Re: JGroups workshop

great idea - anybody interested in a San Francisco Location ?

-Seamus

Bela Ban 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 ?
>
>   


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