Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 23:16:44 EST From: "John Daniels" <jmd526@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <20000329041644.12638.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Hi: I'm coming into this discussion kind of late so I hope this is not redundant. Each city has good points and bad. A spreadsheet/listing of these points might help. Some locations I have seen suggested seem a bit far-fetched. I think a choice has to be made as to how much BSDCon East should be about advocacy/marketing/reaching out and how much it should be a vacation and gathering for the current FreeBSD community. For sheer numbers of people who might be attracted to learn more about FreeBSD, NYC would make a good choice. NYC just had a big Linux convention that I understand was very successful. Many of those people might be interested in FreeBSD, and many more who are just starting to consider FreeBSD/Linux and OpenSource might also be interested. Also, other vendors might be more willing to participate in BSDCon East, if attendence was expected to be high. NYC is fairly central in the heavily populated northeast, where I imagine the largest pool of potential attendees are located. For virtually all of these people, NYC can be reached fairly easily and inexpensively by car, AMTRAK, or the D.C. or Boston shuttle (air). NYC is also easier to reach, and generally a more attractive location, for any potential international visitors. Negatives: NYC is more expensive for attendees. NYC has a more hectic, less relaxed atmosphere. Alligators in the sewers. FYI: I live in NYC. But I am not necessarily biased for NYC since I enjoy getting out of the city when I can. I *am* biased getting out the FreeBSD message and enlarging the FreeBSD community. John ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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