User Groups: The Gateway to Apache
- 1. User Groups The Gateway to Apache Bob Paulin
- 2. Quickly About Me Bob Paulin • Independent Consultant • Apache Member • Java Champion • Chicago Java User Group, CFO • Podcaster (Java Pubhouse, Off Heap) • Check out my app
- 4. About you Involved with an Apache Project Attended a User Group Spoken at a User Group Help Run a User Group
- 5. How did we end up here??
- 6. What is the purpose of the ASF? Code? Process? Brand?
- 7. Software for the Public Good
- 8. Services and support for many like- minded software project communities of individuals
- 10. Getting into Open Source Can be Intimidating
- 11. Fear of rejection No idea where to start Am I allowed? Lack of expertise I don’t see why this is important I don’t know anyone here
- 12. Just join a Mailing list
- 13. We need an incubator for people!
- 14. User Groups can help!
- 15. User Groups are Incubators for People
- 16. User Group Attendees Interested outside of work Want to be a part of something Have an itch
- 17. What can ASF Members/Committers offer?
- 18. Speakers
- 19. Mentorship
- 20. Street Cred
- 21. Ok I’m ready to help where do I go?
- 22. Selecting a User Group
- 23. Not all User Groups are created equal
- 26. People you can work with
- 27. Ok I’m involved now what?
- 29. Finding Venues/Sponsorship Focus on Win-Win
- 32. Encouraging Open Source Contributions ● Hold hack nights ● Curate JIRA’s from a Project ● Office Hours ● Have talks about open source (non-technical) ● Encourage people to give talks
- 33. Getting into Open Source is a Journey Mine started 5 years ago today
- 34. Jake Richard Paulin May 16, 2012
- 36. How can you run a User Group and go to Apache Con with 4 kids?