From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 21 19:25: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from infofin.com (infofin.com [63.83.141.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DB4137B71F for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 19:24:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com) Received: from sydney.worldwide.lemis.com ([202.95.108.218]) by infofin.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA11502; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:59:30 -0500 Received: (from grog@localhost) by sydney.worldwide.lemis.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) id f2J5T2A28363; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:59:02 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:59:02 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Rich Morin Cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: BSDcon 2001? Message-ID: <20010319155902.A27970@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> References: <200103182143.f2ILhHA59165@ns1.unixathome.org> <20010211094956.A35637@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200102131800.KAA65046@beastie.mckusick.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from rdm@cfcl.com on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 01:40:22PM -0800 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sunday, 18 March 2001 at 13:40:22 -0800, Rich Morin wrote: > At 9:43 AM +1200 3/19/01, Dan Langille wrote: >> On 18 Mar 2001, at 8:09, Rich Morin wrote: >> >>> Looking at http://www.bsdcon.org, I don't see even a hint about a >>> 2001 event (e.g., location, dates, CFP). Nor have I seen anything >>> in the assorted BSD-related venues I peruse. Wazzup? >> >> AFAIK, there is none planned. > > I have been informed, off-list, that a BSD conference is being planned for > early 2002. To avoid rocking the boat, I won't give out any specifics; > perhaps someone involved will be able to post more information... Indeed. USENIX has agreed to host the con. I don't understand the perceived need for secrecy, but that's how I got it too. Here's a reply from Kirk McKusick, which should explain most things. On Tuesday, 13 February 2001 at 10:00:09 -0800, Kirk McKusick wrote: > Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 09:49:56 +1030 > From: Greg Lehey > To: Kirk McKusick > Subject: USENIX sponsoring BSDCon? > > I was talking to Maddog Hall last month, and he told me that you had > asked the USENIX committee to sponsor future BSDCons. I think that's > a great idea, especially since it looks as if USENIX is going to do > it. But I was a little surprised, since I thought we would have heard > it earlier. I was going to discuss it in the FreeBSD core team, but > Maddog suggested I clear it with you first. Is there a need for > secrecy? > > There is no need for secrecy. I have been holding off on making > a wider announcement until I had a bit more information (like > date and location). Usenix is looking at a late February or > early March 2002 date in either Oakland CA or San Diego CA. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message