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From: Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org>
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Subject: We should be at ApacheCon North America in February 2013
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 00:44:37 +0100
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Hi all,

the subject says it. All infos are here:

    http://na.apachecon.com

(It is in lovely Portland Oregon, if you need any excuse, February =
24-28, 2013 :)

I likely can=92t make it myself, so I am counting on you guys to pick up =
the bat!

There are multiple ways of getting involved. I hope we can show a strong =
CouchDB presence.


1. Attend. Just get a ticket and go. If you are a committer, special =
rates apply. (If you are on the fence about contributing, now is a good =
time to gain the commit bit in time :) =97 The more CouchDB folks =
attend, the better a time everybody will have, and the more we can show =
the world that we are awesome :)


2. Give a talk. There are plenty of things to talk about in CouchDB =
land, why not do some of it? :) =97 Below is a list of potential topics. =
For some of them I have ready talks, abstracts, sometimes even slides =
and recordings from previous talks, all of which I am happy to share and =
make available for you to take and make your own.

- 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 and =
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)

The rules are outline in the Call for Papers:=20

    http://na.apachecon.com/cfp/

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=92m =
counting 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.

If you think you are not qualified, bullshit, if you read this, you will =
be fine to give most of the talks  above. If you have anything else in =
mind, submit that, too :)

If you need any assistance writing the abstract, making slides later and =
rehearsing, please get in touch, myself & others here are happy to help.

If you think this is intimidating, it most certainly is (lot=92s of =
smart people that one doesn=92t know, foreign city, etc). I guarantee it =
is worth getting over this. The Apache folks a friendly bunch, even if =
they come over rough sometimes on mailing lists. It is really nice to =
put names to faces and I=92m sure you will make a friend or two.

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 =
future.

Last but not least, there is a budget for helping with travel expenses.


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=92d love to see a CouchHack-like =
event there, where devs and users can come together, and teach and learn =
and hack together. All we need is a space to do things. I know we have =
friends in Portland that could help with that. It=92d be a matter of =
attending and volunteering to help to be around. =97 I=92d love if one =
of you could step up and say, =93Hey, I=92ll take this=94 and then you, =
or a small group, can set everything up and invite everybody to come.

I=92ve done this before in Berlin and it is great fun and not a lot 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!


* * *

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 =
:)


May the Couch be with you,
Jan
--=20