Apache Local Community (ALC) on ASF Community Development

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ALC section (`/alc/`) ¶

This directory implements the Apache Local Community (ALC) section of the ComDev website: a landing page with an interactive map of chapters, a per-chapter page model, a “start a chapter” guide, and an organizer guide.

What each file is ¶

source/alc/
├── _index.md             Landing page. Intro, embedded map + chapter
│                         list (via shortcodes), how to get involved,
│                         contact. URL: /alc/
├── start-a-chapter.md     How to establish a chapter + the program rules
│                         (one-per-city, metro exceptions, CoC, quarterly
│                         reports, 3-month inactivity dissolution, no
│                         press releases). Includes the front-matter
│                         template for adding a chapter.
├── organizers.md          Practical guide for chapter organizers (running
│                         events, finding speakers, reporting, resources).
└── chapters/
    ├── _index.md          Chapter list page. URL: /alc/chapters/
    └── <city>.md          One file per chapter. Front matter drives the
                           map + list; body is the chapter blurb.

Supporting layout files (in layouts/shortcodes/):

ALC Organizer Guide

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Running an ALC chapter is mostly about showing up, consistently, for your local open source community. This page collects practical help for chapter organizers.

Running events ¶

The heart of a chapter is its events. These don’t need to be large or elaborate — a regular, reliable, welcoming meetup does far more for a community than an occasional big conference.

Start small and regular. A predictable monthly or quarterly cadence builds an audience.
Mix formats: talks, workshops, hack sessions, and informal socials all have their place.
Welcome newcomers explicitly. Many attendees will be students or people entirely new to open source.

Finding speakers ¶

You don’t have to find every speaker yourself.

Start an ALC Chapter

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So there’s no ALC chapter in your town or city yet, and you’d like to start one. Wonderful! Here’s what’s involved.

Before you apply ¶

Check the map first. There is a single ALC chapter per town or city. Look at the list of chapters to make sure one doesn’t already exist in your location.
You don’t have to be a committer. It is not mandatory to be, or to have, Apache committers to form a chapter. If committers are available locally to participate and share their experience, that’s a bonus, but it isn’t a requirement.
This isn’t a committer meetup. The goal is to build a local group of Apache and open source enthusiasts — students, developers, and the local business community — not simply to hold a monthly meeting of existing committers.

Metropolitan areas ¶

For large metropolitan areas (for example the San Francisco Bay Area, or Los Angeles), more than one chapter can make sense. The ComDev PMC reviews these requests and decides on a case-by-case basis.

Apache Local Community (ALC) on ASF Community Development

ALC section (/alc/) ¶

What each file is ¶

ALC Organizer Guide

Running events ¶

Finding speakers ¶

Start an ALC Chapter

Before you apply ¶

Metropolitan areas ¶

ALC section (`/alc/`) ¶