On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 15:44 +0100, Pierre Schmitz wrote:

Hi all,

just an idea: it might be a good idea to organize our own meeting at Froscon 09. For example Drupal organized such an event this year. The good thing is that we could have conferrence rooms, food and even a place to sleep for free.

Pierre

And even if you don't want to sleep in the project room, the regina hotel nearby has a special offer for froscon people. I had a deal for 40 euros per night for a room with quite some luxury. Only problem is that besides the social event during froscon, there's nothing special about Sankt Augustin, the place is just dead during froscon.

Am Sonntag, 25. November 2007 20:02:07 schrieb Jan de Groot:

Only problem is that besides the social event during froscon, there's nothing special about Sankt Augustin, the place is just dead during froscon.

Right,but this should only matter if we want to meet for more than just one weekend. -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de

On Nov 29, 2007 6:26 AM, Roman Kyrylych wrote:

2007/11/25, Pierre Schmitz :

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Hi all,

just an idea: it might be a good idea to organize our own meeting at Froscon 09. For example Drupal organized such an event this year. The good thing is that we could have conferrence rooms, food and even a place to sleep for free.

If Froscon'09 will be at August, 25th/26th (as the last one) - I'm fine with that date.

I thought we wanted warm and scenic.... Germany in August? O.o hah

Aaron Griffin wrote:

On Nov 29, 2007 6:26 AM, Roman Kyrylych wrote:

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2007/11/25, Pierre Schmitz :

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Hi all,

just an idea: it might be a good idea to organize our own meeting at Froscon 09. For example Drupal organized such an event this year. The good thing is that we could have conferrence rooms, food and even a place to sleep for free.

If Froscon'09 will be at August, 25th/26th (as the last one) - I'm fine with that date.

I thought we wanted warm and scenic.... Germany in August? O.o hah

August usually can be one of the hottest months in Germany in summer... well, according to the average of the past 1000 years which seemed to have changed lately. heh Anyway, for me any date is fine as it's still more than one year away. pff... I don't even have a schedule that's further ahead than 4 weeks. :P Cheers, -F

Aaron Griffin wrote:

On Dec 14, 2007 4:31 PM, Alexander Baldeck wrote:

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Aaron Griffin wrote:

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On Nov 29, 2007 6:26 AM, Roman Kyrylych wrote:

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2007/11/25, Pierre Schmitz :

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Hi all,

just an idea: it might be a good idea to organize our own meeting at Froscon 09. For example Drupal organized such an event this year. The good thing is that we could have conferrence rooms, food and even a place to sleep for free.

If Froscon'09 will be at August, 25th/26th (as the last one) - I'm fine with that date. I thought we wanted warm and scenic.... Germany in August? O.o hah August usually can be one of the hottest months in Germany in summer... well, according to the average of the past 1000 years which seemed to have changed lately. heh

Anyway, for me any date is fine as it's still more than one year away. pff... I don't even have a schedule that's further ahead than 4 weeks. :P

Same here. I rarely plan ahead more than a week or so, except for things that other people setup, like parties, birthdays, holidays, etc

Well, if there's a general feeling that we should go for '08, that's fine with me too. Re the current trend of this conversation: I can of course see the practical benefits of organising our shindig around an existing, established event. I have to say, though, that my original thought was for ArchCon to stand on its own. Whether that's practical or not is open to discussion, of course. T.

Travis Willard wrote:

On Dec 14, 2007 6:04 PM, Tom K wrote:

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Well, if there's a general feeling that we should go for '08, that's fine with me too.

I'd personally prefer '09 - already have vacation planned for '08, and not sure if I'll be able to justify two extravagent trips.

I'm less for '09 than '08. I don't know where I'm going to be in '08 and saving money plus then keeping it is a great hassle. Berlin is a great city to live it but not to make a living. Thus, I may be outta here by then or simply wouldn't know where I'd be. Just a feeling about not liking to plan that much ahead.

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Re the current trend of this conversation: I can of course see the practical benefits of organising our shindig around an existing, established event. I have to say, though, that my original thought was for ArchCon to stand on its own. Whether that's practical or not is open to discussion, of course.

I thought stand-alone too, but that involves a ton of planning if we wanna do some kind of 'real' convention. If it's just a bunch of dev's in someone's mother's basement, then it'd be easier to do, heh.

Hypothetically, if we would decide to do it in Germany I'd be able to get a huge room in the middle of town in the Tacheles art house for almost free. A week is about 400 bucks but since it's only 3 days, well. Internet redundancy is 4x and lots of people backing it. Well, I don't think doing this at someone's house is a very good idea.

I don't mind organizing this around another con, or whatever - but I'd greatly prefer 2009. Any day/time combo is good for me in '09, and pretty well nothing will be good in '08.

I'd rather not. Linuxtag wasn't all so bad cos it was a Linux fair and we hung around the booth most of the time anyways. But on froscon I would imagine, with that intensity of topics we'd easily be distracted by non-arch related stuff. Cheers, -G