[9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-04 Thread Jonas Amoson
I am thinking of the durability of the URL:s for the various IWP9 articles. if www.iwp9.org will be reused for further hosting, a subdirectory (as in 'papers/4e/') might be a good idea.I suppose that some domain bloat is hard to avoid, when things are so decentralised ;-) /jonas Here is a secon

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-04 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue May 4 16:05:13 EDT 2010, jonas.amo...@home.se wrote: > I am thinking of the durability of the URL:s for the > various IWP9 articles. if www.iwp9.org will be reused > for further hosting, a subdirectory (as in 'papers/4e/') > might be a good idea.I suppose that some domain bloat > is hard to

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-04 Thread EBo
erik quanstrom said: > On Tue May 4 16:05:13 EDT 2010, jonas.amo...@home.se wrote: > > I am thinking of the durability of the URL:s for the > > various IWP9 articles. if www.iwp9.org will be reused > > for further hosting, a subdirectory (as in 'papers/4e/') > > might be a good idea.I suppose th

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-04 Thread erik quanstrom
> would be Quanstrom2009a.pdf Quanstrom2009b.pdf or possibly something like > Quanstrom2009AAN.pdf Quanstrom2009SR.pdf This would help with various > maintenance and automation tasks. i'm not sure i understand how this would help. currently there is a single list of paper names. for your use, t

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-04 Thread EBo
> i'm not sure i understand how this would help. currently > there is a single list of paper names. for your use, these > names are random. changing to a list of authors, > years and a seperate sequence list per author sounds at best > no less complicated to me. for your use, i believe such a

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue May 4 16:00:50 EDT 2010, jonas.amo...@home.se wrote: > I am thinking of the durability of the URL:s for the > various IWP9 articles. if www.iwp9.org will be reused > for further hosting, a subdirectory (as in 'papers/4e/') > might be a good idea.I suppose that some domain bloat > is hard to

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread Jeff Sickel
On May 6, 2010, at 9:55 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: > speaking of which, is there any interest in iwp9 5e? yes

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread ron minnich
Me too. I thought 4 was great. I keep wanting to have a workshop here: http://www.naturebridge.org/headlands/conference-facilities It's stunning and SF is right over the bridge. This time around we could emphasize hacking more than talks, and let people show us what they've got. Would love to see

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu May 6 12:01:32 EDT 2010, rminn...@gmail.com wrote: > Me too. I thought 4 was great. > > I keep wanting to have a workshop here: > http://www.naturebridge.org/headlands/conference-facilities > > It's stunning and SF is right over the bridge. This time around we > could emphasize hacking mo

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread ron minnich
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:01 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > > are you gonna host? Actually, the big question to start is: what are people willing to pay? We have a lot of students, for example. IWP9 4 was a bargain. I've had one experience with a workshop priced out of people's ability to reach or

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread tlaronde
On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 04:18:55PM +, ron minnich wrote: > > Do we have some idea of what people can afford? Another option is to > have it right in SF, but that again starts to look pricey ($165/night > minimum, cheap for you euro-spending guys but ...) Hum... seems you're not listening to e

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread Wes Kussmaul
ron minnich wrote: I figure Marin Headlands ought to be cheap (dormitory housing!) but very attractive (right at the Golden Gate!). Cheap indeed! (apologies for the html) Our overnight package includes: * 3 meals per person * 1 meeting room for every 1 night stay * 1-time room set-u

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
> Our overnight package includes: > > * 3 meals per person > * 1 meeting room for every 1 night stay > * 1-time room set-up > * Overnight lodging > > Group sizeWeekday*Weekend** > 10-25 people $95.00/person $99.00/person > 26-75 people $89/person $93/person >

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread ron minnich
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Skip Tavakkolian <9...@9netics.com> wrote: > >> *Weekday overnight accommodations are not available from September to June. > > this will mean peak season airfares and very tight deadline. The food looked good but this weekday overnight thing is a deal breaker. L

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
> Let's try something else. how about Seattle? i have looked into conference facilities provided by the Port of Seattle, and they seem reasonably priced. there are several locations, but the least expensive will be the conference rooms at the airport. for 60 or less people a room like the Londo

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread EBo
> I would be very interested in attending IWP9, but whatever the location > is, it will be probably out of my financial reach, combining travel and > accomodations. > > I think that I'm not the only one in this case: definitively no lack of > interest; but lack of means---and lack of vision even

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread ron minnich
doesn't the weather get ugly in seattle about that time? ron

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
> doesn't the weather get ugly in seattle about that time? pick any two: cheap, pretty, convenient. ☺

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread ron minnich
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Skip Tavakkolian <9...@9netics.com> wrote: >> doesn't the weather get ugly in seattle about that time? > > pick any two: cheap, pretty, convenient. ☺ I actually like seattle that time of year anyway. Is seattle a one-hop place from Europe? I am sure it is from the

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
> Is seattle a one-hop place from Europe? I am sure it is from the > important spots on the pacific rim ... this is an interesting > suggestion! daily direct flights from/to: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Paris and Reykjavik

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread EBo
On Thu, 6 May 2010 14:21:24 -0700, Skip Tavakkolian <9...@9netics.com> wrote: >> doesn't the weather get ugly in seattle about that time? > > pick any two: cheap, pretty, convenient. ☺ I do not know about you but when I go to a conference I actually go FOR the conference. If we really wanted pre

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread erik quanstrom
> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Skip Tavakkolian <9...@9netics.com> wrote: > >> doesn't the weather get ugly in seattle about that time? > > > > pick any two: cheap, pretty, convenient. ☺ > > I actually like seattle that time of year anyway. which one did athens, ga fail? - erik

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread ron minnich
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:03 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > which one did athens, ga fail? I think athens won big on cheap and pretty, and I also think we all felt the host (i.e. coraid) was fantastic. It was somewhat inconvenient to get to, and people had to pay the cost of a rental car. I would

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu May 6 19:09:36 EDT 2010, rminn...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:03 PM, erik quanstrom > wrote: > > > which one did athens, ga fail? > > I think athens won big on cheap and pretty, and I also think we all > felt the host (i.e. coraid) was fantastic. > > It was somewhat inc

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread Christopher Nielsen
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 16:08, ron minnich wrote: > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:03 PM, erik quanstrom > wrote: > >> which one did athens, ga fail? > > I think athens won big on cheap and pretty, and I also think we all > felt the host (i.e. coraid) was fantastic. > > It was somewhat inconvenient to

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread balaji
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:08 PM, ron minnich wrote: > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:03 PM, erik quanstrom > wrote: > >> which one did athens, ga fail? > > I think athens won big on cheap and pretty, and I also think we all > felt the host (i.e. coraid) was fantastic. > > It was somewhat inconvenient t

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
> which one did athens, ga fail? i wasn't trying to be disparaging toward past venues. i would guess if there was any, it would be convenience of getting there/back.

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-06 Thread John Floren
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:35 PM, ron minnich wrote: > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Skip Tavakkolian <9...@9netics.com> wrote: > >> >>> *Weekday overnight accommodations are not available from September to June. >> >> this will mean peak season airfares and very tight deadline. > > The food look

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-07 Thread Eric Van Hensbergen
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:45 PM, ron minnich wrote: > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Skip Tavakkolian <9...@9netics.com> wrote: >>> doesn't the weather get ugly in seattle about that time? >> >> pick any two: cheap, pretty, convenient. ☺ > > I actually like seattle that time of year anyway. > > Is

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-07 Thread Paul Lalonde
Both Vancouver and Seattle are trivially doable for me. I'd offer our Victoria offices, but we're moving into unknown space at the end of August. Paul On 2010-05-07, at 6:09 AM, Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:45 PM, ron minnich wrote: >> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:21 PM, S

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-07 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: > OSDI is in Vancouver in October, might be more justifiable as a > destination for academic folks if the workshop and the conference > "adjoined" -- it would at least be down to a single airfare. I got burned doing that for coreboot due

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-07 Thread Ramon de Vera
Maybe Seattle? ...if in October, the Picasso Exhibit is also on in the SAM as well (just saying). On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:48 AM, ron minnich wrote: > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: > >> OSDI is in Vancouver in October, might be more justifiable as a >> destination fo

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-07 Thread David Leimbach
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Ramon de Vera wrote: > Maybe Seattle? ...if in October, the Picasso Exhibit is also on in the > SAM as well (just saying). > Yeah but by then the Lusty Lady across the street from the SAM will have shut its doors forever (also just saying). Dave > > On Fri, May

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-07 Thread Mathieu Lonjaret
While we're at "just sayin"; from what I hear on #9fans, there still is some interest to have that one happening in europe. So if you guys from the other side of the pond think you would come, I could poke around and see if I can get it hosted here, here being Grenoble, fr, somewhere on the univers

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-07 Thread ron minnich
I would most prefer to have it at a transport hub. That said, the person who sets up the arrangements gets to call it. I do have some calls coming back to me from local hotels. ron

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-08 Thread tlaronde
On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 01:11:16AM +0200, Mathieu Lonjaret wrote: > While we're at "just sayin"; from what I hear on #9fans, there still > is some interest to have that one happening in europe. So if you guys > from the other side of the pond think you would come, I could poke > around and see if I

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-08 Thread erik quanstrom
> Well, I'm in Annecy (Haute-Savoie, France) so, for sure, an european > located twin event will be more doable. i don't think we have enough people to split into two. - erik

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-08 Thread tlaronde
On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 12:48:50PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > Well, I'm in Annecy (Haute-Savoie, France) so, for sure, an european > > located twin event will be more doable. > > i don't think we have enough people to split into two. In fact, I misread initially the proposal, reading in Eur

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-08 Thread ron minnich
Skip and I have been talking offline. I do think seattle is looking better and better. - hub city - good mass transit to a likely meeting place AND hotels right from the airport - huge range of hotels, with some good low cost ones - supportive organization for the meeting and, finally, I may be w

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-08 Thread David Leimbach
I'd have pretty much no excuse for missing it... It's 20 minutes away :-) On Saturday, May 8, 2010, ron minnich wrote: > Skip and I have been talking offline. I do think seattle is looking > better and better. > > - hub city > - good mass transit to a likely meeting place AND hotels right from th

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-12 Thread Chad Brown
FWIW, there are two Google offices in the Seattle area; one in Freemont and one in Kirkland, which is just across the water.Either one likely has a useful setup for recording presentations and might also be usable for live streaming of same. Of course, neither is particularly near SeaTac.

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-12 Thread Rodolfo (kix)
Hi, IMHO I prefer Europe. The first iwp9 was in Europe, the second in USA, third in Europe, the last in USA and the next? On the other hand, Seattle (WA) is very far far far far away from here (Europe). I cannot offer any place. On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Chad Brown wrote: > FWIW, there

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-12 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Rodolfo (kix) wrote: > Hi, > > IMHO I prefer Europe. The first iwp9 was in Europe, the second in USA, > third in Europe, the last in USA and the next? > > On the other hand, Seattle (WA) is very far far far far away from here > (Europe). I cannot offer any place.

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-13 Thread EBo
On Wed, 12 May 2010 09:08:23 -0700, Chad Brown wrote: > FWIW, there are two Google offices in the Seattle area; one in Freemont > and one in Kirkland, which is just across the water.Either one likely > has a useful setup for recording presentations and might also be usable for > live streaming

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-13 Thread Chad Brown
I'm vaguely affiliated with MIT still via their student computing group (SIPB). We've looked into convention/event support at MIT before, and the bottom line is that such things really need a professor or department head as a sponsor. *Chad On May 13, 2010, at 11:16 AM, EBo wrote: > SeaTa

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-13 Thread ron minnich
I think Skip and I and the other guys who are doing the work are settling on seattle. The site of the meeting is still not fixed. But the airport has great connections and great mass transit to a nice downtown; the hotel prices are great; it's a very nice city to meet in; and, well, nobody has come

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-13 Thread Jeff Sickel
I do not like Boston as a destination. The last four times I've travelled there, or through there, I've been stuck overnight in the airport. As far as I'm concerned, tread carefully when flying through Logan. Boston itself can be enjoyable, and the surrounding pirtions of the North East are n

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-13 Thread EBo
> I think Skip and I and the other guys who are doing the work are > settling on seattle. The site of the meeting is still not fixed. But > the airport has great connections and great mass transit to a nice > downtown; the hotel prices are great; it's a very nice city to meet > in; and, well, nobo

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-13 Thread ron minnich
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 7:45 PM, EBo wrote: > If you want a workshop format, then what are you looking for to be in the > proceedings? I'm not taking for granted that we need one. ron

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-13 Thread ron minnich
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Jeff Sickel wrote: > I do not like Boston as a destination. it's ok, I think it's going to be seattle :-) ron

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-13 Thread EBo
>> If you want a workshop format, then what are you looking for to be in the >> proceedings? > > I'm not taking for granted that we need one. ok. EBo --

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-13 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu May 13 23:15:28 EDT 2010, rminn...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 7:45 PM, EBo wrote: > > > If you want a workshop format, then what are you looking for to be in the > > proceedings? > > I'm not taking for granted that we need one. i don't know making this needs to be a binar

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-13 Thread ron minnich
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:27 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > On Thu May 13 23:15:28 EDT 2010, rminn...@gmail.com wrote: >> I'm not taking for granted that we need one. > > i don't know making this needs to be a binary switch. It doesn't. But somebody needs to sign up to get the proceedings printed,

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-14 Thread Jeff Sickel
On May 13, 2010, at 10:14 PM, ron minnich wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Jeff Sickel wrote: >> I do not like Boston as a destination. > > it's ok, I think it's going to be seattle :-) Seattle's fine. Boston too would be fine. I just don't like/trust Logan. Now if someone in or ar

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-14 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Jeff Sickel wrote: > Now if someone in or around Albuquerque could schedule an IWP9 some year > around the beginning of October  Tough place to get to, but kill two > birds w/ one stone (flight): IWP9 + Albuquerque International Ballon Fiesta. plus hotel ra

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-14 Thread Jeff Sickel
On May 14, 2010, at 8:59 PM, ron minnich wrote: > > plus hotel rates that go through the roof :-) who needs a hotel when you're hitting the day break launch? anyway, glad to see movement towards a 5th IWP9. Let's hope Icelandic volcanos don't shut out our European friends. -jas

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-14 Thread EBo
> Seattle's fine. Boston too would be fine. I just don't like/trust Logan. > > Now if someone in or around Albuquerque could schedule an IWP9 some year > around the beginning of October Tough place to get to, but kill two > birds w/ one stone (flight): IWP9 + Albuquerque International Ball

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-14 Thread ron minnich
I lived in NM for 8 years, I loved it, still do, but ABQ fails the "transport hub" criterion. I had lots of complaints about that when we had conferences in santa fe. thanks ron

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-14 Thread EBo
> I lived in NM for 8 years, I loved it, still do, but ABQ fails the > "transport hub" criterion. > > I had lots of complaints about that when we had conferences in santa fe. Actually, Santa Fe is a pain to have as a destination for an international conference unless there is a reason to be at t

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-15 Thread Kim Shrier
On May 14, 2010, at 9:58 PM, EBo wrote: I lived in NM for 8 years, I loved it, still do, but ABQ fails the "transport hub" criterion. I had lots of complaints about that when we had conferences in santa fe. Actually, Santa Fe is a pain to have as a destination for an international confe

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-15 Thread EBo
> If I thought people would actually come, I would see if I could organize > something in Ouray Colorado. Do you live in that neck of the woods? > It is about 300 miles north of Albuquerque > in the San Juan Mountains. You get there by first flying to Denver, > Phoenix, or Albuquerque, then c

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-15 Thread Kim Shrier
On May 15, 2010, at 10:12 AM, EBo wrote: If I thought people would actually come, I would see if I could organize something in Ouray Colorado. Do you live in that neck of the woods? Yes. There aren't many tech people around here and I think it would be great to get a group of Plan 9 pe

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-15 Thread ron minnich
the one big push for new mexico is spaceport america ... maybe we'd get to see a test launch :-) but that's a serious hike from ABQ :-) ron

Re: [9fans] iwp9.org (Re: BibTex collections of all 4 proceedings)

2010-05-15 Thread EBo
> the one big push for new mexico is spaceport america ... maybe we'd > get to see a test launch :-) > > but that's a serious hike from ABQ :-) True, then we can maybe move the venue to Los Cruses, Truth or Consequences, or maybe even Hatch (and right about time for the chili festival) ;-) I kn