[kwlug-disc] Apache Local Community chapter

[Matteo Golin]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the response! I would have no problem with you releasing my
email, I appreciate it! People can email me directly if they're interested.
Once I have enough prospective members I'll coordinate with them directly
to go through the Apache chapter officiation process.

I would actually appreciate an invite to the Slack as well if possible!

Thanks again,
Matteo

On Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 3:01 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

>
> 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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