> On Dec 14, 2017, at 7:12 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > > > > On 12/12/2017 02:18 PM, Leif Hedstrom wrote: >>> On Dec 12, 2017, at 6:34 AM, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: >>> >>> On 12/12/2017 8:26 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: >>>> Unclear what distinction you're making here. Apachecon is of course short >>>> for "apache conference". The brand has a following. >>> The distinction is I am looking at something smaller like a BarCamp level event not an AC level event. >> I can definitely see the value in this, but it's somewhat saddening if ApacheCon as a conference would no longer exist :-/. But, if it’s not a viable Conference, we should stop wasting our time / money... > > ApacheCon will still exist. That is certainly the plan. The board approved a substantial amount of money for ApacheCon to continue to exist. > > What's frustrating to me is all the people spreading the message that ApacheCon is no longer going to exist. This is making my job a lot harder, because everyone I approach already "knows" that ApacheCon is no longer going to exist. > >> BarCamp and project Summits are great, we do 2 every year in my primary projects. In an ideal world, I’d still like to see an ApacheCon with a 3 or 4 days program: >> * 1-2 days of BarCamp / Project Summits, at the conference location, sponsored for any projects who wants to organize one. I’m OK with requiring an ApacheCon registration go participate here. >> * 2 days of a topic based, 2-track Apache related conference. I would strongly encourage that we broaden the horizon here, such that a talk would not necessarily need to be specific to one (or a few). Almost everyone is using at least one Apache Project for any solution they made, and I think it’d be interesting to learn more about how ASF projects are used together with other projects for example. > > What you describe here is indeed exactly what the plan is. I need help to make it happen. Where do I sing up? — leif --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@community.apache.org