Hi, I have several contacts in Barcelona, especially the guys who are organizing DevBcn (https://www.devbcn.com/).
Regards JB On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 11:53 AM 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
