Re: JGroups workshop

Hi Bela,
Very good idea ++.
I'm currently working in Paris, I'm sure that we could gather a group
for this workshop here.
I've already participated to such community events, and it was very
valuable and also very nice to meet for real :)

Mehdi


On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Bela Ban <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been thinking whether it would make sense to have a 1 or 2 day
> JGroups workshop ?
>
> Use of JGroups has grown significantly over the years, and we have now
> 2000-3000 downloads / months on a regular basis, totalling 130'000
> downloads over its life time. The user mailing list also has 340 and the
> dev list 130 subscribers.
>
> Is there any interest from the community in having such a workshop ?
>
> The following points come to my mind when thinking about this:
>
>    * Attendance cost should be minimal, as this should be a community
>      event. It would basically have to cover my travel costs, and the
>      venue (hotel room?)
>    * US or Europe ?
>    * Maybe someone could sponsor the location, e.g. a company's meeting
>      room
>    * I'm thinking 20 people would be the right size
>
>
>
> The agenda would be determined largely by the attendees, but I could
> think of something like this:
>
>    * Presentation of the latest releases (feature wise)
>    * Tips & tricks, pitfalls to avoid, best practices
>    * Performance tuning
>    * Diagnosis tools, JMX, probe.sh
>    * Programming of protocols (maybe not !)
>    * Architectural questions
>    * Experience exchange
>    * Specific issues, bugs, questions etc
>
>
>
> Whay do people think ? Would you attend such an event ?
>
> --
> Bela Ban
> Lead JGroups / Clustering Team
> JBoss
>
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