Apache TAC or "Here's how YOU can make it to the next real conference!"
summary
The Apache Travel Assistance Committee funds travel, hotel, conference fees and modest subsistence payments for community members, coordinates bookings and visas, and expects sponsored attendees to share a room and help host sessions. Applications score via multiple independent judges with a reviewers’ call for discrepancies; judging consumes about four to six workdays. TAC recently reserves a separate budget for committers allowing one international trip per year (two trips per three years), typically sends 8–16 people to an event, and reports concrete success stories—recipients gaining jobs and sustained ASF contributions.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:41But also: Meet your community
- 8:41Apache TAC covers
- 11:51Typical TAC Trip
- 14:57Typical TAC Day
- 17:41What the TAC-team does
- 20:47Travel Assistance
- 21:18How an application works
- 25:52What happens after being accepted
- 27:05Starting 2020 new rules
- 29:52Starting 2021 new application system
- 30:35Personal TAC Story
- 32:59Personal final words
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