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On May 10, 2012, at 7:34 PM, Leif Hedstrom wrote:

> On 5/10/12 5:15 PM, Troy Howard wrote:
>> Hmm.. Considering the 2 day padding around the main conference,
>> perhaps Mon/Tue unconf, Wed/Thu/Fri conf, Sat/Sun sprints? Sprints
>> could be partially decentralized (and still be successful) if people
>> had to leave town on say Saturday or Sunday to make it back in time
>> for a Monday work day.
>>=20
>=20
> I agree with that, personally I prefer a schedule that fits in on =
Mon-Fri, avoiding the weekends as much as possible.
>=20
> -- leif
>=20


Just a quick update, and to thank everyone for their thoughts. It was =
really helpful to know what mattered and what didn't. Since we are new =
to the Apache community I don't want it to seem that we are insensitive =
to community needs.

We decided to avoid President's day and we are currently awaiting =
confirmation from the venue that February 26, 27 and 28 remain =
available. If they are then we intend to sign a contract with the hotel =
for those dates as soon as the agreement between the ASF and The Open =
Bastion is in place.

This means the "core" conference will run Tuesday through Thursday. We =
anticipate that there will be two days of =
leadership/governance/unconference activity preceding the conference and =
two days of sprints following it. Those who like to spend their weekends =
at home should still be able to participate in at least one day of each.

I'll let you know more when I do, but I believe that a formal =
announcement fro the Foundation is expected about the middle of June.

As far as activities going /into/ the two days preceding the conference =
proper we are very open to hearing what people would like to be able to =
do. Also, if you have ideas for bringing new groups to the conference =
(smaller projects, for example, and potential new committers) we'll =
certainly reach out to them and try and make them feel welcome.

regards
 Steve
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