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Thursday October 27, 2016

What are you working on at ApacheCon?

The biggest benefit of ApacheCon is getting together with the members of your community. While much of this is social, it's also an opportunity to collaborate in person on the code.

We will have a open collaboration space, with network and power, and tables for your project to gather around to work. Signs will be available to indicate what project you're working on, so that people will know which table to join. 

Having a clear set of objectives is key to getting everyone focused around the same thing, and is also a great way to attract new members to your community. When they can see what you'll be working on, and give it some thought ahead of time, new community members feel more welcome to participate once they get there. 

To this end, we encourage you to talk about this in your community, and then add your thoughts to the public etherpad  so that we can help you promote your project's objectives. This further encourages cross pollination between projects, as we start to see what one another is working on. 

Wednesday November 26, 2014

ApacheCon North America returns to Austin

by Rich Bowen, ASF Executive Vice President  

We just got done with ApacheCon Europe in Budapest last week - http://apachecon.eu/ - and it's time to start thinking about ApacheCon North America.

We'll be holding ApacheCon North America, April 13-17th, 2015, in Austin, Texas. The call for papers is already open, at http://apachecon.com/, and we are hoping that this event will represent the breadth of the Apache Software Foundation projects.

Organize your community
The most important thing at this stage in the process is getting the Apache community involved in this event. ApacheCon exists to unite our community, get various projects to interact with one another, and bring new members into our community. The best way to accomplish these goals is to ensure that your project has representation at ApacheCon. Here are four specific areas where we need the help of Apache project communities:

Track layout
We've found that the very best way to have a project well represented in the content tracks is for someone deeply familiar with the project to craft an ideal track schedule, and then solicit speakers for those sessions. This has two immediate benefits.

First, it goes a long way to ensuring that the topic is covered with the breadth that it deserves, rather than having a few random talks that cover random esoteric parts of the technology, and ignore segments of the audience that you most want to attract.

Second, it is very encouraging to first-time speakers. It's very difficult, and very intimidating, to try to come up with a topic to speak about the first few times. Seeing a list of proposed topics is the perfect way to say to a new speaker that what they know about is worth them proposing to a conference. "Hey, I could speak about that, and nobody would think it's a stupid idea."

Speakers
Some talks require certain speakers. You know this a lot better than we do, because it's your project. We need your help to go to those specific speakers and encourage them to submit the specific talk(s) that you know they'll shine at.

Reviewing and Scheduling
Once the talks have been submitted, we're going to need your help reviewing them and building the schedule. To help with the review process, you'll need to create an account in the CFP system (if you haven't already done so) at https://identity.linuxfoundation.org/user and then email me - rbowen@apache.org - with your username, so that I can get you added to the review system. From there, you'll see a list of talks to consider, and you can rate them according to how well you think they'll fit the conference.

Of course, if you specifically solicited those talks, then you'll quickly mark them as "Strongly Accept" with a comment of "I solicited this specific talk", and move on. (The CFP review interface is at http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp/cfp-list if you already have an account.) You can review talks from other topics/tracks, too, if you feel that you have some domain knowledge.

Once the review process is complete, we'll select the talks that rate the highest, and at that point we'll be back in touch with you to help us order them correctly. Here, again, if you've already approached us with a layout of your ideal content track, there's really nothing else to do. But if there are other talks that made it in through the review process, we'll need help.

Hackathons
A key benefit of ApacheCon is getting your developers together in one place to work on things. We've got a a general hackathon area where you can gather to work on bugs, features, documentation, or discuss thorny community issues. (Don't forget to summarize your conversations back to the mailing list for the people who can't make it!)

If you want to have a sponsored hackathon specifically for your project, we can find room to make that happen. Just get in touch with me, and we'll work out the details.

Talking before the event about what you'll be working on has a number of benefits.

First, it gives people time to think about how they can contribute, and plan accordingly.

Second, it encourages people to come in from the edges of the project to participate more fully in the life of the community, because they can select something that they're particularly interested in, and work on it in company with the rest of the project members.

Using the ApacheCon wiki - http://wiki.apache.org/apachecon/ - as a place to work on your hackathon topics gives conference attendees an easy way to find topics that they might be interested in, and connecting with the community. If you don't have write permissions to the wiki, send me your wiki username, and I'll get you added to the access list.

Sponsor
Your company uses Apache software every day. Perhaps you even contribute to a project as part of your day job. ApacheCon is the best place in the world for your company to show off their involvement in Apache, and to find new talent to work on their products. Sponsorship of ApacheCon gives you a platform from which to talk about what your company does, and gets your company name recognized - and closely associated with Apache - by the people that make the decisions in some of the most important places in IT.

If you'd like to sponsor ApacheCon, get in touch with me, and I'll get you a sponsor prospectus, and help you select the sponsorship opportunity that's right for you - whether that's the conference lanyard, an evening reception, the conference bags or tshirts, or a booth in the exhibit hall. There's something for every budget and level of exposure you're looking for.

Get the word out
You have the ear of your project community - both the developers and the end users. We need your help telling them about this event. Right now, we need you to tell them to save the date. Later on, we'll need you to be telling them about specific talks that will be of interest to them, both directly relating to your project and about other related projects that they should know about.

Join the Community Development mailing list - http://www.apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html#foundation-community - where we'll be posting suggested tweets, suggested things to share on Facebook and Google Plus, and other suggestions for helping us get the message to the communities where you have a more trusted voice than we do.

This is critical - it does no good putting together a great event, if nobody comes. You know who needs to hear the message, and you know where they hang out. A well-placed message by the trusted members of the community is far more effective than a dozen mass emails from a stranger.

Come join us!
So, if you'd like to help us make ApacheCon a success, get onto the Community Development list - http://www.apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html#foundation-community - and on the #apachecon IRC channel on Freenode, and speak up. Tell us what you can do, and we'll find a place for you to fit in.

Wednesday December 12, 2012

ApacheCon North America Announces "Open Source Community Leadership Drives Enterprise-Grade Innovation"

Program for 25th edition of official conference series of The Apache Software Foundation showcases dozens of key Apache projects across Big Data, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure, Messaging, Scientific Applications, and more.

Forest Hill, MD – 12 December 2012 – ApacheCon, the official conference, trainings, and expo of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), today announced the program and early registration incentives for ApacheCon North America 2013.

The 25th edition of the ASF's popular conference and community series will take place 24 February-2 March 2013 at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower in Portland, Oregon, with the following agenda:

24-25 February: pre-conference trainings, BarCamp, and Hackathon activities
26-28 February: main conference + expo, evening events, BOFs, and MeetUps
1-2 March: post-conference sprints, workshops, and team building events

This year's theme is "Open Source Community Leadership Drives Enterprise-Grade Innovation", reflecting the enormous reach and influence of the ASF. Apache products power half the Internet, petabytes of data, teraflops of operations, billions of objects, and enhance the lives of countless users and developers.

Community-led Programming

Selected by Apache Members and Committers, the ApacheCon program celebrates the diversity of the many projects under the Apache banner. Track highlights include:

- Overture and Beginners –Apache 101
--Apache projects & topics include CloudStack, CXF, Flex, Hadoop, HBase, Hive, Kafka, Syncope, tools & incubation

- A Patchy Web –the future of servers and performance
--Apache projects & topics include Apache HTTP Server, Tomcat, Traffic Server, Cloud Computing, modules, monitoring, performance, proxying, security, troubleshooting

- Community Over Code –the nuts and bolts of The Apache Way
-- topics include branding, committership, community development, collaboration, documentation, enterprise solutions, open development, staffing management, student engagement, volunteer effort

- Tapping the Stream –all about enterprise integration and messaging
--Apache projects & topics include Apollo, Qpid, Rave, Streams, integration, next-generation messaging, OpenSocial

- Cloud Crowd –leading the evolution: strategies, transitions, disruptions
--Apache projects & topics include Cloudstack, Hadoop, HBase, authorization, delivery models, enterprise adoption, object storage, performance, scalability, troubleshooting, virtual machines

- Apache in Science –innovation in bleeding-edge scientific applications
--Apache projects & topics include Airavata, OODT, Solr, Big Data management & processing, metadata, cancer research, climate science & modeling, environmental satellites, radio astronomy

- Apache Open Office –the latest on the Award-winning leading Open Source productivity suite

- Bigger Big Data –beyond scaling, capturing, analyzing, searching, and storing petabytes of data
--Apache projects & topics include CouchDB, Flume, Hadoop, HBase, Sqoop, analysis, API management, configuration, data transfer, distributed systems, Firefox, integration, Helix, parsing, queries, real-time processing, smart search, troubleshooting

- How Secure? –essential Web security issues
--Apache projects & topics include Shiro, authentication, Big Data, certification, cryptography, key management

- Cassandra –powering high performance, distributed data sets with Apache Cassandra

- Caravan –navigating enterprise integration using Apache Camel

Additional popular ApacheCon sessions also return, including "State of the Feather", "The Apache Way", "The Business of Open Source", and the Fast Feather Track for an insider’s view of select projects in the Apache Incubator and Labs.

Join Us!

ApacheCon draws Open Source users, developers, gurus, students, novices, community managers, and enthusiasts to address today's issues, opportunities, and solutions focusing on the ASF's many diverse projects and initiatives.

Anyone interested in Apache products is welcome: ASF affiliation is not required to present at, attend, or otherwise participate in ApacheCon.

Registration Information

Early registration incentives include savings of up to $300 when registering by 31 December 2012, as well as special rates for students and Apache Committers. Many pre- and post-conference events, evening project MeetUps and BOFs are available to the community free of charge. To register, visit http://na.apachecon.com/ .

Discounted sleeping room rates have been secured for ApacheCon attendees at the conference hotel until 28 January 2013. Requests made after the cutoff date or after the room block is sold out (whichever comes first) will be fulfilled based on availability at the prevailing rate of the hotel. Participants are encouraged to register early at http://na.apachecon.com/venue/ .

Sponsors, Exhibitors, and Partners

ApacheCon Sponsors include AppDynamics, IBM, HP, RedHat, and VMWare, and are joined by SourceForge, official event Media Partners. For sponsor, exhibitor, and community partnership opportunities, contact Nancy Asche <acnasponsorsATtheopenbastionDOTcom>.

Conference registration is complimentary for members of the press and analyst community with valid credentials. For media partnerships and registration, contact Corinna Rogers at <corinnaATstaedelcommsDOTcom> or on +1 404 941 4234 for more information.

Staying Informed, Getting Involved

To register or make a donation, visit http://na.apachecon.com/ . To volunteer, connect with participants, or contribute to the "local guide" wiki, visit http://wiki.apache.org/apachecon/ .

To keep up with the latest developments and program updates, subscribe to announce@apachecon.com, follow the @ApacheCon feed on Twitter, and track the event on Lanyrd at http://lanyrd.com/2013/apachecon/ .

ApacheCon is produced by The Open Bastion in partnership with The Apache Software Foundation.

"Apache", "ActiveMQ Apollo", "Apache ActiveMQ Apollo", "Airavata", "Apache Airavata", "Camel", "Apache Camel", "Cassandra", "Apache Cassandra", "CloudStack", "Apache CloudStack", "CXF", "Apache CXF", "CouchDB", "Apache CouchDB", "Flex", "Apache Flex", "Flume", "Apache Flume", "Hadoop", "Apache Hadoop", "HBase", "Apache HBase", "Hive", "Apache Hive", "Apache HTTP Server", "Kafka", "Apache Kafka", "OODT", "Apache OODT", "OpenOffice", "Apache OpenOffice", "Qpid", "Apache Qpid", "Rave", "Apache Rave", "Shiro", "Apache Shiro", "Solr", "Apache Solr", "Sqoop", "Apache Sqoop", "Streams", "Apache Streams", "Syncope", "Apache Syncope", "Tomcat", "Apache Tomcat", "Traffic Server", "Apache Traffic Server", and "ApacheCon" are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Tuesday October 02, 2012

The Apache Software Foundation Announces Call For Participation for ApacheCon North America 2013

Portland, Oregon sets the stage for "Open Source Community Leadership Drives Enterprise-Grade Innovation", the theme for the 25th edition of Apache’s popular conference series

Forest Hill, MD – 2 October 2012 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced ApacheCon North America 2013. The ASF's official conference, trainings, and expo returns to North America 24 February-2 March 2013 at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower in Portland, Oregon.

ApacheCon draws Open Source users, developers, gurus, students, novices, community managers, and enthusiasts to address today's issues, opportunities, and solutions focusing on the ASF's many diverse projects and initiatives. The event takes place 24 February-2 March 2013, starting with pre-conference trainings, BarCamp, and hackathon the first two days; main conference + expo 26-28 February; followed by post-conference sprints, workshops, and team building events.

This year's theme is "Open Source Community Leadership Drives Enterprise-Grade Innovation", reflecting the enormous reach of the ASF's software projects, from the ubiquitous Apache HTTP Server to dozens of initiatives in the Apache Incubator and Labs such as Allura, CloudStack, Cordova (nee Phonegap), Flex, and OpenOffice.

The Call For Papers is now open through 5 November 2012. Early-bird registration will open 23 November 2012. 

Developers and users of Apache technologies are invited to share their experiences, ideas, inspirations and knowledge. From the flagship Apache HTTP Server to Cassandra to Hadoop to Lucene/Solr to OODT to TrafficServer, Apache products power half the Internet, petabytes of data, teraflops of operations, billions of objects, and enhance the lives of countless users and developers. 

The ApacheCon program is created by Apache Members and Committers for the community-at-large: all content is carefully reviewed and selected by Apache Project Management Committee contributors. All those with an interest in Apache software are welcome to submit a proposal and celebrate the diversity of the projects under the Apache banner.

Who Should Attend
ApacheCon is for everyone! ASF affiliation is not required to present at, attend, or otherwise participate in ApacheCon. First held in 1999 for developers and users of the Apache Server to meet face-to-face, ApacheCon is the ASF's official conference, trainings, and expo series, and the public showcase for Apache innovations.

ApacheCon is the ideal opportunity for those currently developing Apache-based solutions, as well as those interested in committing code to an Apache project, contributing to the Apache Incubator, or enhancing their Open Source products and community practices. In addition, ApacheCon is a great way to meet the individual contributors behind some of the industry's most popular Apache projects through hands-on educational sessions and ample networking opportunities.

Stay Informed + Get Involved!
Keep up-to-date on the latest developments by subscribing to announce@apachecon.com and following @ApacheCon on Twitter. Those interested in becoming a part of the event planning process are invited to join and contribute to the apachecon-discuss mailing list at http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-apachecon-discuss/ . Locals and those familiar with the Portland area are invited to contribute to the "local guide" wiki as well!

Important Dates
5 November 2012: Call For Participation closes
23 November 2012: Early-bird registration opens
24-25 February 2013: Pre-Conference Trainings, BarCamp, and Hackathon
26-28 February 2013: Main Conference + Expo
1-2 March 2013: Post-Conference Sprints, workshops, team building

ApacheCon is produced by The Open Bastion in partnership with The Apache Software Foundation.

For more information and to submit a presentation proposal, visit http://apachecon.com/.

About The Open Bastion
The Open Bastion is the events arm of Open Source technology and education consultancy Holden Web. Founded by PyCon creator Steve Holden, The Open Bastion specializes in producing high-quality, Open Source and corporate technology events in the United States and Europe. Deeply committed to developing and supporting the Python community, Holden chaired the first three PyCon events and launched the OpenPython conference series held bi-coastally and regionally across America. Building on its success developing, seeding, and supporting Open Source community events, the company’s planning and management services have grown to include DjangoCon US in 2010, OpenDjango in 2012, and ApacheCon North America 2013. More information, including upcoming conferences, is available at http://theopenbastion.com/ and @TheOpenBastion on Twitter.

About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees nearly one hundred fifty leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server — the world's most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way", more than 400 individual Members and 3,500 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(3)(c) not-for-profit charity, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including AMD, Basis Technology, Citrix, Cloudera, Facebook, Go Daddy, Google, HP, Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, PSW Group, SpringSource/VMware, WANdisco, and Yahoo!. For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow @TheASF on Twitter.

"Apache", "Allura", "Apache Allura", "Cassandra", "Apache Cassandra", "CloudStack”, "Apache CloudStack”, "Cordova", "Apache Cordova", "Flex", "Apache Flex", "Hadoop", "Apache Hadoop", "Apache HTTP Server", "Lucene", "Apache Lucene", "OODT", "Apache OODT", "OpenOffice", "Apache OpenOffice", "Traffic Server", "Apache Traffic Server", and "ApacheCon" are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Contact:
Sally Khudairi
Vice President
The Apache Software Foundation
press@apache.org
+1 617 921 8656

Tuesday June 26, 2012

MEDIA ALERT: The Apache Software Foundation Announces "Apache @ OSCON"

WHO: The Apache Software Foundation (ASF); Apache powers half the Internet, petabytes of data, teraflops of operations, billions of objects, and enhances the lives of countless users and developers. Established in 1999 to shepherd, develop, and incubate Open Source innovations "The Apache Way", the ASF oversees 150+ projects led by a volunteer community of over 350 individual Members and 3,000 Committers across six continents.

WHAT: The ASF returns to OSCON, providing conference participants and members of the media and analyst community an opportunity to meet with members of the Apache community. Attendees can learn about how the ASF works, and discuss an array of Apache projects, from Abdera to Zookeper. Individuals and activities include:

1) ASF Directors and Officers:
- Rich Bowen –ASF Board; Apache HTTP Server; Apache Allura (Incubating)
- Shane Curcuru (OSCON presenter) –former ASF Board member; VP ASF Brand Management; Apache Incubator
- Ross Gardler –ASF Board; VP Apache Community Development; Apache Incubator
- Les Hazlewood –VP Apache Shiro
- Leif Hedstrom –VP Apache Traffic Server
- Jim Jagielski (OSCON presenter) –ASF President; VP Apache C++ Standard Library; Apache HTTP Server
- Sally Khudairi – VP ASF Marketing & Publicity
- Mahadev Konar (OSCON presenter) –VP Apache Zookeeper
- Arun Murthy (OSCON presenter) –VP Apache Hadoop
- Nóirín Plunkett (OSCON presenter) –ASF Executive Vice President
- Craig Russell –ASF Secretary; Apache OpenJPA
- Greg Stein –ASF Vice Chairman; VP Apache Subversion

2) ASF Members and Apache code Committers:
- David Geary (OSCON presenter) –Apache Struts
- Simon MacDonald (OSCON presenter) –Apache Incubator
- Justin Erenkrantz –former ASF President; Apache OODT; Apache Subversion Project Management Committee
- Sebastian Bergmann (OSCON presenter) –Apache Incubator
- Rasmus Lerdorf (OSCON presenter) –former ASF Board member; Apache HTTP Server Project Management Committee
- William Au (OSCON presenter) –Apache Lucene, Apache Solr
- Joe Bowser (OSCON presenter) – Apache Incubator
- Bastian Hofmann (OSCON presenter)  –Apache Shindig Project Management Committee
- Brian LeRoux (OSCON presenter) –Apache DeviceMap (Incubating)
- William A. Rowe Jr. –former ASF Board member; Apache HTTP Server; Apache Tomcat
- Danese Cooper –Apache Incubator Project Management Committee
- Jeffrey Taylor Potts –Apache Chemistry Project Management Committee
- Lennard de Rijk –Apache Wave (Incubating)
- Edward J. Yoon –Apache Bigtop (Incubating); Apache Hama (Incubating) Project Management Committee
- Dan Allen –Apache DeltaSpike (Incubating)
- Matthew Franklin –Apache Incubator Project Management Committee; Apache Rave
- Ryan Baxter –Apache Shindig Project Management Committee
- David Nalley –Apache Incubator
- Kevin Kluge –Apache Incubator

3) Pre-conference Hackathons, BarCamps, Talks, and MeetUps on various Apache Top-Level and Incubating Projects, including:
- Social & Widgets: Apache Wave (Incubating); Apache Rave; Apache Shindig
- Big Data & Content: Apache Chemistry; Apache Hama (Incubating)
- Cloud  & Web Infrastructure: Apache Traffic Server; Apache CloudStack (Incubating); Apache Shiro;  Apache HTTP Server Documentation
- Programming & Productivity: Apache OpenOffice (Incubating); Apache DeltaSpike (Incubating)

WHEN:

Pre-conference Hackathons, BarCamps, Talks, and MeetUps -- ROOM E142
- Monday 16 July –Social & Widgets; Big Data & Content
- Tuesday 17 July –Cloud & Web Infrastructure; Programming & Productivity

Birds of a Feather
- Thursday 19 July –Apache Allura (Incubating)

Expo Hall
- Tuesday 16 July –Opening Reception 5-6PM
- Wednesday 17 July –10AM-4.30PM; Booth Crawl 5.40-7PM
- Thursday 18 July –10AM-5PM (Expo close)

To view the complete OSCON schedule, visit http://www.oscon.com/

WHERE: OSCON –Oregon Convention Center, Portland

Pre-conference Hackathons, BarCamps, Talks, MeetUps, and BoFs: Location TBA

Expo: Hall D
- Apache Software Foundation - Booth #910
- Apache CloudStack - Booth #217 –sponsored by Citrix
- Apache Shiro - Booth #423 –sponsored by Stormpath

About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees nearly one hundred fifty leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server — the world's most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way," more than 400 individual Members and 3,500 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(3)(c) not-for-profit charity, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including AMD, Basis Technology, Citrix, Cloudera, Facebook, GoDaddy, Google, IBM, HP, Hortonworks, Huawei, Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, PSW Group, SpringSource, and Yahoo!. For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/.

"Apache", "Abdera", "Apache Abdera", "Apache Allura", "Apache BigTop", "Apache C++ Standard Library", "Apache Chemistry", "Apache CloudStack", "Apache DeltaSpike", "Apache DeviceMap", "Apache Hadoop", "Apache HTTP Server", "Apache Incubator", "Lucene", "Apache Lucene", "OODT", "Apache OODT", "Apache OpenJPA", "Shindig", "Apache Shindig", "Shiro", "Apache Shiro", "Solr", "Apache Solr", "Struts", "Apache Struts", "Subversion", "Apache Subversion", "Tomcat", "Apache Tomcat", "Traffic Server", "Apache Traffic Server", "Apache Wave", "Apache Zookeeper", and "ApacheCon" are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

For more information, contact:
Sally Khudairi
Vice President
The Apache Software Foundation
press@apache.org
+1 617 921 8656

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