[arch-events] ArchCon 2010

[Dusty Phillips]

2009/11/3 Loui Chang <louipc.ist at gmail.com>:
> On Tue 03 Nov 2009 16:19 +0200, Roman Kyrylych wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 16:07, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter at plaetinck.be> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:24:49 +0200
>> > Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:32, Dusty Phillips <dusty at 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