Hey everyone, We started discussing an Arch Linux Canada conference and decided we'd host a general Arch Linux Conference. Yah, it's been discussed before, but never has it been done. Our theory is it'll go better than we expected and we'll do it again someplace else, or it'll totally bomb and we won't try again. ;-) Here's some sketchy news and information. http://www.archlinux.ca/archcon2010/ The only thing decided so far is location (Toronto, Canada), and date (July; ok, so it's not totally decided). If anyone wants to join in on organizing this, discuss on this mailing list, or this thread: http://www.archlinux.ca/bbs/viewtopic.php?pid=172#p172 or on comments at the archcon2010 site above. We're looking for people with experience in Toronto, or with experience organizing conferences, or just interest in helping out to join the discussion and hopefully help us not make many mistakes. If someone wants to do a wordpress theme for the site (I wanted a quick, simple CMS, and wordpress was available as a one-click install), or design a logo for the conference or search through proposals and pick the good ones, let me know. Dusty
On Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:32 -0600, Dusty Phillips wrote:
We started discussing an Arch Linux Canada conference and decided we'd host a general Arch Linux Conference. Yah, it's been discussed before, but never has it been done. Our theory is it'll go better than we expected and we'll do it again someplace else, or it'll totally bomb and we won't try again. ;-)
Here's some sketchy news and information.
http://www.archlinux.ca/archcon2010/
The only thing decided so far is location (Toronto, Canada), and date (July; ok, so it's not totally decided). If anyone wants to join in on organizing this, discuss on this mailing list, or this thread:
http://www.archlinux.ca/bbs/viewtopic.php?pid=172#p172
or on comments at the archcon2010 site above.
We're looking for people with experience in Toronto, or with experience organizing conferences, or just interest in helping out to join the discussion and hopefully help us not make many mistakes. If someone wants to do a wordpress theme for the site (I wanted a quick, simple CMS, and wordpress was available as a one-click install), or design a logo for the conference or search through proposals and pick the good ones, let me know.
I'm in the Toronto area and I'd be glad to help out. Some info about the Toronto open source community: * There's an conference every October in Toronto: http://onlinux.ca/ * There's a user's group for the Greater Toronto Area that might be able to offer some help: http://tlug.ss.org/wiki/Main_Page * There's a café in Toronto that pays tribute to our fine OS: http://linuxcaffe.ca/ The café has hosted release parties for Ubuntu, and Fedora. It's kind of small, but usually the turnout is small as well. A warmer time of the year would be better to host events there since there are benches outdoors, they have a huge inflatable Tux that they can bring out, and there's a park across the street where other activities could take place. I'm not sure how great the venue is for presentations, but they do have workshops and live music pretty frequently. What would we need? A projector and a PA system? I think they have that at least. I can ask if needed. I know the area somewhat well and can direct people to bars, restaurants, and clubs if anyone's interested. After party anyone? Please let me know how I can help. Cheers!
2009/11/2 Loui Chang <louipc.ist@gmail.com>:
I'm in the Toronto area and I'd be glad to help out.
Damn, I was there for four years and never knew, (or forgot) that. I should've started looking for local archers sooner, there aren't any around here. ;-) Erm, you should join our little community over at bbs.archlinux.ca/ =)
Some info about the Toronto open source community:
* There's an conference every October in Toronto: http://onlinux.ca/
* There's a user's group for the Greater Toronto Area that might be able to offer some help: http://tlug.ss.org/wiki/Main_Page
* There's a café in Toronto that pays tribute to our fine OS: http://linuxcaffe.ca/
I've been there, it's got great ambiance. I'm hoping that this conference will be bigger than linuxcaffe can adequately serve, but if we only get a few registrants, then it would be totally cool to do it there. Ricardo works at Humber College and is looking into the possibility of hosting it there. We'd be able to get a few classrooms for presentations, and can hopefully arrange something to allow people to bunk on campus (since it's summer).
I'm not sure how great the venue is for presentations, but they do have workshops and live music pretty frequently. What would we need? A projector and a PA system? I think they have that at least. I can ask if needed.
They do.
I know the area somewhat well and can direct people to bars, restaurants, and clubs if anyone's interested. After party anyone?
Please let me know how I can help.
If you're up for it, you can be in charge of area knowledge and pub socials. This will be easier once we have a concrete venue (so you know which area to do the research in), which may not happen until we have an estimate of number of registrants. If you can give me some 'places to visit and things to do in Toronto' content, I can update the location page on the site. I know the city pretty well, but I'm currently too pressed for time to get to it until the new year. A summary of available transit options (Go, Viva, TTC, and Taxicabs internally, Greyhound, Via Rail, Pearson, and centre island airport externally) would also be useful. No hurry on that though, people aren't gonna care about how to get there until they start thinking about registration. Dusty
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:32, Dusty Phillips <dusty@linux.ca> wrote:
Hey everyone,
We started discussing an Arch Linux Canada conference and decided we'd host a general Arch Linux Conference. Yah, it's been discussed before, but never has it been done. Our theory is it'll go better than we expected and we'll do it again someplace else, or it'll totally bomb and we won't try again. ;-)
During FrOSCon we were discussing ArchCon in Europe, with possible places somewhere in Germany (because it's easy for most European devs to get there), or Ukraine (because food/drinks and settlement is cheap for all europeans here :-P). So if both of us succeed in organising this there will be a naming clash. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:24:49 +0200 Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:32, Dusty Phillips <dusty@linux.ca> wrote:
Hey everyone,
We started discussing an Arch Linux Canada conference and decided we'd host a general Arch Linux Conference. Yah, it's been discussed before, but never has it been done. Our theory is it'll go better than we expected and we'll do it again someplace else, or it'll totally bomb and we won't try again. ;-)
During FrOSCon we were discussing ArchCon in Europe, with possible places somewhere in Germany (because it's easy for most European devs to get there), or Ukraine (because food/drinks and settlement is cheap for all europeans here :-P). So if both of us succeed in organising this there will be a naming clash.
define "clash"? i don't think that there's something wrong with having an ArchCon in canada and one in europe at least a month apart or so. other then that, if there are 2 events, this will decrease the upcome of devs for both events...
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 16:07, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:24:49 +0200 Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:32, Dusty Phillips <dusty@linux.ca> wrote:
Hey everyone,
We started discussing an Arch Linux Canada conference and decided we'd host a general Arch Linux Conference. Yah, it's been discussed before, but never has it been done. Our theory is it'll go better than we expected and we'll do it again someplace else, or it'll totally bomb and we won't try again. ;-)
During FrOSCon we were discussing ArchCon in Europe, with possible places somewhere in Germany (because it's easy for most European devs to get there), or Ukraine (because food/drinks and settlement is cheap for all europeans here :-P). So if both of us succeed in organising this there will be a naming clash.
define "clash"? i don't think that there's something wrong with having an ArchCon in canada and one in europe at least a month apart or so.
other then that, if there are 2 events, this will decrease the upcome of devs for both events...
Sure, there's nothing wrong with that. It's just that 2 events in 2 different places having the same name might be confusing (e.g. when referring to them in news or forums etc.). Maybe call 'em ArchCon Canada/Europe, or call the second one 2010.2. :-) -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
Roman Kyrylych wrote:
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 16:07, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:24:49 +0200 Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:32, Dusty Phillips <dusty@linux.ca> wrote:
Hey everyone,
We started discussing an Arch Linux Canada conference and decided we'd host a general Arch Linux Conference. Yah, it's been discussed before, but never has it been done. Our theory is it'll go better than we expected and we'll do it again someplace else, or it'll totally bomb and we won't try again. ;-)
During FrOSCon we were discussing ArchCon in Europe, with possible places somewhere in Germany (because it's easy for most European devs to get there), or Ukraine (because food/drinks and settlement is cheap for all europeans here :-P). So if both of us succeed in organising this there will be a naming clash.
define "clash"? i don't think that there's something wrong with having an ArchCon in canada and one in europe at least a month apart or so.
other then that, if there are 2 events, this will decrease the upcome of devs for both events...
Sure, there's nothing wrong with that. It's just that 2 events in 2 different places having the same name might be confusing (e.g. when referring to them in news or forums etc.). Maybe call 'em ArchCon Canada/Europe, or call the second one 2010.2. :-)
Being pessimistic, I will point out that there had been talk about ArchCon Europe for 2009 and nothing happened there. So how about considering this issue if/when any progress gets made on organising it? Allan
On Tue 03 Nov 2009 16:19 +0200, Roman Kyrylych wrote:
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 16:07, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:24:49 +0200 Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:32, Dusty Phillips <dusty@linux.ca> wrote:
Hey everyone,
We started discussing an Arch Linux Canada conference and decided we'd host a general Arch Linux Conference. Yah, it's been discussed before, but never has it been done. Our theory is it'll go better than we expected and we'll do it again someplace else, or it'll totally bomb and we won't try again. ;-)
During FrOSCon we were discussing ArchCon in Europe, with possible places somewhere in Germany (because it's easy for most European devs to get there), or Ukraine (because food/drinks and settlement is cheap for all europeans here :-P). So if both of us succeed in organising this there will be a naming clash.
define "clash"? i don't think that there's something wrong with having an ArchCon in canada and one in europe at least a month apart or so.
other then that, if there are 2 events, this will decrease the upcome of devs for both events...
Sure, there's nothing wrong with that. It's just that 2 events in 2 different places having the same name might be confusing (e.g. when referring to them in news or forums etc.). Maybe call 'em ArchCon Canada/Europe, or call the second one 2010.2. :-)
ArchCanCon Woo.
2009/11/3 Loui Chang <louipc.ist@gmail.com>:
On Tue 03 Nov 2009 16:19 +0200, Roman Kyrylych wrote:
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 16:07, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:24:49 +0200 Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:32, Dusty Phillips <dusty@linux.ca> wrote:
Hey everyone,
We started discussing an Arch Linux Canada conference and decided we'd host a general Arch Linux Conference. Yah, it's been discussed before, but never has it been done. Our theory is it'll go better than we expected and we'll do it again someplace else, or it'll totally bomb and we won't try again. ;-)
During FrOSCon we were discussing ArchCon in Europe, with possible places somewhere in Germany (because it's easy for most European devs to get there), or Ukraine (because food/drinks and settlement is cheap for all europeans here :-P). So if both of us succeed in organising this there will be a naming clash.
define "clash"? i don't think that there's something wrong with having an ArchCon in canada and one in europe at least a month apart or so.
other then that, if there are 2 events, this will decrease the upcome of devs for both events...
Sure, there's nothing wrong with that. It's just that 2 events in 2 different places having the same name might be confusing (e.g. when referring to them in news or forums etc.). Maybe call 'em ArchCon Canada/Europe, or call the second one 2010.2. :-)
ArchCanCon
I was considering ArchCan, but I want to make sure people think it's world wide. I like Python's "Pycon" vs "EuroPython," but "EuroArch" doesn't have the same ring. IF two conferences are organized, putting them six months apart would be ideal, I'd like to attend both, and can't afford to travel so often. ;-) As far as what's in a name: bikeshed. Dusty
2009/11/3 Dusty Phillips <dusty@linux.ca>:
2009/11/3 Loui Chang <louipc.ist@gmail.com>:
On Tue 03 Nov 2009 16:19 +0200, Roman Kyrylych wrote:
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 16:07, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:24:49 +0200 Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:32, Dusty Phillips <dusty@linux.ca> wrote:
Hey everyone,
We started discussing an Arch Linux Canada conference and decided we'd host a general Arch Linux Conference. Yah, it's been discussed before, but never has it been done. Our theory is it'll go better than we expected and we'll do it again someplace else, or it'll totally bomb and we won't try again. ;-)
During FrOSCon we were discussing ArchCon in Europe, with possible places somewhere in Germany (because it's easy for most European devs to get there), or Ukraine (because food/drinks and settlement is cheap for all europeans here :-P). So if both of us succeed in organising this there will be a naming clash.
define "clash"? i don't think that there's something wrong with having an ArchCon in canada and one in europe at least a month apart or so.
other then that, if there are 2 events, this will decrease the upcome of devs for both events...
Sure, there's nothing wrong with that. It's just that 2 events in 2 different places having the same name might be confusing (e.g. when referring to them in news or forums etc.). Maybe call 'em ArchCon Canada/Europe, or call the second one 2010.2. :-)
ArchCanCon
I was considering ArchCan, but I want to make sure people think it's world wide. I like Python's "Pycon" vs "EuroPython," but "EuroArch" doesn't have the same ring. IF two conferences are organized, putting them six months apart would be ideal, I'd like to attend both,
I also want to attend AUrchcon if James and Allan organize such. :D Dusty
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Dusty Phillips <dusty@linux.ca> wrote:
2009/11/3 Loui Chang <louipc.ist@gmail.com>:
On Tue 03 Nov 2009 16:19 +0200, Roman Kyrylych wrote:
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 16:07, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:24:49 +0200 Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:32, Dusty Phillips <dusty@linux.ca> wrote:
Hey everyone,
We started discussing an Arch Linux Canada conference and decided we'd host a general Arch Linux Conference. Yah, it's been discussed before, but never has it been done. Our theory is it'll go better than we expected and we'll do it again someplace else, or it'll totally bomb and we won't try again. ;-)
During FrOSCon we were discussing ArchCon in Europe, with possible places somewhere in Germany (because it's easy for most European devs to get there), or Ukraine (because food/drinks and settlement is cheap for all europeans here :-P). So if both of us succeed in organising this there will be a naming clash.
define "clash"? i don't think that there's something wrong with having an ArchCon in canada and one in europe at least a month apart or so.
other then that, if there are 2 events, this will decrease the upcome of devs for both events...
Sure, there's nothing wrong with that. It's just that 2 events in 2 different places having the same name might be confusing (e.g. when referring to them in news or forums etc.). Maybe call 'em ArchCon Canada/Europe, or call the second one 2010.2. :-)
ArchCanCon
I was considering ArchCan, but I want to make sure people think it's world wide. I like Python's "Pycon" vs "EuroPython," but "EuroArch" doesn't have the same ring. IF two conferences are organized, putting them six months apart would be ideal, I'd like to attend both, and can't afford to travel so often. ;-) As far as what's in a name: bikeshed.
Depending on where this thing is in Canadia, I might be able to make it :)
2009/11/3 Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>:
Depending on where this thing is in Canadia, I might be able to make it :)
Ah, our keynote speaker has arrived. *grins* /me watches Aaron's brain: "No, wait, I didn't sign up for this, ah what the hell, it's my duty as overlord." It's in Toronto, it's a pretty short flight from Chicago, unless there is a spot of rain in Chicago, apparently. Dusty
participants (6)
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Aaron Griffin
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Allan McRae
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Dieter Plaetinck
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Dusty Phillips
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Loui Chang
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Roman Kyrylych