Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:19:27 -0600 (CST) From: bitsurfer <bitsurfr@enteract.com> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, andyt <andyt@afua.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000328101535.67224A-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <v04220813b506809ce489@[195.238.1.121]>
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Brad Knowles wrote: > I'd also submit that the weather in the Baltimore/DC area is > likely to be nicer than either Chicago or New York, if you're talking > about winter, spring, or fall. About the only time they fall down is > in summer, when the humidity and the heat can get higher than is > desirable -- of course, if you're comparing that to in-city > temperatures in Chicago or New York, I think Baltimore & DC would > still win. ;-) Heh - If it were indeed to be the late fall/windter months - I prefer it to somewhat closer to Florida - But then, Chicago has been know to be balmy in mid November (60 -70 degrees) All in all, I would prefer it NOT to be in the DC area, To crime ridden overall, and who want to be in the same area as our political dults... I sure don't... Perhaps overall, the Atlanta area is better suited... > > > Finally, for those people who might be doing some vacation in and > around the time, it's closer to both DC (if you want to do > sightseeing) and the Virginia/Maryland/Delaware/New Jersey coast -- > only about three hours away from Long Island New Jersey (where a > friend of mine owns a beach house ;-). > > > If you're serious about a BSDCon on the East Coast, I think that > the Baltimore/DC area has more going for it than any other I can > think of, and has fewer drawbacks. > > If you want to pursue setting up in the Baltimore/DC area, I can > put you in touch with some people in dc.sage (the SAGE local in the > DC area), OldBaySAGE (the SAGE local in the Baltimore area), and the > local FreeBSD User Group in that area. I used to live in the DC > area, and I still have a few contacts. > > -- > These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy > ====================================================================== > Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV > Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 > Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels > http://www.skynet.be || Belgium > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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