On Apr 13, 3:45 pm, proteus guy <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw Tuesday but just now noticed the 20th. That's not even a month before > the event itself so we're really doing this last minute.
Well, Ben, most people are out of town this week. The group spoke and they said that they won't be here. Hard to have a meeting when nobody is around to attend... > Biggest issue is > whether or not we should postpone dues to the political turmoil. I think > people flying in from out of town are the biggest concern here and whether > or not they'd be willing to come. I really like the May 22-23 dates so it's > a shame to postpone but I accept it may be the prudent thing to do. Anyone > have a strong opinion one way or the other and, if you prefer to postpone > then what would be the suggested date? Gen mentioned that Mozilla is not really keen on sponsoring an event at this time because they can't attend with the turmoil. Yahoo has committed to sponsoring and will keep the commitment, but they can't send people either; Yahoo has a ban on company travel to Thailand. Google has Google IO that weekend, so nobody from Google will attend, though they still have not gotten back to me about sponsorship. I don't think that we will get many out-of-town visitors for that date--and having a mix of people from many places and perspectives is really nice to have. I agree, May 22-23 is a great date in general, but events are making it look like it might not be the best time to have a Barcamp. Even if there is a quick resolution to the current flare-up, the political situation is not going to be stable for a while. What are your opinions people? Should we wait until the political situation clears up? The other alternative is a smaller, local Barcamp and then we put more effort and resources into a bigger one later this year. I can ask Sripatum if there is a data in June we can reschedule for, of if we have a small Barcamp there in May, can we also have a bigger Barcamp at Sripatum later in the year. -- John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en.
