WineConf 2008 Keynote Video
http://www.winehq.org/site/wineconf/media -Newman
Announcing dates and location for Wineconf 2008
Hi Folks, Thanks to the volunteer efforts of James Ramey (new guy in our office), we now have a great venue for WineConf 2008. I've put together a page on it here: http://wiki.winehq.org/WineConf2008 The key details are that it will be over the weekend of September 27 and 28, at a hotel in Bloomington, MN. I promise that it won't be mind numbingly cold, and I won't make any one traipse to see an ice palace this year . In fact, it's a nice hotel, quite close to the airport, the Mall of America, a Wildlife refuge, and to a stop for our light rail system. Additionally, I believe we will be able to offer fairly substantial travel sponsorships for people that find the cost of travel prohibitive. Email me privately if that would be a help. And for those Europeans that hate US policies, I'll point out two things: 1. January 20, 2009 is fast approaching. 2. 1 Euro gets you $1.60, which is a whole lot of cheap beer At any rate, if you're interested in coming to Wineconf this year, please visit the Wiki and sign up for the wineconf mailing list: http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wineconf We generally use that list for minutiae to avoid spamming the broader mailing list. Hope to see you in September! Cheers, Jeremy
Wineconf 2008
Hi Folks, We have provisionally set Wineconf for the weekend of September 27/28 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Wine conference is open to all. We host 2 days of informal sessions to discuss technical issues related to Wine development. We'll likely also have a celebration of Wine 1.0, and other social activities. If you're interested in Wineconf, please visit this web page: http://www.winehq.org/site/wineconf/survey In particular, if you have given up on Wineconf because of travel costs, please indicate that on the form. I'll use the response data I get there to nail down the details. I look forward to seeing you all, and to celebrating 1.0! Cheers, Jeremy
Re: WineConf 2008
Jeremy White wrote: > I'd like to start the planning for WineConf 2008. > > My sense is that 3 years in Europe and 1 year in the US > is a reasonable balance, so I feel it makes sense to > try to have it over here this year. > > Further, I would like to host WineConf this year in St. Paul, Minnesota, > for a variety of reasons. First, it's a lot easier for me to help > plan if it's here. Second, it's nice for CodeWeavers; it means we > can have everyone, not just the developers, all together. Having Mandi > able to physically intimidate people is very helpful for us, after all . > > My thought was to do it in late September, early October, so That's the worst possible date for me. Anyw way to move it to beginning of September or end of October? > that the weather would not be so extreme. I realize that veterans > of our last Minnesota meeting will be disappointed at the lack > of the Ice Palace, but we'll try to find a way to make it up to you. > > Also, I know the travel costs will be hard for many people, given current > travel costs, so I'm hoping to contribute funds (and perhaps > do some fund raising) to help cover travel costs for Wine > contributors. > > At any rate, that's my idea. I'm willing to be swayed if people > object violently, or if a clear consensus for an alternate emerges. bye michael
Re: WineConf 2008
On Thursday 10 April 2008 21:05:10 Jeremy White wrote: > My sense is that 3 years in Europe and 1 year in the US > is a reasonable balance, so I feel it makes sense to > try to have it over here this year. Fine with me. I'm hoping to fit it into my US trip schedule for this year. > > My thought was to do it in late September, early October, so > that the weather would not be so extreme. I'm probably going to travel to the US twice this year, once for the GSoC mentor summit and maybe to the CIFS workshop if we can talk JRA into organizing another one. If WineConf is close to one of those trips, I'll be glad to stop by in MN. I'm probably not going to fly to the US three times, as being a tall guy in economy class really sucks. Unfortunately, I don't have exact dates for the two scheduled trips yet. Cheers, Kai -- Kai Blin WorldForge developer http://www.worldforge.org/ Wine developerhttp://wiki.winehq.org/KaiBlin Samba team member http://www.samba.org/samba/team/ -- Will code for cotton. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: WineConf 2008
Steven Edwards wrote: On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Jeremy White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At any rate, that's my idea. I'm willing to be swayed if people object violently, or if a clear consensus for an alternate emerges. Thoughts? Comments? It may be nothing more than hot air from our European brethren but the consensus I've felt is that most of the discussions I've had with some members at the last few conferences is that they don't want to deal with the hassle of US security and privacy issues. I don't really blame them if this is true and they decide to boycott wineconf as a form of economic protest. But they should want to go, to show the government that OSS is a great thing!
Re: WineConf 2008
> Thoughts? +1 to a US conference. --Juan
Re: WineConf 2008
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Jeremy White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At any rate, that's my idea. I'm willing to be swayed if people > object violently, or if a clear consensus for an alternate emerges. > > Thoughts? Comments? It may be nothing more than hot air from our European brethren but the consensus I've felt is that most of the discussions I've had with some members at the last few conferences is that they don't want to deal with the hassle of US security and privacy issues. I don't really blame them if this is true and they decide to boycott wineconf as a form of economic protest. -- Steven Edwards "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo
WineConf 2008
Hi Folks, I'd like to start the planning for WineConf 2008. My sense is that 3 years in Europe and 1 year in the US is a reasonable balance, so I feel it makes sense to try to have it over here this year. Further, I would like to host WineConf this year in St. Paul, Minnesota, for a variety of reasons. First, it's a lot easier for me to help plan if it's here. Second, it's nice for CodeWeavers; it means we can have everyone, not just the developers, all together. Having Mandi able to physically intimidate people is very helpful for us, after all . My thought was to do it in late September, early October, so that the weather would not be so extreme. I realize that veterans of our last Minnesota meeting will be disappointed at the lack of the Ice Palace, but we'll try to find a way to make it up to you. Also, I know the travel costs will be hard for many people, given current travel costs, so I'm hoping to contribute funds (and perhaps do some fund raising) to help cover travel costs for Wine contributors. At any rate, that's my idea. I'm willing to be swayed if people object violently, or if a clear consensus for an alternate emerges. Thoughts? Comments? Cheers, Jeremy
