Hi, I would also prefer Barcelona or Brussels, depending on the target month. In Brussels, I also have a bunch of contacts, and we can work with Eclipse foundation here.
Regards JB On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 1:21 PM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > London can be a hassle for non citizen EU residents to travel to, since > Brexit. > > Meanwhile many of us are at least familiar with Brussels having gone there > for fosdem for a decade or more. > > Rich > > On Fri, May 3, 2024, 05:54 Claude Warren <cla...@xenei.com> wrote: >> >> Francois, >> >> Do you know of anyone on the ground in any of those cities? It helps to >> have a local person in place. Not discounting any suggestions just yet, >> only looking for more data. >> >> Claude >> >> On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 10:15 AM Francois Papon <francois.pa...@openobject.fr> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > I think it would be nice to have the event at places like Bruxelles, >> > Paris, Barcelone, Berlin, London... and to see if we can talk with >> > others open source foundation to make a common event like JB mention. >> > >> > regards, >> > >> > François >> > >> > On 03/05/2024 07:36, Claude Warren wrote: >> > > There have been several volunteers to participate in the conference >> > > organizing committee so perhaps we should start by discussing where the >> > > conference should be held. >> > > >> > > Does anyone have any strong opinions or ideas? >> > > >> > > The 2024 committee considered the following factors when choosing the >> > > location: >> > > >> > > 1. Production cost (venue rental + services). 2024 was a reboot >> > (Community >> > > over Code is not positioned) so we are starting with sponsors from >> > > scratch. 2025 is is a slightly better place since the 2024 conference >> > made >> > > the European version of C/C visible to some sponsors and participants. >> > > >> > > 2. Easy to get to by either train or airport (giving priority to train, >> > > since we expect most attendees to come from EU and only a few from North >> > > America). >> > > >> > > 3. A city/area where it is easy to walk to nearby restaurants/bars so >> > that >> > > attendees would run into each other after conference hours. >> > > >> > > 4. A nice city that people would be interested in visiting, and probably >> > > never been to. >> > > >> > > So if you have opinions and/or ideas please speak up. >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > >> > > Claude >> > > >> > > p.s. We are still looking for a 2025 organizing committee chair. Care to >> > > volunteer? >> > > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> > >> > >> >> -- >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
