Hi all, Now that LGM 2008 is over, attention turns to LGM 2009.
I know that Andy has already tentatively proposed Singapore, but for a number of reasons (not least the cost, and the problem that many people wouldn't be able to go), I'm not a fan of that option. I mentioned to Ton Roosendaal that Ansterdam would be a great site, and whether he'd be prepared to lead up the organisation and put in a proposal, and today he got back to me: Ton Roosendaal said: > I've been approached by the Amsterdam city council, if we had ideas > for an open source based CG conference next year june. They want to > align it to big 3d Games event in Amsterdam, and the Dutch game days > in Utrecht. > > I've immediately mentioned LGM to them. They need us to make an > estimate before july 1. Answer then will follow in sept/okt. > > Is this opportunity worth pursuing, or did you find a good host city > already? Note, if this works it'll be decadent, with enough money to > fly in all celebs we need. :) So - does this sound like a good option for people? It's a change of schedule, and also perhaps not as intimate as we've had over the past 3 years, but Amsterdam is a transport hub for Europe, so cheap to get to from Asia, the US and all over Europe, and is a very lively city that we haven't been to previously. If there is a general feeling that this is an option, I'll give Ton a green light to put together an estimate for costs, and we should have a definitive site for the conference soon. Thoughts? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +33 9 51 13 46 45 Cell: +33 6 77 01 92 13 _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
