[arch-events] ArchCon 2010

[Aaron Griffin]

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Dusty Phillips <dusty at linux.ca> wrote:
> 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.

Depending on where this thing is in Canadia, I might be able to make it :)