• Airport: YVR
• Getting to the hotel: VancouverTips
• Local Google Map of Hotel
• The Westin Bayshore is the conference location
• The conference sessions/expo will all have an ApacheCon wifi network available all day. Wifi is available in hotel rooms for an extra charge.

Conference schedule and discussions:

• See the official conference schedule
• Sign into the CrowdVine /Connect social network to create a personalized schedule (exportable as .ics and other formats) – this includes discussion boards/ratings for all sessions
• Lanyrd users can see a schedule there too.

Social Networks:

• ApacheCon on FaceBook
• ApacheCon on LinkedIn
• ApacheCon on Xing
• ApacheCon on Upcoming
• ApacheCon on Lanyrd
• ApacheCon on CrowdVine (our default social network!)

Official @ApacheCon twitter feed.

If you’re interested in sponsoring the ASF at a higher level, we’d love that too, and I might have a bunch of buttons for you!

You may also see a number of people at ApacheCon featuring giant “Ask Me!” buttons with the Apache feather on them. Please – follow directions, and ask us your questions! A number of knowledgeable members are wearing these buttons, and will be happy to answer your questions about what the larger ASF is all about, and why the organization behind all of our great projects is also important to support.

For those who can’t make it to ApacheCon, please feel free to contact me offline or on the mailing list for your button.

Reminder: Apache and the feather logo are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation, along with the names of our many projects – and should be used with respect both for the ASF as a whole and for the many committers in our project communities.

We also offer some free events – these are open to the public, even if you can’t attend ApacheCon sessions or trainings. We do ask that you sign up in advance if possible, so organizers know how large a crowd to expect.

• BarCamp Apache is free and runs during the day on Monday and Tuesday. Sign up, show up, and lead your own session with other BarCamp attendees!
• Apache Meetups are hosted Monday through Thursday nights, starting at 8pm. We have meetups covering Apache projects like Hadoop, Lucene & Solr, Cassandra, Tomcat, Subversion, Deltacloud, Felix & OSGi, and of course the HTTP server. Meetups are free to attend by all.

If you are interested in any of the paid sessions or free events at ApacheCon, then you can show your interest by signing up on these popular social networks:

• CrowdVine supplies the official social network for ApacheCon
• ApacheCon on LinkedIn
• ApacheCon on Facebook
• ApacheCon on Upcoming
• ApacheCon on Xing

Follow @ApacheCon to learn more!

• Pack layers; the weather is a beautiful sunny 70degF days/50degF nights.
• From SFO and OAK, take the BART light rail trains to the 12th Street Oakland City Center stop. From OAK, you’ll first take the AirBART bus to the BART station, which requires $3 exact change on the bus.
• The Bay Bridge is open once again, so you can drive, although the BART is highly recommended unless you need assistance.
• The Marriott hotel tower is kittycorner/diagonally across the street from the 12th street BART station – it’s closer than you think.
• All conference events are in the Convention Center, which is in the same building as the Marriott: walk through the reception area around and past the escalators to the second floor conference rooms.
• Sessions and Meetups are held on the first floor main conference halls, and in the 200-series rooms on the second floor of the convention center.

Roundup of information about ApacheCon:

• Schedule Grid
• Meetups
• CrowdVine - social networking site with attendee blog feeds
• Planet Apache – committer feeds
• Official Twitter Feed and a metafeed of #apachecon tweets and pictures

To see the schedule and register, visit http://www.us.apachecon.com/ Be sure to consider booking your hotel now too for the special discount.

Note: Community members wishing to attend ApacheCon, but who are unable to do so due to financial reasons are encouraged to apply for Travel Assistance before 17-August by completing the form at http://www.apache.org/travel/ Financial support for flights, accommodation, subsistence, and conference fees are available. Anyone involved in Open Source is welcome to apply for financial support for flights, accommodation, subsistence and Conference fees. Hurry, applications close on 17 August.

Some of the 10th anniversary items we’ve posted this week include:

• Chairman’s letter officially commemorating 10th anniversary
• The official Foundation blog (PRC organizing high-level posts)

Blog post about the 10th anniversary celebrations (we’re hoping to get a lot of comments on this one)

https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_asf_is_ten_years

• Live streaming of keynotes, lunch talks, founder’s panel

Note: there’s a delay of several days, but our video streaming partner Linux Magazine will be putting all the video content (free and paid) into their archive. Stay tuned for a note when it’s available in the archive, but several of these talks are definitely worth watching again.

Tip: there will also be a video or two of us – all the ApacheCon attendees – signing Happy Birthday to Apache.

If you don’t have your badge yet, registration will open at 08:00 in the main conference area of the hotel, upstairs from the lobby, and sessions start at 09:00 on Wednesday.

If you’re already at ApacheCon, I’m jealous – I hope you’ve been enjoying the trainings, Hackathon, and BarCampApache this year, along with the stellarly attended Meetups this year!

Along with the many data feeds about the ASF and ApacheCon, please be sure to check out the new official blog of the ASF at http://blogs.apache.org/foundation/, hosted on our own Apache Roller blogging platform, of course! Many thanks to our infrastructure volunteers for setting up our blogging system.

ApacheCon Europe 2009 publishes our downloadable Program Guide; provides live Video Streams; has free signups available for MeetUps and the BarCamp; and announces Save-the-Date for upcoming conferences and events. Everything you need to know: http://www.eu.apachecon.com

Download the ApacheCon Program Guide

The listing of everything at the conference downloadable as PDF:
http://eu.apachecon.com/c/aceu2009/about/conference-resources

Can’t Attend? Live Video Streams Of Keynotes Free

Watch our keynotes and lunchtime sessions for free with live streaming video from Linux New Media. Full session tracks are available for a fee. Free and paid tracks are available in an archive later.
http://xrl.us/aceu09vid

Special Events: MeetUps, BarCampApache – Free

• It’s free to attend BarCampApache on Monday, 23 March during the day.
  http://barcamp.org/BarCampApache – Add your name to participate
• MeetUps on Monday and Tuesday evening are also free.
  Monday at 19:00: join the Maven and Portals communities.
  Tuesday at 19:00: join Wicket, Lucene, and JCR/Jackrabbit/Sling.
  http://xrl.us/aceu09mc MeetUp schedule and sign up to participate

Save The Dates! ApacheCon and More

BarCampApacheOxford

4-5 April 2009 – Oxford, England
http://barcamp.org/BarCampApacheOxford

ApacheCon US 2009 – Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The ASF!

2-6 November 2009 – Oakland, CA
http://www.us.apachecon.com

ApacheCon Europe 2010

Spring 2010

ApacheCon US 2010

1-5 November 2010 – Atlanta, GA

ApacheCon North America 2011

7–11 November 2011 – Vancouver BC, Canada

Interested in sponsoring ApacheCon?

Contact Delia Frees at delia@apachecon.com for further information.
http://xrl.us/aceu09ss Our current sponsor list

–
ApacheCon Europe 2009 Team
planners-2009-eu -at -apachecon.com
http://www.eu.apachecon.com

Remember that if you can’t make it, you’ll still be able to watch some of our content, which is being offered as a live (or recorded) video stream of ApacheCon by Linux Pro Magazine.

Astute readers will realize that I’ve finally admitted I missed a few days of updates earlier on. This was because your host – Shane – has both been working overtime at $dayjob, as well as arranging a small family birthday this past week.

That is a prime example of why some people believe in Community Over Code. One-person projects will falter when the person either moves on, gets too busy, or simply has finished the features that they needed from the projects. Projects with a handful of developers from a single company will always fall by the wayside if their company moves in a different direction, or has a major crunch period of internal work. The best way to ensure the longevity and greater success of a project is to build a community of equals around it.

ApacheCon Europe 2009 announces our Keynote Speakers; welcomes you to our Special Events; reminds you our Special Package Discount expires at the end of today; and issues last call for ApacheCon US 2009 CFPs!

ApacheCon Europe 2009 Keynote Speakers

• Wednesday: Raghu Ramakrishnan, “Data Management in the Cloud”
• Thursday: James Governor of Red Monk
• Friday: Apache Pioneer’s Panel – 10 years of The Apache Software Foundation – featuring luminaries from early days of the ASF

Special Events: MeetUps, BarCampApache, and more

• Join the Wicket, Jackrabbit, Portals, Lucene, and Maven communities in
  their free MeetUps on Monday and Tuesday night. MeetUps are for hacking
  with the committers, and bringing your user question to the community. See the MeetUp schedule and sign up to participate
• Sign up to attend BarCampApache (also free) on Monday, where everyone
  can be a speaker. Be sure to sign up your name on the wiki soon! Add your name to the BarCamp wiki to participate.

Special Discount Package of EUR 150 off *ends* after 13 March!

The Special Discount Package provides a saving of EUR 150 off of the Full Conference price, only for guests staying at the Mövenpick Hotel for 2 or more nights. To qualify for this discount you will need to register at the Mövenpick using our link for your reservation, and then register for the conference as an attendee, and select the “Special Discount Package” registration checkbox.

Book your hotel room, and Register for the conference.

CFP for ApacheCon US 2009 closes!

You may still submit a CFP for ApacheCon US 2009, held 2-6 November in
Oakland CA until the submissions closing deadline of 14 March 2009 at
12:00 GMT.

Interested in sponsoring ApacheCon or related events?

Contact Delia
Frees at delia@apachecon.com for further information. Or, see the current sponsors of ApacheCon Europe 2009.

–
ApacheCon Europe 2009 Team
planners-2009-eu@apachecon.com

http://www.eu.apachecon.com