Hi Luke
I would attend.
Geoff
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
> I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup,
> that there has never been a Ruby/Rails Conference in Australia. I find
> this to be sad, and want to rectify the situation.
>
Keen to go.
Happy to share my experiences in raising sponsorship.
Too many current commitments to help organise.
Thanks,
Ben Sand
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
> I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup,
> that there has never b
Here's a little input from having organised conferences with international
speakers.
We found most speakers were happy to speak for free as ling as you covered
all expenses.
You can also get a larger company to donate their employee and pay expenses
for them. I could see approaching Engine Yard to
I should probably have clarified - I'd most likely come to such a conference
(even in Sydney!), but I'd be influenced by (1) the cost (depending on the
stinginess of my employer!), (2) the quality of the speakers, and (3) the
range of topics (i.e. if it was just "here's a nifty Rails3 plugin" I mig
Me. I'll also put up a hand to help organize (if I'm not booted out of the
country post-election... =] ).
D
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
> I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup,
> that there has never been a Ruby/Rails Confere
On 09/06/10 13:45, Ryan Bigg wrote:
I would sooner part with $1k to experience a conference in Australia
than $5k to go to an international one.
A local conference also makes it easier to convince employers to pay for
your attendance.
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I would sooner part with $1k to experience a conference in Australia than
$5k to go to an international one. The next time I'd be forking out that
much again would be when I move off this island. But what's that saying? "A
fool and his money are easily parted"?
On 9 June 2010 13:27, Pat Allan wro
Oh, agreed - I just wanted to make sure everyone understands it's still going
to hurt the wallet a little.
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On 09/06/2010, at 1:19 PM, Luke Chadwick wrote:
> Which is still a lot better than that amount plus
> airfares/taxes/gambling in Vegas.
>
> I do feel that if we're going to do thi
Which is still a lot better than that amount plus
airfares/taxes/gambling in Vegas.
I do feel that if we're going to do this we should go all out, but that's
jumping ahead, we're talking abstract 'do you want it' at this point.
On 9 June 2010 13:07, Pat Allan wrote:
> First two points are good o
First two points are good ones. With regards to pricing, it's worth noting that
a high-end conference (which is what I think this should be) will cost $700 or
more, so factoring in travel and hotels for everyone not in the host city, it's
still an outlay of $1k+ for most.
On 09/06/2010, at 12:2
- Because there are plenty of people that can't justify the ~5k
minimum required to think about going to one overseas.
- Because It is important to provide people access to (some) the best
Rubyists in the world.
- Because there is no good reason why we shouldn't have one.
On 9 June 2010 12:08, Pat
I would attend one, but I'd recommend you investigate the cost of
attracting international speakers before you go too far. At one point,
RubyCentral was offering to help fund or to underwrite such an event,
so you could ask them. They'd at least have an idea of costs, even if
they aren't will to h
Another point to ponder (that has also been raised before, but is worth
re-raising IMHO) - what technologies would such a conference cover? And
related to this, what would you call it?
The "Rails" community now includes a lot of people who do very little Ruby
on Rails - or even if they use it to
Just to clear things up, that was a yes.
On 09/06/2010, at 11:02 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote:
> Your response is exactly why I picked a firm location of Sydney. I
> have nothing against Melbourne, but I need to know whether you and
> anyone else from Melbourne, Brisbane, etc would come here. If I'm
You didn't answer my question, though ;)
Why do we need a conference?
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On 09/06/2010, at 11:47 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote:
> Hey Pat, Ben,
> Thanks for your input. I'm at least abstractly aware of what I'm
> signing up for, and have had a hand in organizing large 1000+ people
> church eve
For the benefit of those who didn't fly to Sydney for RORO,
http://www.slideshare.net/agrimm/railscamp-lousy-tshirt-draft was the
NeoOffice slideshow that I gave last night (more or less). Conferences
are mentioned on page 11. The talk I gave at Railscamp itself is at
http://www.slideshare.net/agri
I am interested in attending this, and maybe even helping out. As Pat
suggested, it's going to be a much different beast to organising a
Railscamp.
It'd be great to finally have a conference-sized event down in Australia
even just to try it out to see what it's like.
On 9 June 2010 11:47, Luke C
Hey Pat, Ben,
Thanks for your input. I'm at least abstractly aware of what I'm
signing up for, and have had a hand in organizing large 1000+ people
church events before.
I do feel that we should have a mix of both respected International
Speakers and Local Speakers, and that it should be an eve
I would come over from NZ.
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As Ben's pointed out, this isn't the first time the topic has been raised...
I'm often quite vocal about it, so apologies to those who've heard me go on
about this before, but here's a few things to consider:
* Putting on a Rails Camp is a lot of work. Putting on a conference is a level
beyond
Luke,
+1 for me and I'd say that many others would come who are not from ruby
backgrounds.
Regarding location, if you organize it, you set it to happen wherever you
like; benefits of being an organizer.
On 9 June 2010 11:02, Luke Chadwick wrote:
> Your response is exactly why I picked a firm l
Hey Ben,
I did have a quick look through previous discussions before I
posted, and I believe that you had shown interest in the past (in
perhaps even organizing the event). I'm curious as to why you now
don't see a place for a formal conference with booked speakers, in
addition to Railscamps.
R
Your response is exactly why I picked a firm location of Sydney. I
have nothing against Melbourne, but I need to know whether you and
anyone else from Melbourne, Brisbane, etc would come here. If I'm to
start organizing the event it would need to be local so that I can do
the leg work.
On 9 June 2
At the talk last night, I think 90% +- 10% of people put up their hands when
asked if they'd attend a conference.
Andrew
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Richard Forster <
rfors...@groupwise.swin.edu.au> wrote:
> I'd be interested.
>
> Richard Forster
>
>
> >>> On 9/06/2010 at 10:56 AM, in mess
I'd be interested.
Richard Forster
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On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Luke Chadwick
wrote:
Hey Everyon
I see no point in such an event. This has been discussed on a number of
occasions (maybe search the list).
Having said that, I don't have to come :)
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I would attend one in Melbourne!
*dons flame retardant suit*
On 09/06/2010, at 10:48 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
> I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup,
> that there has never been a Ruby/Rails Conference in Australia. I find
> this to be sad, and want
My suggestion: create a poll/form on Wufoo and send the link around.
For instance, I'd go depending on a number of factors, such as
location, time of the year, number of participants, and who's giving
talks.
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Luke Chadwick
wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
> I discovere
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On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
> I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup,
> that there has never been a Ruby/Rai
Hey Everyone,
I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup,
that there has never been a Ruby/Rails Conference in Australia. I find
this to be sad, and want to rectify the situation.
I am happy to take a hand in starting to organize an event if there is
interest in actually se
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