I was not able to attend this year due to a scheduling conflict. I was wondering, if it is not a secret, about how many did manage to attend?
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Len Diegel <ldie...@aol.com> wrote: > ** > > If you are interested in location selection, I'd suggest contacting Bill > Munson to get on next year's committee. You can see from the > thread, everyone has some thoughts about it. This year's committee met the > day before the event to discuss next year's options. That's one of the > reasons it's important to have good representation on the > committee. Several locations were considered, including some of those > mentioned here. The list also included Washington State, Michigan State, > Richmond, Austin, U. of RI, Chicago, Boston, SUNY Binghamton, Penn > State etc.. This is how we selected OSU for 2011 and it was agreed that we > should at least consider the following when selecting the next location(s): > 1.) Inexpensive (relatively speaking) to get there. Not just to the > airport, but from the airport to the campus. > 2.) University locations only (non-commercial/corporate) to > avoid/neutralize conflicts of some sort. > 3.) Towards the center of the country to avoid losing attendees from the > opposite coast. > 4.) Airport relatively close to the campus (like less than 30 minutes if > possible) > 5.) Excellent Facilities at a reasonable price. > > Each attending committee member had 2 votes (first and second choice). U. > of Kentucky, OSU, and U. of Nebraska (Omaha campus) took the top 3 votes in > that order. Bill's 2012 committee is already working on these for next > year. It's not always possible to get the dates, price, etc, which is > the reason for the backups. BTW, Rice, UT(Austin), Michigan State, U of > Arkansas, UMKC, were also on the short list. So plenty of options were on > the table. > > I hope this helps. > > Len > > > > > In a message dated 8/2/2011 6:11:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > ric...@panix.com writes: > > On: Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 01:44:33PM -0500,David Boyes Wrote: > > } University of Wisconsin would be a good choice for next year... Strong VM > ties (TCP/IP) there too. > } Madison is one of my favorite places in the US, but it tends to be hard > to get to cheaply (cheap is a big factor for Workshop). Current discussion > has University of Kentucky as top candidate, Ohio State again, or University > of Nebraska, but I'd go to Madison in a heartbeat. Nothing fixed in stone > yet - we gotta go out and check it out -but UK did some awesome Workshops in > the past. Those folks know how to throw a party - the BBQ at the last one > was legendary. > } In order not to derail this list, I'd strongly encourage anyone who's > interested in VM Workshop to sign up for the VMWKSHOP mailing list (at > vm.marist.edu). Better yet, volunteer! Gets you free shirt, first shot at > the beer, fame... well, at least for lots of tech dudes. 8-) > > Please also consider furthur south so I could go. Mabe Orlando. Is > there a VM using school in south Florida? > > -- > Rich Greenberg Sarasota, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 941 378 > 2097 > Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since > CP-67 > Canines: Val, Red, Shasta, Zero & Casey (At the bridge) > Owner:Chinook-L > Canines: Red & Cinnar (Siberians) Retired at the beach Asst > Owner:Sibernet-L > >
