Hi All,
In our previous discussions we committed to sponsoring a small booth at
both the Spring and Fall SNW conferences to promote the project, and we
need to begin preparing for the upcoming conference in October (the
event will be hosted during the week of October 15-18 in Dallas, Texas).
As the Community Outreach Chair, I am preparing a cost estimate for a
sponsorship and event roadmap/timeline similar to what we did to prepare
for the Spring conference. The assumption is that we will facilitate
this again through the Eclipse Foundation, and I am scheduling a
discussion with them to begin the process.
I would like to resurrect our bi-weekly event calls beginning with
August 16 and leading up to the event. Thursday afternoon (5-6 EDT)
seemed to work well before, so I'm hoping this will be a good time for
these calls. In the meantime, I will prepare the sponsorship estimate
and a timeline with key dates and will distribute through the mailing
list, newsgroup, and wiki. This sponsorship will only be possible with
financial contributions from across the community, so please consider
how your organization might be able to participate. We had a lot of fun
at the Spring SNW, and we were able to generate a lot of enthusiasm for
Aperi. We've made great progress in our first year, and industry
observers are excited to see that. Let's keep the momentum going! I look
forward to speaking with you all soon.