[kwlug-disc] Apache Local Community chapter

[Paul Nijjar]

I can mention this in the monthly meeting announcement post. There is
also a secret KWTechs Slack that has a bunch of technical people on
it. I can post your request there or get you an invite to the Slack if
you would prefer that. 

If people are interested should they email you directly? (As in,
should I release your email when announcing this initiative?) If not I
can be a proxy.

(Periodic reminder to other KWLUG members: if you can bear to be
contaminated by proprietary Slack memberships, the KWTechs community
is pretty vibrant, and I am happy to get invites for people to join.
The constraints are that you have to be in tech (check) and you have
to be living in Waterloo Region (maybe not check if you are stuck in
BC). Email me offlist if you want an invite.)

- Paul


On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 06:39:25PM -0500, Matteo Golin wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> My name is Matteo Golin and I'm looking into setting up an Apache Local
> Community (ALC) chapter for the Kitchener-Waterloo region. I am a Project
> Management Committee (PMC) member on the Apache NuttX RTOS project
> <https://github.com/apache/nuttx>, and I just moved to Waterloo in
> September to attend graduate school at UW.
> 
> I posted about this initially on Reddit
> <https://www.reddit.com/r/waterloo/comments/1rbsbq4/apache_local_community_chapter_longshot/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button>
> and was helpfully pointed to this mailing list by one of your members. I
> think it's great that this community exists in KW and I'm looking forward
> to attending some of your events!
> 
> An ALC chapter is essentially just a group affiliated with the Apache
> Software Foundation (ASF) that is local to a city. The group would hold
> meetings (similar to the KWLUG ones from what I see on your website) at
> least every 3 months. Given that KWLUG exists, it might be possible to just
> join forces with your larger group on such meetings (if permitted). In
> order for the group to be officially recognized by the ASF, it must have
> three members who are also members of the ASF and two who are PMC members
> on an Apache project. You can read more about the rules here if you're
> interested:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/Process+to+establish+an+ALC+Chapter
> 
> So far, there is myself (1/2 PMCs) and another Apache contributor who has
> expressed interest in joining. I figured I would reach out here in case
> anyone in KWLUG is also an ASF member. Even if you don't have an ASF
> membership, I think we can make a petition to get recognized by the ASF
> anyways as long as you're a contributor to some Apache project.
> 
> My goal is to have the KW chapter listed officially by the ASF to hopefully
> grow the community a bit, and ideally to have some fun meetups (again,
> maybe something that could be done alongside KWLUG given that your group
> will likely be far more active/larger). Please let me know what you
> think/if you're interested in participating in the ALC chapter!
> 
> Thank you, and glad to have discovered this community!
> Matteo

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