Re: ApacheCon Brazil - Why we need it? (Open Letter)

On Tue, 9 Nov 2010, Bruno Borges wrote:
> Now this year, with JavaOne going to happen in Brazil, and the sessions 
> that were scheduled, I believe it is now the time to bring ApacheCon. 
> There's no single talk about anything related to the Apache Software 
> Foundation in this South America version of JavaOne. And I feel really 
> sad about that. Sad that people that are behind the organization had the 
> opportunity to accept papers (I myself proposed Wicket and Camel - 
> papers I have been presenting since 2008 for rooms of 30~40 attenders).

You could always ask them about running some sort of Apache content during 
the conference, if you waive the usual speakers perks, or propose a half 
day barcamp with an apache theme - you never know they might for one

> We already have ApacheCon Europe and North America. I'm sure we can do 
> ApacheCon South America.

As Ross has pointed out, you'll need to build a team of Apache people on 
the ground before this could happen. I'd strongly suggest you try running 
a one day BarCampApache (or similar) first. They're really great fun to 
attend, not too hard to put on, and should be a great way to draw some 
more apache people out of the woodwork. Once your crack team of barcamp 
organisers has been formed + run a couple of events, you'll hopefully be 
ready to tackle a full apachecon :)

Nick