On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Nick Burch <nick_at_apache.org> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> The Apache Conferences Committee (ConCom) are pleased to announce the 2nd
> Apache Retreat at Knockree in Ireland, from Friday 13th to Monday 16th May.
> As some of you may already known, your project is taking part in the
> retreat, and is hosting a hackathon/planning session there.
>
> For those who haven't been to an Apache Retreat before, they're a weekend
> long event when Apache committers and community members get together to hack
> on code, attend un-conference sessions, put faces to names and generally
> have a fun time.
>
> The project hackathons provide a great chance to plan new releases, solve
> bugs, try out new ideas and designs, as well as meeting people you've
> previously only emailed! The weekend will also feature a BarCamp
> un-conference, so when you're not hacking there's plenty else of interest to
> get up it.
>
> For more information on what the event is like, what the venue's like,
> what's planned and how to sign up, please see:
> https://sites.google.com/site/apacheretreatknockree/
>
> In addition, the Travel Assistance Committee is supporting the event, and
> can fund travel for those who otherwise couldn't make it. The deadline for
> applications is Saturday 12th March, please see
> http://www.apache.org/travel/ for information on what's covered, the
> criteria and how to apply.
>
> Otherwise, we look forward to seeing your project hacking away in Ireland in
> May!
I'll add a secondary plug for the Ireland retreat, and note that it
dovetails nicely with the elego-sponsored Berlin hackathon the
following week.
-Hyrum
Received on 2011-03-02 21:37:57 CET