| [microprofile-wg] [DISCUSSION] Sponsoring Community Day for Java Developers at EclipseCon |
Hi folks,This email is to start a discussion on sponsoring Community Day for Java Developers at EclipseCon 2023 for $3K. It is the precursor to hopefully a very short proposal approval vote.
As you may be aware, we have been trying to leverage Community Day for the past few years to try to advance MicroProfile and Jakarta EE messaging. If you are unaware, this should provide more context: https://microprofile.io/2022/12/16/jakarta-ee-and-microprofile-at-eclipsecon-community-day-2022/. This year, the objective is to take things to the next level by more carefully organizing and promoting the event under hopefully the more compelling moniker "Community Day for Java Developers" and also adding Java SE/JDK related content via the Adoptium working group. Both the Jakarta EE and Adoptium working groups are key sponsors already and iJUG is the key organizer. The meta objective here is to create an event in Europe that serves as a catalyst for promoting Adoptium, Jakarta EE and MicroProfile - where there is a certain level of control over content and messaging. This will be a make or break year that can serve as the basic template for this longer term plan.
I believe this is something very important for the MicroProfile working group to support via a $3K sponsorship with an outlook congruent to a long term investment. As a result, the effort will be positioned as something that is supported jointly by the Adoptium, Jakarta EE and MicroProfile working groups. There is some level of agreement between Microsoft, IBM, Payara and Tomitribe on this proposal (though all members should clearly speak for themselves here). There is some context in the marketing meeting minutes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12Fqp_N4HYjEXs-jbdkGTPDJceHu0GKJMkUD5kd6nJvc/edit?usp=sharing. The Jakarta EE and Adoptium working groups very warmly welcome help and contribution from the MicroProfile working group towards this effort.
Can folks kindly share their thoughts on putting this to vote for approval? A simple +1 suffices and is nonetheless helpful for folks short on time. I am hoping to start the vote later this week. This is somewhat time sensitive as Community Day for Java Developers is already moving forward. Please help?
Thanks, RezaP.S.: As a matter of fine print, the Jakarta EE and Adoptium working groups are putting in a lot more than $3K (about three times more in fact). This will have no bearing in positioning the event as a joint effort between the Adoptium, Jakarta EE and MicroProfile working groups. I think it's obvious this works significantly in favor of this working group. It's a very good value proposition.