On 14 November 2012 09:00, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/11/2012 jan iversen wrote: > >> has anyone thought about making events that did not cost >> 600,- EUR + travel/hotel etc. ?? >> > > Yes, free (or with a nominal fee, like 10 EUR) events used to be the norm. > > > maybe it is time, we made a >> OpenOffice (I do not write AOO on purpose) gathering, where developers can >> talk to developers without the overhead of a big conference company !! >> I used to do participate in such events, which were highly successful, so >> I >> can only recommend it (and would be pleased to help establish such a >> non-commercial event). >> > > Good idea. Maybe something related to 4.0 next Spring... It will require > that someone organizes it and that it has appeal for most developers to > attend, but for the rest there's nothing against organizing one: on the > contrary, it would be very good to setup some "informal" gathering again. > 4.0 release would be a good time. Lets postpone the discussion until after FOSDEM, I will just throw in a marker, that there are plenty of hotels down here, that offer next to free conference facilities when a group of people book rooms, and in spring the rooms/flights are pretty cheap, since it is off season. Jan. > > Regards, > Andrea. >
