<div dir="auto">Hi Paul,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I would actually appreciate an invite to the Slack as well if possible!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks again,</div><div dir="auto">Matteo</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 3:01\u202fPM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
I can mention this in the monthly meeting announcement post. There is<br>
also a secret KWTechs Slack that has a bunch of technical people on<br>
it. I can post your request there or get you an invite to the Slack if<br>
you would prefer that. <br>
<br>
If people are interested should they email you directly? (As in,<br>
should I release your email when announcing this initiative?) If not I<br>
can be a proxy.<br>
<br>
(Periodic reminder to other KWLUG members: if you can bear to be<br>
contaminated by proprietary Slack memberships, the KWTechs community<br>
is pretty vibrant, and I am happy to get invites for people to join.<br>
The constraints are that you have to be in tech (check) and you have<br>
to be living in Waterloo Region (maybe not check if you are stuck in<br>
BC). Email me offlist if you want an invite.)<br>
<br>
- Paul<br>
<br>
<br>
On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 06:39:25PM -0500, Matteo Golin wrote:<br>
> Hello everyone,<br>
> <br>
> My name is Matteo Golin and I'm looking into setting up an Apache Local<br>
> Community (ALC) chapter for the Kitchener-Waterloo region. I am a Project<br>
> Management Committee (PMC) member on the Apache NuttX RTOS project<br>
> <<a href="https://github.com/apache/nuttx" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/apache/nuttx</a>>, and I just moved to Waterloo in<br>
> September to attend graduate school at UW.<br>
> <br>
> I posted about this initially on Reddit<br>
> <<a href="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" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">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</a>><br>
> and was helpfully pointed to this mailing list by one of your members. I<br>
> think it's great that this community exists in KW and I'm looking forward<br>
> to attending some of your events!<br>
> <br>
> An ALC chapter is essentially just a group affiliated with the Apache<br>
> Software Foundation (ASF) that is local to a city. The group would hold<br>
> meetings (similar to the KWLUG ones from what I see on your website) at<br>
> least every 3 months. Given that KWLUG exists, it might be possible to just<br>
> join forces with your larger group on such meetings (if permitted). In<br>
> order for the group to be officially recognized by the ASF, it must have<br>
> three members who are also members of the ASF and two who are PMC members<br>
> on an Apache project. You can read more about the rules here if you're<br>
> interested:<br>
> <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/Process+to+establish+an+ALC+Chapter" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/Process+to+establish+an+ALC+Chapter</a><br>
> <br>
> So far, there is myself (1/2 PMCs) and another Apache contributor who has<br>
> expressed interest in joining. I figured I would reach out here in case<br>
> anyone in KWLUG is also an ASF member. Even if you don't have an ASF<br>
> membership, I think we can make a petition to get recognized by the ASF<br>
> anyways as long as you're a contributor to some Apache project.<br>
> <br>
> My goal is to have the KW chapter listed officially by the ASF to hopefully<br>
> grow the community a bit, and ideally to have some fun meetups (again,<br>
> maybe something that could be done alongside KWLUG given that your group<br>
> will likely be far more active/larger). Please let me know what you<br>
> think/if you're interested in participating in the ALC chapter!<br>
> <br>
> Thank you, and glad to have discovered this community!<br>
> Matteo<br>
<br>
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