Wasn't complaining, John, just observing. Given the situation with Yahoo & Google I'd say we should try for a tentative date in June with Sripatum and hope things clear up in the next week or two.
-- Ben On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 4:01 PM, JFXBerns <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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]<barcamp-thailand%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en. > > -- 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.
