Committers,
 
The ECLIPSE Foundation is hosting a Members Meeting on March
19th and 20th in Chicago, IL.  We would like to
extend an invitation to Eclipse Projects who would like to hold a “Project
Meeting”, “Hackfest” or “Adopt-Fest” on either
the 19th or 20th.  If you would like to hold a
meeting, the Foundation can provide meeting space and help integrate it with
the overall scope of the members meeting based on your needs.  
 
**Please let us know ASAP if your project is interested,
space is limited.
***If you would like space, you must respond (even if
tentatively) by Friday, May 25th.
 
Here are some options to consider:
 
-        Option 1 –
“Project Meeting”  - We can offer and projects  
who are interested space to host a project meeting on March
19th or  
20th for the entire day or half day.
-        Option 2 –
“Hackfest” – Offer projects support for hosting a  
“hackfest” for their project, whereby
organizations could send  
developers who are not committers [on the specific project]
to meet  
committers of a project with some “code in hand”
on features they  
would like to add to the project.  A good way for
projects to pass on  
knowledge to a community who may be interested in
contributing but  
too new, inexperienced or scared to do so.  We can help
recruit interested
parties.
-        Option 3 –
“Adopt-fest” – Offer projects support to host  
an “Adoption Fest”.  For example, offering
to help organizations who  
are trying to extend or build upon a project.  We can
help recruit
interested parties.
 
We would also invite any interested projects to have a
table/demo 
and/or poster during the meeting reception.
 
Cheers,
 
 
- Don
 
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