[ANNOUNCE] JCR community gathering on April 8th in Amsterdam

[Jukka Zitting <ju...@apache.org>]

Hi,

I am pleased to officially announce the first JCR community gathering
in Amsterdam on April 8th. This JCR meetup event is targeted to
everyone interested in the JCR standard and applications built using
JCR. All JCR users and developers are welcome to participate.

    What: JCR community gathering
    When: Tuesday, April 8, 09:00-14:00
    Where: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
    More info: http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/JcrMeetupApril2008

The event is free for everyone and will take place right next to the
ApacheCon venue in Amsterdam. ApacheCon attendance is not required for
participating in the JCR community gathering.

Why should I attend?

    * Share your projects with JCR
      ... and learn what others are doing

    * Help shape future direction
      Discuss roadmaps, designs, architectures, and issues

    * Learn the best practices with JCR
      Talk to your peers about best practices

The program of the gathering will consist of short (up to 30m)
presentations, demos, discussions, etc. that anyone is welcome to
propose. One key purpose of the gathering is to get to know what each
of us is up to, so it would be really cool if you'd like to present or
demo what you're doing with JCR!

Registration

Please let us know if you're interested in participating by adding
your name to http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/JcrMeetupApril2008.
Please note that you have to login into the Wiki to be able to add
your name to the list.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them on the Jackrabbit or
Sling mailing lists or directly to Jukka Zitting (jukka@apache.org).

Related events

The ApacheCon itself will of course also have JCR-related content. If
you're attending the conference, remember the following:

    * JCR in Action - Content-based Applications with Apache Jackrabbit
      presentation by Carsten Ziegeler on Thursday, April 10th, 17:30

    * File system on Steroids - an Introduction to JCR
      presentation by Jukka Zitting on Friday, April 11th, 10:00

    * Apache Sling BOF

There are also two other meetup events taking place during the
Hackathon days of ApacheCon EU:

    * Apache Portals meetup on Monday, 9am-11pm
      http://wiki.apache.org/portals/MeetupAmsterdam2008

    * Apache Wicket meetup on Tuesday, 3pm-9pm
      http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/ShoB

Best regards,

Jukka Zitting