I will not be chairing the next conference. So I am looking for someone to stand up and volunteer. If there is no volunteer, there will not be a conference.
On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 2:56 PM Brian Proffitt <b...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 > > > > > -- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren
