OFBiz Symposium @ ApacheCon 2008

[David E Jones]

This year (2008) at the ApacheCon conference in New Orleans on  
November 3-7 here will be a special "track" of the conference that is  
dedicated to OFBiz.

This OFBiz Symposium @ ApacheCon will include:

* a 2-day training course covering the OFBiz Framework (Mon, Tue)
* a 1-day training course covering the OFBiz data model and related  
functionality at a high level (Tue)
* 6 business oriented conference presentations (Wed)
* 2 business oriented BOF sessions (Wed)
* 6 technical oriented conference presentations (Thu)
* 2 technical oriented BOF sessions (Thu)

The Apache Conference Committee (ConCom) is still working on some of  
the details related to this, but registration is planned to be the  
same  as for the rest of the conference, and those who attend can  
freely choose among the OFBiz Symposium sessions and the general  
conference sessions (they'll have around 4-5 other tracks in the  
conference).

This is an exciting opportunity for OFBiz and for all of us involved  
to gather as a community, and reach out to a wider audience than has  
been possible with previous conference efforts. We have had OFBiz-
specific conference that are mostly of interest within the community,  
and various people have attended and presented at larger conferences  
and reached a wider audience. This is a nice combination of the two  
because the OFBiz Symposium will be featured in conference materials  
and advertisements, and it sounds like there may even be  
advertisements specific to the OFBiz Symposium @ ApacheCon.

What we need:

1. There are a number of presentation and BOF sessions open for people  
to fill. I'll be contacting certain people individually who have  
participated in this way in past OFBiz conferences, but this is also  
an opportunity for anyone who wants to get involved and share their  
experience with, and knowledge of, OFBiz and by so doing gain exposure  
and recognition. We have 12 presentations to line up, and 4 BOF  
sessions. I have some candidates for 3 business oriented presentations  
so far... so things are wide open. If there is room for it I'll do one  
or two technical presentations in addition to the business oriented  
one I plan to do, but I'd rather give other people the chance to get  
involved as this really is a great opportunity. If you are interested  
please contact me ([hidden email]) and send along a title and  
abstract for the presentation (or BOF), and a short bio for each  
presenter. BTW, the timeline on this is short, so even if you're not  
totally confident in what you want to present, please contact me  
immediately. We need to have the schedule finalized in about 2 weeks  
(by June 25th).

2. There are various sponsorship and promotion opportunities related  
to this. Those who sponsor the conference will receive various  
benefits depending on the level of sponsorship. This will include  
promotion at the conference itself including signs, t-shirts, hats,  
meals, exhibition space, and possibly even special presentations that  
are allowed to be offering oriented. This will also include being  
featured in advertisements in print ads and on the ApacheCon site, and  
that's especially a big deal because of the special advertising and  
other promotion that the OFBiz Symposium part of ApacheCon 2008 will  
receive. If you're interested in this and would like to chat about it,  
feel free to contact me. If you're ready to go for it or want to see  
the prospectus (which has just been finalized, BTW) then contact the  
conference sponsorship coordinator, Delia Frees ([hidden email]).

We've been talking for quite a while about doing some group  
advertising, and having a big event to rally around, and pool our  
dollars around, in order to get the best effect possible. Well, this  
is it! I'm excited and pleased by this and plan to not only attend but  
contribute as much as I can to this effort, and I know others at  
Hotwax feel the same way... and we do plan to do some significant  
sponsorship at this event, recognizing that our sponsorship will be of  
more value to the community, the project, the conference, and to  
Hotwax with more and more sponsorship and involvement from others.

And of course for those who aren't interested in presenting or  
sponsorship this is still a great opportunity to meet others in the  
OFBiz community, and the general ASF community, to learn a lot about  
OFBiz and other ASF projects, and of course to have a good time. :)  
Registration details are not final yet, but the registration site for  
ApacheCon 2008 should be up fairly soon.

I'm looking forward to seeing ALL of you there! That's right all 400  
of you receiving this message (or however many are on this list these  
days...)!

-David

[David E Jones]

Just getting this out there freshly for those who might have missed it  
before...

-David


On Jun 11, 2008, at 1:44 PM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> This year (2008) at the ApacheCon conference in New Orleans on  
> November 3-7 here will be a special "track" of the conference that  
> is dedicated to OFBiz.
>
> This OFBiz Symposium @ ApacheCon will include:
>
> * a 2-day training course covering the OFBiz Framework (Mon, Tue)
> * a 1-day training course covering the OFBiz data model and related  
> functionality at a high level (Tue)
> * 6 business oriented conference presentations (Wed)
> * 2 business oriented BOF sessions (Wed)
> * 6 technical oriented conference presentations (Thu)
> * 2 technical oriented BOF sessions (Thu)
>
> The Apache Conference Committee (ConCom) is still working on some of  
> the details related to this, but registration is planned to be the  
> same  as for the rest of the conference, and those who attend can  
> freely choose among the OFBiz Symposium sessions and the general  
> conference sessions (they'll have around 4-5 other tracks in the  
> conference).
>
> This is an exciting opportunity for OFBiz and for all of us involved  
> to gather as a community, and reach out to a wider audience than has  
> been possible with previous conference efforts. We have had OFBiz-
> specific conference that are mostly of interest within the  
> community, and various people have attended and presented at larger  
> conferences and reached a wider audience. This is a nice combination  
> of the two because the OFBiz Symposium will be featured in  
> conference materials and advertisements, and it sounds like there  
> may even be advertisements specific to the OFBiz Symposium @  
> ApacheCon.
>
> What we need:
>
> 1. There are a number of presentation and BOF sessions open for  
> people to fill. I'll be contacting certain people individually who  
> have participated in this way in past OFBiz conferences, but this is  
> also an opportunity for anyone who wants to get involved and share  
> their experience with, and knowledge of, OFBiz and by so doing gain  
> exposure and recognition. We have 12 presentations to line up, and 4  
> BOF sessions. I have some candidates for 3 business oriented  
> presentations so far... so things are wide open. If there is room  
> for it I'll do one or two technical presentations in addition to the  
> business oriented one I plan to do, but I'd rather give other people  
> the chance to get involved as this really is a great opportunity. If  
> you are interested please contact me ([hidden email]) and  
> send along a title and abstract for the presentation (or BOF), and a  
> short bio for each presenter. BTW, the timeline on this is short, so  
> even if you're not totally confident in what you want to present,  
> please contact me immediately. We need to have the schedule  
> finalized in about 2 weeks (by June 25th).
>
> 2. There are various sponsorship and promotion opportunities related  
> to this. Those who sponsor the conference will receive various  
> benefits depending on the level of sponsorship. This will include  
> promotion at the conference itself including signs, t-shirts, hats,  
> meals, exhibition space, and possibly even special presentations  
> that are allowed to be offering oriented. This will also include  
> being featured in advertisements in print ads and on the ApacheCon  
> site, and that's especially a big deal because of the special  
> advertising and other promotion that the OFBiz Symposium part of  
> ApacheCon 2008 will receive. If you're interested in this and would  
> like to chat about it, feel free to contact me. If you're ready to  
> go for it or want to see the prospectus (which has just been  
> finalized, BTW) then contact the conference sponsorship coordinator,  
> Delia Frees ([hidden email]).
>
> We've been talking for quite a while about doing some group  
> advertising, and having a big event to rally around, and pool our  
> dollars around, in order to get the best effect possible. Well, this  
> is it! I'm excited and pleased by this and plan to not only attend  
> but contribute as much as I can to this effort, and I know others at  
> Hotwax feel the same way... and we do plan to do some significant  
> sponsorship at this event, recognizing that our sponsorship will be  
> of more value to the community, the project, the conference, and to  
> Hotwax with more and more sponsorship and involvement from others.
>
> And of course for those who aren't interested in presenting or  
> sponsorship this is still a great opportunity to meet others in the  
> OFBiz community, and the general ASF community, to learn a lot about  
> OFBiz and other ASF projects, and of course to have a good time. :)  
> Registration details are not final yet, but the registration site  
> for ApacheCon 2008 should be up fairly soon.
>
> I'm looking forward to seeing ALL of you there! That's right all 400  
> of you receiving this message (or however many are on this list  
> these days...)!
>
> -David
>
>

[Shi Yusen]

Hi list,

I need a report gui similar to this:
http://www.langhua.cn/reportgui.png

I'm not sure whether it exists somewhere in OFBiz. If not, I'll build
one.

Regards,

Shi Yusen/Beijing Langhua Ltd.

[David E Jones]

First off, thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help make this  
even happen.

I was a little worried early in the week, but in the last few days  
there has been a flood of proposals for presentations, people  
interested in attending, and groups interested in sponsorship and  
other participation.

The schedule for presentations is now full, and even with a few  
alternates. If anyone has other ideas for a presentation or other  
involvement please let me know and I'll see what we can do (things do  
tend to change over time). There are definitely still openings for  
booth space on the show floor and other sponsorship related things.  
Feel free to contact me about it, and I'll forward things to Delia  
Frees who is managing this.

We should have the schedule publicly released in the next couple of  
weeks, and registration for ApacheCon actually begins fairly soon.  
Press releases are starting to go out too, so keep an eye out for more  
information from your favorite IT publisher or blogger.

-David


On Jun 11, 2008, at 1:44 PM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> This year (2008) at the ApacheCon conference in New Orleans on  
> November 3-7 here will be a special "track" of the conference that  
> is dedicated to OFBiz.
>
> This OFBiz Symposium @ ApacheCon will include:
>
> * a 2-day training course covering the OFBiz Framework (Mon, Tue)
> * a 1-day training course covering the OFBiz data model and related  
> functionality at a high level (Tue)
> * 6 business oriented conference presentations (Wed)
> * 2 business oriented BOF sessions (Wed)
> * 6 technical oriented conference presentations (Thu)
> * 2 technical oriented BOF sessions (Thu)
>
> The Apache Conference Committee (ConCom) is still working on some of  
> the details related to this, but registration is planned to be the  
> same  as for the rest of the conference, and those who attend can  
> freely choose among the OFBiz Symposium sessions and the general  
> conference sessions (they'll have around 4-5 other tracks in the  
> conference).
>
> This is an exciting opportunity for OFBiz and for all of us involved  
> to gather as a community, and reach out to a wider audience than has  
> been possible with previous conference efforts. We have had OFBiz-
> specific conference that are mostly of interest within the  
> community, and various people have attended and presented at larger  
> conferences and reached a wider audience. This is a nice combination  
> of the two because the OFBiz Symposium will be featured in  
> conference materials and advertisements, and it sounds like there  
> may even be advertisements specific to the OFBiz Symposium @  
> ApacheCon.
>
> What we need:
>
> 1. There are a number of presentation and BOF sessions open for  
> people to fill. I'll be contacting certain people individually who  
> have participated in this way in past OFBiz conferences, but this is  
> also an opportunity for anyone who wants to get involved and share  
> their experience with, and knowledge of, OFBiz and by so doing gain  
> exposure and recognition. We have 12 presentations to line up, and 4  
> BOF sessions. I have some candidates for 3 business oriented  
> presentations so far... so things are wide open. If there is room  
> for it I'll do one or two technical presentations in addition to the  
> business oriented one I plan to do, but I'd rather give other people  
> the chance to get involved as this really is a great opportunity. If  
> you are interested please contact me ([hidden email]) and  
> send along a title and abstract for the presentation (or BOF), and a  
> short bio for each presenter. BTW, the timeline on this is short, so  
> even if you're not totally confident in what you want to present,  
> please contact me immediately. We need to have the schedule  
> finalized in about 2 weeks (by June 25th).
>
> 2. There are various sponsorship and promotion opportunities related  
> to this. Those who sponsor the conference will receive various  
> benefits depending on the level of sponsorship. This will include  
> promotion at the conference itself including signs, t-shirts, hats,  
> meals, exhibition space, and possibly even special presentations  
> that are allowed to be offering oriented. This will also include  
> being featured in advertisements in print ads and on the ApacheCon  
> site, and that's especially a big deal because of the special  
> advertising and other promotion that the OFBiz Symposium part of  
> ApacheCon 2008 will receive. If you're interested in this and would  
> like to chat about it, feel free to contact me. If you're ready to  
> go for it or want to see the prospectus (which has just been  
> finalized, BTW) then contact the conference sponsorship coordinator,  
> Delia Frees ([hidden email]).
>
> We've been talking for quite a while about doing some group  
> advertising, and having a big event to rally around, and pool our  
> dollars around, in order to get the best effect possible. Well, this  
> is it! I'm excited and pleased by this and plan to not only attend  
> but contribute as much as I can to this effort, and I know others at  
> Hotwax feel the same way... and we do plan to do some significant  
> sponsorship at this event, recognizing that our sponsorship will be  
> of more value to the community, the project, the conference, and to  
> Hotwax with more and more sponsorship and involvement from others.
>
> And of course for those who aren't interested in presenting or  
> sponsorship this is still a great opportunity to meet others in the  
> OFBiz community, and the general ASF community, to learn a lot about  
> OFBiz and other ASF projects, and of course to have a good time. :)  
> Registration details are not final yet, but the registration site  
> for ApacheCon 2008 should be up fairly soon.
>
> I'm looking forward to seeing ALL of you there! That's right all 400  
> of you receiving this message (or however many are on this list  
> these days...)!
>
> -David
>
>

[Vince Clark]

David

Do you mind sending out the presentation topics that have been proposed?

Vince Clark
[hidden email]
[phone]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David E Jones" <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 1:38:21 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver
Subject: Re: OFBiz Symposium @ ApacheCon 2008


First off, thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help make this
even happen.

I was a little worried early in the week, but in the last few days
there has been a flood of proposals for presentations, people
interested in attending, and groups interested in sponsorship and
other participation.

The schedule for presentations is now full, and even with a few
alternates. If anyone has other ideas for a presentation or other
involvement please let me know and I'll see what we can do (things do
tend to change over time). There are definitely still openings for
booth space on the show floor and other sponsorship related things.
Feel free to contact me about it, and I'll forward things to Delia
Frees who is managing this.

We should have the schedule publicly released in the next couple of
weeks, and registration for ApacheCon actually begins fairly soon.
Press releases are starting to go out too, so keep an eye out for more
information from your favorite IT publisher or blogger.

-David


On Jun 11, 2008, at 1:44 PM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> This year (2008) at the ApacheCon conference in New Orleans on
> November 3-7 here will be a special "track" of the conference that
> is dedicated to OFBiz.
>
> This OFBiz Symposium @ ApacheCon will include:
>
> * a 2-day training course covering the OFBiz Framework (Mon, Tue)
> * a 1-day training course covering the OFBiz data model and related
> functionality at a high level (Tue)
> * 6 business oriented conference presentations (Wed)
> * 2 business oriented BOF sessions (Wed)
> * 6 technical oriented conference presentations (Thu)
> * 2 technical oriented BOF sessions (Thu)
>
> The Apache Conference Committee (ConCom) is still working on some of
> the details related to this, but registration is planned to be the
> same as for the rest of the conference, and those who attend can
> freely choose among the OFBiz Symposium sessions and the general
> conference sessions (they'll have around 4-5 other tracks in the
> conference).
>
> This is an exciting opportunity for OFBiz and for all of us involved
> to gather as a community, and reach out to a wider audience than has
> been possible with previous conference efforts. We have had OFBiz-
> specific conference that are mostly of interest within the
> community, and various people have attended and presented at larger
> conferences and reached a wider audience. This is a nice combination
> of the two because the OFBiz Symposium will be featured in
> conference materials and advertisements, and it sounds like there
> may even be advertisements specific to the OFBiz Symposium @
> ApacheCon.
>
> What we need:
>
> 1. There are a number of presentation and BOF sessions open for
> people to fill. I'll be contacting certain people individually who
> have participated in this way in past OFBiz conferences, but this is
> also an opportunity for anyone who wants to get involved and share
> their experience with, and knowledge of, OFBiz and by so doing gain
> exposure and recognition. We have 12 presentations to line up, and 4
> BOF sessions. I have some candidates for 3 business oriented
> presentations so far... so things are wide open. If there is room
> for it I'll do one or two technical presentations in addition to the
> business oriented one I plan to do, but I'd rather give other people
> the chance to get involved as this really is a great opportunity. If
> you are interested please contact me ([hidden email]) and
> send along a title and abstract for the presentation (or BOF), and a
> short bio for each presenter. BTW, the timeline on this is short, so
> even if you're not totally confident in what you want to present,
> please contact me immediately. We need to have the schedule
> finalized in about 2 weeks (by June 25th).
>
> 2. There are various sponsorship and promotion opportunities related
> to this. Those who sponsor the conference will receive various
> benefits depending on the level of sponsorship. This will include
> promotion at the conference itself including signs, t-shirts, hats,
> meals, exhibition space, and possibly even special presentations
> that are allowed to be offering oriented. This will also include
> being featured in advertisements in print ads and on the ApacheCon
> site, and that's especially a big deal because of the special
> advertising and other promotion that the OFBiz Symposium part of
> ApacheCon 2008 will receive. If you're interested in this and would
> like to chat about it, feel free to contact me. If you're ready to
> go for it or want to see the prospectus (which has just been
> finalized, BTW) then contact the conference sponsorship coordinator,
> Delia Frees ([hidden email]).
>
> We've been talking for quite a while about doing some group
> advertising, and having a big event to rally around, and pool our
> dollars around, in order to get the best effect possible. Well, this
> is it! I'm excited and pleased by this and plan to not only attend
> but contribute as much as I can to this effort, and I know others at
> Hotwax feel the same way... and we do plan to do some significant
> sponsorship at this event, recognizing that our sponsorship will be
> of more value to the community, the project, the conference, and to
> Hotwax with more and more sponsorship and involvement from others.
>
> And of course for those who aren't interested in presenting or
> sponsorship this is still a great opportunity to meet others in the
> OFBiz community, and the general ASF community, to learn a lot about
> OFBiz and other ASF projects, and of course to have a good time. :)
> Registration details are not final yet, but the registration site
> for ApacheCon 2008 should be up fairly soon.
>
> I'm looking forward to seeing ALL of you there! That's right all 400
> of you receiving this message (or however many are on this list
> these days...)!
>
> -David
>
>

[David E Jones]

Let me clarify what I mentioned in the last email: "We should have the  
schedule publicly released in the next couple of
weeks, and registration for ApacheCon actually begins fairly soon."

The schedule is still being reviewed by the presenters and the  
conference committee. Some things may change, and there are  
information gaps that need to be filled too. We will be publicly  
releasing it months before the actual conference, but probably not for  
another week or two.

Registration for ApacheCon hasn't opened yet. We hope to have the  
schedule for the OFBiz symposium part of the conference ready before  
registration opens, but if not then it will be very soon after that  
(as described above).

-David


On Jun 29, 2008, at 7:36 AM, Vince M. Clark wrote:

> David
>
> Do you mind sending out the presentation topics that have been  
> proposed?
>
> Vince Clark
> [hidden email]
> [phone]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David E Jones" <[hidden email]>
> To: [hidden email]
> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 1:38:21 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver
> Subject: Re: OFBiz Symposium @ ApacheCon 2008
>
>
> First off, thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help make this
> even happen.
>
> I was a little worried early in the week, but in the last few days
> there has been a flood of proposals for presentations, people
> interested in attending, and groups interested in sponsorship and
> other participation.
>
> The schedule for presentations is now full, and even with a few
> alternates. If anyone has other ideas for a presentation or other
> involvement please let me know and I'll see what we can do (things do
> tend to change over time). There are definitely still openings for
> booth space on the show floor and other sponsorship related things.
> Feel free to contact me about it, and I'll forward things to Delia
> Frees who is managing this.
>
> We should have the schedule publicly released in the next couple of
> weeks, and registration for ApacheCon actually begins fairly soon.
> Press releases are starting to go out too, so keep an eye out for more
> information from your favorite IT publisher or blogger.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Jun 11, 2008, at 1:44 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> This year (2008) at the ApacheCon conference in New Orleans on
>> November 3-7 here will be a special "track" of the conference that
>> is dedicated to OFBiz.
>>
>> This OFBiz Symposium @ ApacheCon will include:
>>
>> * a 2-day training course covering the OFBiz Framework (Mon, Tue)
>> * a 1-day training course covering the OFBiz data model and related
>> functionality at a high level (Tue)
>> * 6 business oriented conference presentations (Wed)
>> * 2 business oriented BOF sessions (Wed)
>> * 6 technical oriented conference presentations (Thu)
>> * 2 technical oriented BOF sessions (Thu)
>>
>> The Apache Conference Committee (ConCom) is still working on some of
>> the details related to this, but registration is planned to be the
>> same as for the rest of the conference, and those who attend can
>> freely choose among the OFBiz Symposium sessions and the general
>> conference sessions (they'll have around 4-5 other tracks in the
>> conference).
>>
>> This is an exciting opportunity for OFBiz and for all of us involved
>> to gather as a community, and reach out to a wider audience than has
>> been possible with previous conference efforts. We have had OFBiz-
>> specific conference that are mostly of interest within the
>> community, and various people have attended and presented at larger
>> conferences and reached a wider audience. This is a nice combination
>> of the two because the OFBiz Symposium will be featured in
>> conference materials and advertisements, and it sounds like there
>> may even be advertisements specific to the OFBiz Symposium @
>> ApacheCon.
>>
>> What we need:
>>
>> 1. There are a number of presentation and BOF sessions open for
>> people to fill. I'll be contacting certain people individually who
>> have participated in this way in past OFBiz conferences, but this is
>> also an opportunity for anyone who wants to get involved and share
>> their experience with, and knowledge of, OFBiz and by so doing gain
>> exposure and recognition. We have 12 presentations to line up, and 4
>> BOF sessions. I have some candidates for 3 business oriented
>> presentations so far... so things are wide open. If there is room
>> for it I'll do one or two technical presentations in addition to the
>> business oriented one I plan to do, but I'd rather give other people
>> the chance to get involved as this really is a great opportunity. If
>> you are interested please contact me ([hidden email]) and
>> send along a title and abstract for the presentation (or BOF), and a
>> short bio for each presenter. BTW, the timeline on this is short, so
>> even if you're not totally confident in what you want to present,
>> please contact me immediately. We need to have the schedule
>> finalized in about 2 weeks (by June 25th).
>>
>> 2. There are various sponsorship and promotion opportunities related
>> to this. Those who sponsor the conference will receive various
>> benefits depending on the level of sponsorship. This will include
>> promotion at the conference itself including signs, t-shirts, hats,
>> meals, exhibition space, and possibly even special presentations
>> that are allowed to be offering oriented. This will also include
>> being featured in advertisements in print ads and on the ApacheCon
>> site, and that's especially a big deal because of the special
>> advertising and other promotion that the OFBiz Symposium part of
>> ApacheCon 2008 will receive. If you're interested in this and would
>> like to chat about it, feel free to contact me. If you're ready to
>> go for it or want to see the prospectus (which has just been
>> finalized, BTW) then contact the conference sponsorship coordinator,
>> Delia Frees ([hidden email]).
>>
>> We've been talking for quite a while about doing some group
>> advertising, and having a big event to rally around, and pool our
>> dollars around, in order to get the best effect possible. Well, this
>> is it! I'm excited and pleased by this and plan to not only attend
>> but contribute as much as I can to this effort, and I know others at
>> Hotwax feel the same way... and we do plan to do some significant
>> sponsorship at this event, recognizing that our sponsorship will be
>> of more value to the community, the project, the conference, and to
>> Hotwax with more and more sponsorship and involvement from others.
>>
>> And of course for those who aren't interested in presenting or
>> sponsorship this is still a great opportunity to meet others in the
>> OFBiz community, and the general ASF community, to learn a lot about
>> OFBiz and other ASF projects, and of course to have a good time. :)
>> Registration details are not final yet, but the registration site
>> for ApacheCon 2008 should be up fairly soon.
>>
>> I'm looking forward to seeing ALL of you there! That's right all 400
>> of you receiving this message (or however many are on this list
>> these days...)!
>>
>> -David
>>
>>
>