Hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow — is L ucene interested?
[email protected] Wed, 6 May 2026 09:06:27 -0400
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--Apple-Mail=_BF78F2F5-A72B-4C3B-BEC4-5963912FAD51 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Hi Lucene community, >=20 > We're organizing a hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow 2026 = (October 11=E2=80=9314) and Lucene has sessions on the schedule. We'd = love for your community to participate. >=20 > The idea is simple: dedicated time and space at the conference for = contributors (new and existing) to work together on real tasks =E2=80=94 = fixing bugs, writing docs, tackling issues that need focused attention, = or onboarding new contributors. >=20 > To participate, we'd need a few things from your project: > =E2=80=A2 A point of contact =E2=80=94 someone we can coordinate = with on logistics and who'll be present at the event. > =E2=80=A2 A list of tasks =E2=80=94 bugs, docs, features, = good-first-issues, or whatever your project wants to focus on. This = helps people show up ready to contribute rather than spending the first = hour figuring out what to work on. > =E2=80=A2 Promotion =E2=80=94 a message to your dev@ and users@ = lists letting people know this is happening and encouraging them to = attend. >=20 > This is the first year we're bringing the hackathon back, so we're = treating it as a pilot =E2=80=94 we want to gauge interest before = committing to scale. Even if only a few contributors from your project = can participate, that's a great start. >=20 > If you're interested, please reply here or reach out to me directly. = Even a quick "yes, we're in" or "maybe, let's talk" is helpful as we = figure out how many projects to plan for. >=20 > Also, please join us in the #hackathon channel on the ApacheCon Slack = =E2=80=94 that's where we'll be coordinating as things come together: = http://s.apache.org/apachecon-slack >=20 > Thanks, > Rich, on behalf of the Community Over Code planners =E2=80=94=20 Rich Bowen [email protected] --Apple-Mail=_BF78F2F5-A72B-4C3B-BEC4-5963912FAD51 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html aria-label=3D"message body"><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" = content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body = style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = line-break: after-white-space;"><div = class=3D"Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass"><br></div><div = class=3D"Apple-Mail-URLShareWrapperClass" style=3D"position: relative = !important;"><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"border-left-style: none; = color: inherit; padding: inherit; margin: inherit;"> Hi Lucene community,<br><br>We're organizing a hackathon at Community = Over Code Glasgow 2026 (October 11=E2=80=9314) and Lucene has sessions = on the schedule. We'd love for your community to participate.<br><br>The = idea is simple: dedicated time and space at the conference for = contributors (new and existing) to work together on real tasks =E2=80=94 = fixing bugs, writing docs, tackling issues that need focused attention, = or onboarding new contributors.<br><br>To participate, we'd need a few = things from your project:<br><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span> =E2=80=A2 A point of = contact =E2=80=94 someone we can coordinate with on logistics and who'll = be present at the event.<br><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span> =E2=80=A2 A list of = tasks =E2=80=94 bugs, docs, features, good-first-issues, or whatever = your project wants to focus on. This helps people show up ready to = contribute rather than spending the first hour figuring out what to work = on.<br><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span> =E2=80=A2= Promotion =E2=80=94 a message to your dev@ and users@ lists letting = people know this is happening and encouraging them to = attend.<br><br>This is the first year we're bringing the hackathon back, = so we're treating it as a pilot =E2=80=94 we want to gauge interest = before committing to scale. Even if only a few contributors from your = project can participate, that's a great start.<br><br>If you're = interested, please reply here or reach out to me directly. Even a quick = "yes, we're in" or "maybe, let's talk" is helpful as we figure out how = many projects to plan for.<br><br>Also, please join us in the #hackathon = channel on the ApacheCon Slack =E2=80=94 that's where we'll be = coordinating as things come together: = http://s.apache.org/apachecon-slack<br><br>Thanks,<br>Rich, on behalf of = the Community Over Code planners </blockquote></div><br><br><div> <meta charset=3D"UTF-8"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: = after-white-space;"><div>=E2=80=94 </div><div>Rich = Bowen</div><div>[email protected]</div><div><br></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_BF78F2F5-A72B-4C3B-BEC4-5963912FAD51--