We are doing something like this in Berlin already: every month or so we meet for an Apache Dinner. Usually there are 2-4 members, 6 or so committers and a few guests, all from the area.
Uli On 03.03.2011 14:54, Christian Grobmeier wrote: > I feel simliar to Benson. Ireland is very nice, but it has a very high > cost on time. > I just took a look at the committers map. Wasn't there an effort > before to bring together Apache people (and interested) in a specific > area? 10 people from bavaria can make it in one day to an event and > back. Cost should be very low. Of course not the same as a big > meet'n'greet in ireland, but it might help people coming into apache > or finally meet at least the people near you. From bavaria, I would > propose the name "Apache Stammtisch". ;-) > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I have interest, but I have a very, very, strong priority toward >> family on free time, and it's not so easy to transport the skating >> competitions, piano lessons, and other family weekend activities to >> Ireland. Aide from the fact that, as part of that priority, I tend to >> want to spend the time with the family, wherever we are at. It is true >> that Vermont (say) might be more digestible than Ireland :-) Please >> don't interpret this as some sort of dog-in-manger ("I don't want to >> do it so it shouldn't exist") attitude. >> > > >