I know that there are a lot of people from India who are members of hcoop. It might be nice to have a smaller meetup in this part of the world too. I myself joined in 2003 or so and I know several people from back then.
On Tue, Oct 28 2014, Nathan Kennedy wrote: > I floated the idea of a 10th anniversary HCoop meet-up at a meeting > earlier in the year, and there was a little interest. While the > HCoop’s origins (http://wiki.hcoop.net/OurHistory > <http://wiki.hcoop.net/OurHistory>) as cooperative hosting go back to > 2002 and the community has roots dating back even to 1996, the > corporate birthdate of HCoop Inc. as a legal entity is February 17, > 2005. > > It’s getting late but since I had volunteered myself to help organize > this before, if this is going to be a thing it’s time to start picking > venues, sending out announcements, inviting presenters and such. I > think it would definitely be worth doing if we could get even half a > dozen HCoopers together in the same place for the first time, as long > as it’s not going to be just me. And it would be nice to promote it > locally and draw in others from the free software/open > source/Linux/UNIX/web communities and make it a somewhat legitimate > geek event. I know I have a record of overcommitting but I do have > time off in February to make it happen. > > Given HCoop’s center of gravity this would probably be in the > northeastern USA, thinking Boston, NYC or Philly, but if more people > would show up someplace warmer or such that’s fine by me, except that > an executive decision will need to be made soon. > > I’ll put up a wiki page, but can we get some discussion of interest on > the list first? Anyone up for an HCoop meetup some weekend in > February? Better yet, anyone interested in coming AND helping out with > organizing? > > Best, > Nathan > _______________________________________________ > HCoop-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/hcoop-discuss -- Cordially, Noufal http://nibrahim.net.in _______________________________________________ HCoop-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/hcoop-discuss
