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Apache Con in Africa?
Hi All,
I attended Apache Con Europe (big data and core) two weeks ago and a couple of us were floating the idea of getting an ApacheCon Africa to happen. We were talking South Africa specifically given our origins but in general the continent’s awake to tech and open source and S. Africa’s just one part.
The essence of our discussions distilled down to - make a monetary business case for it and it could happen - so I just wanted to stick this out there so the idea could maybe start to evolve…
Reasons for it to happen:
- There are a bunch of apache committers in S. Africa but honestly it’s super expensive for us to get to any ApacheCon elsewhere (flip side - it’s cheap to come to us)
- It’s a stunning venue!
- S. Africa’s the gateway to Africa in so much as importing tech is concerned (Nigeria and others aren’t waiting for the world but are just inventing their own<http://fossfa.net/> (Free software and open source foundation for Africa) :)
- There are big tech projects happening and more coming: i.e things to get involved in / things to expose to ASF
Eg: The Square Kilometer Array telescope <http://www.ska.ac.za/meerkat/> or HPC community<http://www.chpcconf.co.za/> , or Space science<http://www.sansa.org.za/earthobservation/services> and engineering community or energy community or business
- And just for kicks – apparently we know how to use water powered rockets best (yesterday’s slashdot<http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/10/08/1639243/university-of-cape-town-team-breaks-world-water-rocketry-record>)
Honestly, I’m sure others know more and better reasons than me too. Obviously we're biased – it would benefit the S. Africa software community more than anything else - but also think it’d be a win for ASF community!
Jane
Other links:
OpenSource software and small businesses conference 2016<http://www.waset.org/conference/2016/01/johannesburg/ICOSSSB>
Banking<http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/financial/2015/07/16/nedbank-rolls-out-sas-first-big-data-service>
openOffice supporting African Languages<http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-282/computing/open-office-now-avai/en>
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Jane Wyngaard, Ph.D
Postdoctoral scholar
Instrument software and science data systems Section (398)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive MS: 158-256D
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Re: Apache Con in Africa?
Posted by Santiago Gala <sg...@apache.org>.
i'm currenty based in Dubai (UAE) and I'm definitive willing to help in
what I can. The Gulf is much more oriented towards Africa than Europe, and
I tend to agree that venues in places like Nigeria, Kenia, South Africa,
Egipt, Ethiopia... are probably more suitable than a venue in the
Mediterranean, where people has relatively easy access to ApacheCON EU.
If this proceeds I would be interested to help from my little spot in
GST/Persian Gulf.
Regards
Santiago
El lun., 19 oct. 2015 a las 17:31, Rich Bowen (<rb...@rcbowen.com>)
escribió:
> As the liaison to The Linux Foundation, who does ot ApacheCon events in Eu
> and NA, I'd ask do you want to do this under that arrangement or do you
> want to do this differently? Angela is willing, but our contract doesn't
> require it, since Africa is not explicitly covered.
>
> By the way, yes, I'm absolutely behind doing this, either in SA or Kenya.
> On Oct 16, 2015 18:04, "Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate)" <
> Jane.R.Wyngaard@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I attended Apache Con Europe (big data and core) two weeks ago and a
> > couple of us were floating the idea of getting an ApacheCon Africa to
> > happen. We were talking South Africa specifically given our origins but
> in
> > general the continent’s awake to tech and open source and S. Africa’s
> just
> > one part.
> >
> > The essence of our discussions distilled down to - make a monetary
> > business case for it and it could happen - so I just wanted to stick this
> > out there so the idea could maybe start to evolve…
> >
> > Reasons for it to happen:
> > - There are a bunch of apache committers in S. Africa but honestly it’s
> > super expensive for us to get to any ApacheCon elsewhere (flip side -
> it’s
> > cheap to come to us)
> > - It’s a stunning venue!
> > - S. Africa’s the gateway to Africa in so much as importing tech is
> > concerned (Nigeria and others aren’t waiting for the world but are just
> > inventing their own<http://fossfa.net/> (Free software and open source
> > foundation for Africa) :)
> > - There are big tech projects happening and more coming: i.e things to
> > get involved in / things to expose to ASF
> > Eg: The Square Kilometer Array telescope <http://www.ska.ac.za/meerkat/>
> > or HPC community<http://www.chpcconf.co.za/> , or Space science<
> > http://www.sansa.org.za/earthobservation/services> and engineering
> > community or energy community or business
> >
> >
> > - And just for kicks – apparently we know how to use water powered
> > rockets best (yesterday’s slashdot<
> >
> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/10/08/1639243/university-of-cape-town-team-breaks-world-water-rocketry-record
> > >)
> >
> > Honestly, I’m sure others know more and better reasons than me too.
> > Obviously we're biased – it would benefit the S. Africa software
> community
> > more than anything else - but also think it’d be a win for ASF
> community!
> >
> >
> > Jane
> >
> > Other links:
> > OpenSource software and small businesses conference 2016<
> > http://www.waset.org/conference/2016/01/johannesburg/ICOSSSB>
> > Banking<
> >
> http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/financial/2015/07/16/nedbank-rolls-out-sas-first-big-data-service
> > >
> > openOffice supporting African Languages<
> >
> http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-282/computing/open-office-now-avai/en
> > >
> >
> >
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> >
> > Jane Wyngaard, Ph.D
> > Postdoctoral scholar
> > Instrument software and science data systems Section (398)
> >
> > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
> > 4800 Oak Grove Drive MS: 158-256D
> > Pasadena, CA 91109
> >
> > Phone: 818/354-6237
> > Email: Jane.R.Wyngaard@jpl.nasa.gov<ma...@jpl.nasa.gov>
> >
> >
> >
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Re: Apache Con in Africa?
Posted by Jim Jagielski <ji...@jaguNET.com>.
If LF would be willing, I would really like for us to take this
further under consideration!
> On Oct 19, 2015, at 11:30 AM, Rich Bowen <rb...@rcbowen.com> wrote:
>
> As the liaison to The Linux Foundation, who does ot ApacheCon events in Eu
> and NA, I'd ask do you want to do this under that arrangement or do you
> want to do this differently? Angela is willing, but our contract doesn't
> require it, since Africa is not explicitly covered.
>
> By the way, yes, I'm absolutely behind doing this, either in SA or Kenya.
> On Oct 16, 2015 18:04, "Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate)" <
> Jane.R.Wyngaard@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I attended Apache Con Europe (big data and core) two weeks ago and a
>> couple of us were floating the idea of getting an ApacheCon Africa to
>> happen. We were talking South Africa specifically given our origins but in
>> general the continent’s awake to tech and open source and S. Africa’s just
>> one part.
>>
>> The essence of our discussions distilled down to - make a monetary
>> business case for it and it could happen - so I just wanted to stick this
>> out there so the idea could maybe start to evolve…
>>
>> Reasons for it to happen:
>> - There are a bunch of apache committers in S. Africa but honestly it’s
>> super expensive for us to get to any ApacheCon elsewhere (flip side - it’s
>> cheap to come to us)
>> - It’s a stunning venue!
>> - S. Africa’s the gateway to Africa in so much as importing tech is
>> concerned (Nigeria and others aren’t waiting for the world but are just
>> inventing their own<http://fossfa.net/> (Free software and open source
>> foundation for Africa) :)
>> - There are big tech projects happening and more coming: i.e things to
>> get involved in / things to expose to ASF
>> Eg: The Square Kilometer Array telescope <http://www.ska.ac.za/meerkat/>
>> or HPC community<http://www.chpcconf.co.za/> , or Space science<
>> http://www.sansa.org.za/earthobservation/services> and engineering
>> community or energy community or business
>>
>>
>> - And just for kicks – apparently we know how to use water powered
>> rockets best (yesterday’s slashdot<
>> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/10/08/1639243/university-of-cape-town-team-breaks-world-water-rocketry-record
>>> )
>>
>> Honestly, I’m sure others know more and better reasons than me too.
>> Obviously we're biased – it would benefit the S. Africa software community
>> more than anything else - but also think it’d be a win for ASF community!
>>
>>
>> Jane
>>
>> Other links:
>> OpenSource software and small businesses conference 2016<
>> http://www.waset.org/conference/2016/01/johannesburg/ICOSSSB>
>> Banking<
>> http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/financial/2015/07/16/nedbank-rolls-out-sas-first-big-data-service
>>>
>> openOffice supporting African Languages<
>> http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-282/computing/open-office-now-avai/en
>>>
>>
>>
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>>
>> Jane Wyngaard, Ph.D
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>>
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Re: Apache Con in Africa?
Posted by Rich Bowen <rb...@rcbowen.com>.
As the liaison to The Linux Foundation, who does ot ApacheCon events in Eu
and NA, I'd ask do you want to do this under that arrangement or do you
want to do this differently? Angela is willing, but our contract doesn't
require it, since Africa is not explicitly covered.
By the way, yes, I'm absolutely behind doing this, either in SA or Kenya.
On Oct 16, 2015 18:04, "Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate)" <
Jane.R.Wyngaard@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I attended Apache Con Europe (big data and core) two weeks ago and a
> couple of us were floating the idea of getting an ApacheCon Africa to
> happen. We were talking South Africa specifically given our origins but in
> general the continent’s awake to tech and open source and S. Africa’s just
> one part.
>
> The essence of our discussions distilled down to - make a monetary
> business case for it and it could happen - so I just wanted to stick this
> out there so the idea could maybe start to evolve…
>
> Reasons for it to happen:
> - There are a bunch of apache committers in S. Africa but honestly it’s
> super expensive for us to get to any ApacheCon elsewhere (flip side - it’s
> cheap to come to us)
> - It’s a stunning venue!
> - S. Africa’s the gateway to Africa in so much as importing tech is
> concerned (Nigeria and others aren’t waiting for the world but are just
> inventing their own<http://fossfa.net/> (Free software and open source
> foundation for Africa) :)
> - There are big tech projects happening and more coming: i.e things to
> get involved in / things to expose to ASF
> Eg: The Square Kilometer Array telescope <http://www.ska.ac.za/meerkat/>
> or HPC community<http://www.chpcconf.co.za/> , or Space science<
> http://www.sansa.org.za/earthobservation/services> and engineering
> community or energy community or business
>
>
> - And just for kicks – apparently we know how to use water powered
> rockets best (yesterday’s slashdot<
> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/10/08/1639243/university-of-cape-town-team-breaks-world-water-rocketry-record
> >)
>
> Honestly, I’m sure others know more and better reasons than me too.
> Obviously we're biased – it would benefit the S. Africa software community
> more than anything else - but also think it’d be a win for ASF community!
>
>
> Jane
>
> Other links:
> OpenSource software and small businesses conference 2016<
> http://www.waset.org/conference/2016/01/johannesburg/ICOSSSB>
> Banking<
> http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/financial/2015/07/16/nedbank-rolls-out-sas-first-big-data-service
> >
> openOffice supporting African Languages<
> http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-282/computing/open-office-now-avai/en
> >
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>
> Jane Wyngaard, Ph.D
> Postdoctoral scholar
> Instrument software and science data systems Section (398)
>
> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
> 4800 Oak Grove Drive MS: 158-256D
> Pasadena, CA 91109
>
> Phone: 818/354-6237
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>
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Re: Apache Con in Africa?
Posted by Hadrian Zbarcea <hz...@gmail.com>.
Actually the discussions were around what are the safe countries
preferred for international gatherings and obviously football (or soccer
as Americans call it) was used as an example. Safety and health are the
biggest concerns.
I suspect Egypt could have been an option, I am not sure about today.
Personally I am not informed enough to have an opinion.
Cheers,
Hadrian
On 10/16/2015 09:57 PM, Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate) wrote:
> Hey
>
> Thanks! Good to know - I hadn¹t heard about that discussion!
>
> Hmm, ja it¹s actually probably actually cheaper for SA people to get to
> Europe than Morocco but still definitely good for the continent and ASF
> community at large. I presume this was coming out of there being Moroccan
> people in ASF? - If you¹re on this list lets talk! :)
>
> I¹d support either, or even maybe Nigeria or Kenya. I suppose Morocco has
> the advantage of easy access for EU people but I suspect the Linux
> Foundation would make more money hosting in SA - just a gut instinct,
> could be wrong about that, but I think it would attract more local
> attendees than elsewhere!
>
> Others thoughts?
>
> Jane
>
> On 16/10/2015 15:11, "Hadrian Zbarcea" <hz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I heard in the past year more interest in an African ApacheCon. However
>> the suggested venue was somewhere closer to Europe, like Morocco. I
>> suspect this is still too far away from the South African crowd, right?
>>
>> Best,
>> Hadrian
>>
>> On 10/16/2015 06:03 PM, Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate) wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
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>>> couple of us were floating the idea of getting an ApacheCon Africa to
>>> happen. We were talking South Africa specifically given our origins but
>>> in general the continent¹s awake to tech and open source and S. Africa¹s
>>> just one part.
>>>
>>> The essence of our discussions distilled down to - make a monetary
>>> business case for it and it could happen - so I just wanted to stick
>>> this out there so the idea could maybe start to evolveŠ
>>>
>>> Reasons for it to happen:
>>> - There are a bunch of apache committers in S. Africa but honestly
>>> it¹s super expensive for us to get to any ApacheCon elsewhere (flip side
>>> - it¹s cheap to come to us)
>>> - It¹s a stunning venue!
>>> - S. Africa¹s the gateway to Africa in so much as importing tech is
>>> concerned (Nigeria and others aren¹t waiting for the world but are just
>>> inventing their own<http://fossfa.net/> (Free software and open source
>>> foundation for Africa) :)
>>> - There are big tech projects happening and more coming: i.e things
>>> to get involved in / things to expose to ASF
>>> Eg: The Square Kilometer Array telescope
>>> <http://www.ska.ac.za/meerkat/> or HPC
>>> community<http://www.chpcconf.co.za/> , or Space
>>> science<http://www.sansa.org.za/earthobservation/services> and
>>> engineering community or energy community or business
>>>
>>>
>>> - And just for kicks apparently we know how to use water powered
>>> rockets best (yesterday¹s
>>> slashdot<http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/10/08/1639243/university-of-ca
>>> pe-town-team-breaks-world-water-rocketry-record>)
>>>
>>> Honestly, I¹m sure others know more and better reasons than me too.
>>> Obviously we're biased it would benefit the S. Africa software
>>> community more than anything else - but also think it¹d be a win for
>>> ASF community!
>>>
>>>
>>> Jane
>>>
>>> Other links:
>>> OpenSource software and small businesses conference
>>> 2016<http://www.waset.org/conference/2016/01/johannesburg/ICOSSSB>
>>>
>>> Banking<http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/financial/2015/07/16/nedbank-rol
>>> ls-out-sas-first-big-data-service>
>>> openOffice supporting African
>>> Languages<http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-282/computi
>>> ng/open-office-now-avai/en>
>>>
>>>
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>
>>>
>>> Jane Wyngaard, Ph.D
>>> Postdoctoral scholar
>>> Instrument software and science data systems Section (398)
>>>
>>> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
>>> 4800 Oak Grove Drive MS: 158-256D
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>>>
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Re: Apache Con in Africa?
Posted by "Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate)" <Ja...@jpl.nasa.gov>.
Hey
Thanks! Good to know - I hadn¹t heard about that discussion!
Hmm, ja it¹s actually probably actually cheaper for SA people to get to
Europe than Morocco but still definitely good for the continent and ASF
community at large. I presume this was coming out of there being Moroccan
people in ASF? - If you¹re on this list lets talk! :)
I¹d support either, or even maybe Nigeria or Kenya. I suppose Morocco has
the advantage of easy access for EU people but I suspect the Linux
Foundation would make more money hosting in SA - just a gut instinct,
could be wrong about that, but I think it would attract more local
attendees than elsewhere!
Others thoughts?
Jane
On 16/10/2015 15:11, "Hadrian Zbarcea" <hz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I heard in the past year more interest in an African ApacheCon. However
>the suggested venue was somewhere closer to Europe, like Morocco. I
>suspect this is still too far away from the South African crowd, right?
>
>Best,
>Hadrian
>
>On 10/16/2015 06:03 PM, Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate) wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I attended Apache Con Europe (big data and core) two weeks ago and a
>>couple of us were floating the idea of getting an ApacheCon Africa to
>>happen. We were talking South Africa specifically given our origins but
>>in general the continent¹s awake to tech and open source and S. Africa¹s
>>just one part.
>>
>> The essence of our discussions distilled down to - make a monetary
>>business case for it and it could happen - so I just wanted to stick
>>this out there so the idea could maybe start to evolveŠ
>>
>> Reasons for it to happen:
>> - There are a bunch of apache committers in S. Africa but honestly
>>it¹s super expensive for us to get to any ApacheCon elsewhere (flip side
>>- it¹s cheap to come to us)
>> - It¹s a stunning venue!
>> - S. Africa¹s the gateway to Africa in so much as importing tech is
>>concerned (Nigeria and others aren¹t waiting for the world but are just
>>inventing their own<http://fossfa.net/> (Free software and open source
>>foundation for Africa) :)
>> - There are big tech projects happening and more coming: i.e things
>>to get involved in / things to expose to ASF
>> Eg: The Square Kilometer Array telescope
>><http://www.ska.ac.za/meerkat/> or HPC
>>community<http://www.chpcconf.co.za/> , or Space
>>science<http://www.sansa.org.za/earthobservation/services> and
>>engineering community or energy community or business
>>
>>
>> - And just for kicks apparently we know how to use water powered
>>rockets best (yesterday¹s
>>slashdot<http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/10/08/1639243/university-of-ca
>>pe-town-team-breaks-world-water-rocketry-record>)
>>
>> Honestly, I¹m sure others know more and better reasons than me too.
>>Obviously we're biased it would benefit the S. Africa software
>>community more than anything else - but also think it¹d be a win for
>>ASF community!
>>
>>
>> Jane
>>
>> Other links:
>> OpenSource software and small businesses conference
>>2016<http://www.waset.org/conference/2016/01/johannesburg/ICOSSSB>
>>
>>Banking<http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/financial/2015/07/16/nedbank-rol
>>ls-out-sas-first-big-data-service>
>> openOffice supporting African
>>Languages<http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-282/computi
>>ng/open-office-now-avai/en>
>>
>>
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>>
>> Jane Wyngaard, Ph.D
>> Postdoctoral scholar
>> Instrument software and science data systems Section (398)
>>
>> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
>> 4800 Oak Grove Drive MS: 158-256D
>> Pasadena, CA 91109
>>
>> Phone: 818/354-6237
>> Email: Jane.R.Wyngaard@jpl.nasa.gov<ma...@jpl.nasa.gov>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/10/2015 14:00,
>>"dev-help@community.apache.org<ma...@community.apache.org>"
>><de...@community.apache.org>>
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Re: Apache Con in Africa?
Posted by Hadrian Zbarcea <hz...@gmail.com>.
I heard in the past year more interest in an African ApacheCon. However
the suggested venue was somewhere closer to Europe, like Morocco. I
suspect this is still too far away from the South African crowd, right?
Best,
Hadrian
On 10/16/2015 06:03 PM, Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate) wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I attended Apache Con Europe (big data and core) two weeks ago and a couple of us were floating the idea of getting an ApacheCon Africa to happen. We were talking South Africa specifically given our origins but in general the continent’s awake to tech and open source and S. Africa’s just one part.
>
> The essence of our discussions distilled down to - make a monetary business case for it and it could happen - so I just wanted to stick this out there so the idea could maybe start to evolve…
>
> Reasons for it to happen:
> - There are a bunch of apache committers in S. Africa but honestly it’s super expensive for us to get to any ApacheCon elsewhere (flip side - it’s cheap to come to us)
> - It’s a stunning venue!
> - S. Africa’s the gateway to Africa in so much as importing tech is concerned (Nigeria and others aren’t waiting for the world but are just inventing their own<http://fossfa.net/> (Free software and open source foundation for Africa) :)
> - There are big tech projects happening and more coming: i.e things to get involved in / things to expose to ASF
> Eg: The Square Kilometer Array telescope <http://www.ska.ac.za/meerkat/> or HPC community<http://www.chpcconf.co.za/> , or Space science<http://www.sansa.org.za/earthobservation/services> and engineering community or energy community or business
>
>
> - And just for kicks – apparently we know how to use water powered rockets best (yesterday’s slashdot<http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/10/08/1639243/university-of-cape-town-team-breaks-world-water-rocketry-record>)
>
> Honestly, I’m sure others know more and better reasons than me too. Obviously we're biased – it would benefit the S. Africa software community more than anything else - but also think it’d be a win for ASF community!
>
>
> Jane
>
> Other links:
> OpenSource software and small businesses conference 2016<http://www.waset.org/conference/2016/01/johannesburg/ICOSSSB>
> Banking<http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/financial/2015/07/16/nedbank-rolls-out-sas-first-big-data-service>
> openOffice supporting African Languages<http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-282/computing/open-office-now-avai/en>
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Re: Apache Con in Africa?
Posted by Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org>.
Hi,
On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Wyngaard, Jane R (398M-Affiliate)
<Ja...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> ...I attended Apache Con Europe (big data and core) two weeks ago and a couple
> of us were floating the idea of getting an ApacheCon Africa to happen...
Rich Bowen might correct me if I'm wrong, AFAIK at the moment we have
completely delegated the organization of ApacheCon to the Linux
Foundation, so it would be their decision to organize another one.
That being said, Apache community members are welcome to organize
"local" events in their areas, which can be a good start towards
having a larger event at some point.
http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/events.html has some
branding-related information for such events, and feel free to ask on
this list about what type of other support you can get from the ASF.
-Bertrand