Michael,
I am sorry but given the way you describe this event, it seems that:
- it will be 'hackers' only
- nobody will be able to speak politics (ah, those darned politics and
politicians, always pointing out awkward things about your employer!
Why do they even exist?) which in essence means, that discussions will
be managed
- you seem to be ignoring the existence of "RegiCons", or regional
conferences that work very well.
In short, you advertise for a Novell event.
Notice that I think a Novell event could be an interesting idea, but,
as I wrote above, the way it is being pictured looks problematic to me.
Best,
Charles.
Le 6 mars 08 à 19:24, Michael Meeks a écrit :
Hi guys,
The Novell team thought that, what with the next OOoCon being in
Beijing and the cost of travel there (etc.) and of course the broad
focus of that conference; that it would be good to have a very
hacker-focused event in Europe. So, we're inviting all hyper-technical
people (with or without long hair) to join the Novell go-oo team for
part of their annual team face-to-face in Prague.
To re-iterate, this is not an attempt to undermine OOoCon - if you
can
only afford to go to one conference (money, time, spousal -patience /
whatever); go to OOoCon.
Having said that, it should be a fun time to sit and chew over the
latest developments, problems, and opportunities - while getting to
know
other people.
Conference site:
+ http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/GoOOCon_2008
The place:
+ Prague, beautiful city, home to SUSE labs, an
inexpensive place to stay & eat
The time:
+ April 11th / 12th
The (preliminary) plan:
+ April 11th, ad-hoc presentations, hacking, evening
drinks / meal.
+ April 12th, am: more of the same
pm: fun ropes course / team building
+ check the wiki as time passes for more details.
Getting there:
+ unfortunately, we can't pay expenses, which is sad.
+ on the other hand, cheap flights & cheap hotels
shouldn't bust the bank.
We're trying to keep the event small & friendly, focusing on
hard-core coding, and vcl/source/inc/hardcore.hxx type topics. There
is no need to speak, but if you have something you want to talk about,
please do show up with some slides, and drop Kendy a line with some
idea
of what you'd like to say.
* There will also be a moratorium on overt politics *
Inevitably, this being the .cz republic, unless you are
careful, there will be a certain amount of walking through forests,
and with the ropes course it's worth bringing some good footwear.
Please poke Kendy [ NB. not the mailing list ;-> ] if you can
come.
Thanks for reading,
Michael, JP & team.
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