HTomcatCon! Tomcat, like httpd, powers a great chunk of the Internet and being known as an expert in the community ain't too shabby. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJYh4DGAAoJEBzwKT+lPKRYVLAQAKN/GSzPyoeDNZ1o/+7+OdmQ fjeqnkcXZGVnaT9l6DiUlxDxrWmHng0/R32j1iP/xhkDFHX6R0AXIIbtMEUhBHj/ 6GJFCXT0FR14h1ZHmF/M81fidKGn3KfEmPxqDbwNpZa1cvVbug8kYcTwH21xeTkp +z4R4WUpVnVLd/MPc5ESN75XSr8jCzyB3pFx2ujqFH6QhAk5Vjf4/JXWFFistJGQ t0b7pdWUZi7Inl/L47Mhg9OYJLQlVfsSaG6MQbs/6WlI4e+lqopWw8+c+gCzTmQD ppGLh2KsrKLsGVmhu52ZrhgBB0pr5K4sEb5elP4zNlJ6ghxwLIOzdaf+So3vp8M2 1ZubCVao+7wquVoiYM/6E6WcDYt971iykQUHmZrjqovrjOp+hBvQde/srz5On4Tk CYEjJC8mpRZa1TE1kCgrgTx4I4puKqN6tZ77zvc5nboUqoCW/KeFRPTRMp2zmhMw u14DqjgQjfSxHNBoBbIWzYWFUHwPY3cZ6f/rbQ0XcBqz0kaEm/unCaoFPXZWiLgN 3GYVY5OLzzqsNrpTlJHpRALeeM8Q/qNWpfx9VIq9MJxB7SO+nvM4zJaXCHuKippB a/0CfhL7LZx8soVFNTmKVC3et6rqLgXQdzv5iUj3dFv9h3cFbeNaAF/yTJmA3fxK 2rXVDuO2kq9DFeEq6Z0d =djY2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
