One thing to keep in mind will be that any candidate venue/city will undergo scrutiny on various criteria, such as:
Ease of travel to the location (proximity to major airports, travel time) Cost of the city for attendees Cost of the city for planning organizers Immigration access (ease of getting visas) Size of venue, and flexibility of venue's space That's just a few. You all can talk about what's the neatest place to hold a conference, but that is just one aspect of many required to hold a successful event. BKP Brian Proffitt VP, Marketing & Publicity VP, Conferences On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 8:45 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > On May 17, 2024, at 3:49 AM, Claude Warren <cla...@xenei.com> wrote: > > > > Who will be at CoC Bratislava? Do we want to hold a BoF for CoC > > organizers? > > Yes, but, I will caution you, these meetings are seldom productive. Having > 20 people sit around and say the names of their favorite city is not > actually a good use of time. I would encourage you to have a specific > agenda, and action items. Selecting a city is *mostly* a financial > decision, and requires someone to collect actual proposals and compare > them, not just list nice places to visit. > > Yes, I am being cynical here. It’s because I have endured 20 years of > these meetings, and half of them devolved into shouting matches (no, I’m > not exaggerating. Ask Shane for his stories!) and the rest were just a > waste of time. > > I would encourage you, rather than having a “share our opinions” meeting, > to delegate specific tasks, figure out a timeline for reporting and > completion of those tasks, and then go get a beer. The nature of this work > is that you can’t get it done in a meeting, and attempting to do so > generally leads to heightened emotions. > > —Rich > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
