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Subject: Re: We should be at ApacheCon North America in February 2013
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=46wiw I think there are two (maybe three...) talks and one training sess=
ion going in from Cloudant. Hopefully I'll be there with some other folk.=
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On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 at 23:44, Jan Lehnardt wrote:

> Hi all,
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> the subject says it. All infos are here:
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> http://na.apachecon.com
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> (It is in lovely Portland Oregon, if you need any excuse, =46ebruary 24=
-28, 2013 :)
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> I likely can=E2=80=99t make it myself, so I am counting on you guys to =
pick up the bat=21
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> There are multiple ways of getting involved. I hope we can show a stron=
g CouchDB presence.
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> 1. Attend. Just get a ticket and go. If you are a committer, special ra=
tes apply. (If you are on the fence about contributing, now is a good tim=
e to gain the commit bit in time :) =E2=80=94 The more CouchDB folks atte=
nd, the better a time everybody will have, and the more we can show the w=
orld that we are awesome :)
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> 2. Give a talk. There are plenty of things to talk about in CouchDB lan=
d, why not do some of it=3F :) =E2=80=94 Below is a list of potential top=
ics. =46or some of them I have ready talks, abstracts, sometimes even sli=
des and recordings from previous talks, all of which I am happy to share =
and make available for you to take and make your own.
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> - Introduction to CouchDB
> - Introduction to BigCouch
> - Introduction to PouchDB
> - Introduction to TouchDB
> - Advanced CouchDB / BigCouch / PouchDB / TouchDB
> - Building Apps with a distributed databases (dealing with conflicts an=
d whatnot)
> - The CouchDB Implementation.
> - CouchDB Grows Up: the state of the CouchDB community
> - CouchDB and Git at Apache, sharing experiences
> - Your CouchDB Use Case (why you use it and how)
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> The rules are outline in the Call for Papers: =20
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> http://na.apachecon.com/cfp/
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> The one caveat is the deadline, it is *this Sunday*, November 11th, no =
late-comers. I hope we can still get a bunch of things in, I=E2=80=99m co=
unting on you. Especially the US & Canada based non-committers here, this=
 is a great way to give back to the CouchDB project if you want to.
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> If you think you are not qualified, bullshit, if you read this, you wil=
l be fine to give most of the talks above. If you have anything else in m=
ind, submit that, too :)
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> If you need any assistance writing the abstract, making slides later an=
d rehearsing, please get in touch, myself & others here are happy to help=
.
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> If you think this is intimidating, it most certainly is (lot=E2=80=99s =
of smart people that one doesn=E2=80=99t know, foreign city, etc). I guar=
antee it is worth getting over this. The Apache folks a friendly bunch, e=
ven if they come over rough sometimes on mailing lists. It is really nice=
 to put names to faces and I=E2=80=99m sure you will make a friend or two=
.
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> Plus, this is a great opportunity to check out on other projects. I am =
currently at ApacheCon EU and I learned tons about Cassandra and Lucene, =
both of which have implemented things we might want to look at in the fut=
ure.
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> Last but not least, there is a budget for helping with travel expenses.=

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> 3. Run / attend a community event. The two days before ApacheCon proper=
 are reserved for all sorts of community events like BarCamps, Hackathons=
, Trainings and whatnot. I=E2=80=99d love to see a CouchHack-like event t=
here, where devs and users can come together, and teach and learn and hac=
k together. All we need is a space to do things. I know we have friends i=
n Portland that could help with that. It=E2=80=99d be a matter of attendi=
ng and volunteering to help to be around. =E2=80=94 I=E2=80=99d love if o=
ne of you could step up and say, =E2=80=9CHey, I=E2=80=99ll take this=E2=80=
=9D and then you, or a small group, can set everything up and invite ever=
ybody to come.
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> I=E2=80=99ve done this before in Berlin and it is great fun and not a l=
ot of work, so I agreed to do it again (the promised email is forthcoming=
) in Berlin. If you think you can do it, but need help, let us know loud =
and clear, together we can do this=21
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> * * *
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> If you have any questions, please get in touch. I hope we can turn this=
 into a great event for the CouchDB community, by the CouchDB community :=
)
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> May the Couch be with you,
> Jan
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