Re: [arch-events] [arch-dev-public] Er.... ArchCon
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 08:23:25PM -0400, Dusty Phillips wrote:
Hey all,
Is there still an active/interested group of people working on or planning an ArchCon? I'd like to join the discussion, or if its died out completely, renew/spearhead the next generation of discussion. Is there another mailing list for this or anything?
Thank ye kindly,
Dusty
Yeah the new ML for these topics is arch-events. I'd be interested in Arch Con as well.
2008/8/18 Loui <louipc.ist@gmail.com>:
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 08:23:25PM -0400, Dusty Phillips wrote:
Hey all,
Is there still an active/interested group of people working on or planning an ArchCon? I'd like to join the discussion, or if its died out completely, renew/spearhead the next generation of discussion. Is there another mailing list for this or anything?
Thank ye kindly,
Dusty
Yeah the new ML for these topics is arch-events. I'd be interested in Arch Con as well.
Moving discussion to arch-events, please follow up only on that list. I was under the impression that people had already given some thought to an ArchCon 2009 or 2010 (it takes a lot to plan theses things), but so far the response is as though this is a new idea. I don't want to step on any toes by starting any planning of my own, but I am interested in continuing discussion. I've never planned a conference and the only one I have attended was an overplanned collection of some 4000 academics. Some things that will need discussion include: * Location * Funding * Events * Date * Number of Days * Power, Wiring, and Wireless So here's the deal: If I can get several people who seem to be committed to making something this big a success, I will start separate threads for each of these items and more as they come to mind (or more experienced conference creators bring them up) and we can start discussing, delegating, designing, and planning. But I can't do this by myself (unless someone wants to pay my salary for about three months), so I need more than just "I might be interested" or the much worse enthusiasm without contribution (which is quite uncommon in Arch =) Hope to hear more! Dusty
2008/8/20 Dusty Phillips <buchuki@gmail.com>:
Some things that will need discussion include:
* Location * Funding * Events * Date * Number of Days * Power, Wiring, and Wireless
So here's the deal:
If I can get several people who seem to be committed to making something this big a success, I will start separate threads for each of these items and more as they come to mind (or more experienced conference creators bring them up) and we can start discussing, delegating, designing, and planning. But I can't do this by myself (unless someone wants to pay my salary for about three months), so I need more than just "I might be interested" or the much worse enthusiasm without contribution (which is quite uncommon in Arch =)
Hope to hear more!
One of proposals was to make it at the same time&place as some Linux conference. FrOSCon and Linux Bier Wanderung look like great candidates. The first one was liked by our devs that took part in it (so I think they can describe pros & cons), the second is nice because it always takes part in some beautiful place in Europe. Links: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Linux_conferences The positives in this are that there will be infrastructure already (but when ArchCon will become more popular - we may do independent event). However if someone has a good plan how to organize ArchCon by ourselves only - please share. The problem is that organization somewhat depends on the number of people that are going to be there, but on the other hand this number depends on where/when/how it will be organized... I think people who organized some local community meetings can share their experience. Ukrainian community had only one such meeting, it was organized during FOSS Expo in Kyiv in 2007, the largest distance between homes of community members who gathered there was >1200km, :-) unfortunately most of us were able to be there only one day, but it was enought to listen to some interesting conference reports, talk about Arch and life, take photos and drink some beer. :-) -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
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Dusty Phillips
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Loui
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Roman Kyrylych