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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:12:24 +0400
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Subject: Re: [general] Open Source Jumpstart London 2010
From: Alexei Fedotov <alexei.fedotov@gmail.com>
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Mark, thank you for very detailed answer.

Apache application fails to find a mentor. We have four GSoC mentors
in Moscow, and free software school project makes a strong community.
We cannot replicate Zoe of course, but want to take chances anyway.
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On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Mark Hindess
<mark.hindess@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> In message <w2qc30d70961004202307ybd6c9226q144c67645196ffb0@mail.gmail.co=
m>,
> Alexei Fedotov writes:
>>
>> Mark,
>> I see IBM, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank participated in the event.
>> Do you know any reference explaining more about event organization,
>> e.g. who may sponsor event like this in Moscow?
>
> I was one of the organisers. =9AIt was really just organised by
> individuals that happened to work for those companies[0] rather than
> by "companies" as such. =9AAt the London Java Unconference last year,
> there was a session to discuss the question "what can graduates do to
> distinguish themselves from their peers?"[1] posed by Barry Clearview, a
> recruiter who runs a Graduate Developer Community.
>
> This event was part of the answer.
>
> You really need to find some committed individuals to organise it. =9AWe
> were fortunate to find several of these at the London Java Unconference
> and via other contacts in the London Java Community (also run by Barry).
> What you really need to replicate the event is a Zoe Slattery! =9AShe
> persuaded IBM to let us have the venue andpay for lunch, and did a huge
> amount of organising everything else (including the other organisers).
>
> Are there any user groups or similar you could work with in Moscow? =9AYo=
u
> could also see if there are any "local" mentors registered in the Apache
> Community Development "find a mentor" app[2]?
>
> You also need to invite graduates. =9AObviously, Barry invited members
> of the Graduate Development Community that he organises. =9AIf there
> is no equivalent community, you could probably just contact regional
> universities directly.
>
> Regards,
> =9AMark.
>
> [0] Although IBM provided the venue and the IBM Innovation Centre
> =9A =9Aprovided sponsorship to cover other costs.
>
> [1] The question was something like that, I don't really recall exactly.
>
> [2] http://community.zones.apache.org/
>
>
>