I'm planning on being at this: https://events.apache.org/events/2026/community-over-code/hackathon.html, and we apparent;ly need to fill in
https://github.com/apache/comdev-events-site/blob/main/source/events/2026/community-over-code/sampleproject.md So, any thoughts on what folks are interested in? I've got my own list, but maybe more interested in pairing with what others want to do since we have this opportunity to work togetehr! I can start a PR to get us moving... Eric On 2026/05/05 20:12:33 Anshum Gupta wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Yes, we're in! > > > On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 12:33 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Solr community, > > > > > > We're organizing a hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow 2026 > > (October 11–14) and Solr has sessions on the schedule. We'd love for your > > community to participate. > > > > > > The idea is simple: dedicated time and space at the conference for > > contributors (new and existing) to work together on real tasks — fixing > > bugs, writing docs, tackling issues that need focused attention, or > > onboarding new contributors. > > > > > > To participate, we'd need a few things from your project: > > > • A point of contact — someone we can coordinate with on logistics > > and who'll be present at the event. > > > • A list of tasks — bugs, docs, features, good-first-issues, or > > whatever your project wants to focus on. This helps people show up ready to > > contribute rather than spending the first hour figuring out what to work on. > > > • Promotion — a message to your dev@ and users@ lists letting people > > know this is happening and encouraging them to attend. > > > > > > This is the first year we're bringing the hackathon back, so we're > > treating it as a pilot — we want to gauge interest before committing to > > scale. Even if only a few contributors from your project can participate, > > that's a great start. > > > > > > If you're interested, please reply here or reach out to me directly. > > Even a quick "yes, we're in" or "maybe, let's talk" is helpful as we figure > > out how many projects to plan for. > > > > > > Also, please join us in the #hackathon channel on the ApacheCon Slack — > > that's where we'll be coordinating as things come together: > > http://s.apache.org/apachecon-slack > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Rich, on behalf of the Community Over Code planners > > > > > -- > Anshum Gupta > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
