Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:12:35 -0500 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <20000327001235.C73880@argon.blackdawn.com> In-Reply-To: <200003270335.WAA84881@server.baldwin.cx>; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 10:35:34PM -0500 References: <200003270335.WAA84881@server.baldwin.cx>
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On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 10:35:34PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> Several of us were talking on IRC the other day about trying to
> organize a BSDCon on the east coast of the U.S. Instead of just
> pestering Jordan, we figured it would be more productive to do some
> of the legwork ourselves and see how feasible it would really be.
Sounds like a great idea. Unfortunately, I can't promise either money or
attendance since I'm a poor HS/college student. :-)
But I can promise helping to organize this kind of thing. :)
> So far the consensus has been that either Atlanta, Ga or somewhere
> in the DC area would be the most probable sites. However, that
> greatly depends on the amount of corporate sponsorship that can be
> drummed up in the respective areas.
I would prefer D.C., it's more in-between than Atlanta. And D.C. has cool
i-net connectivity. :-))
> Another point of agreement so far is that BSDCon-east should
> compliment BSDCon-west by being at the opposite end of the year,
> i.e. in the early spring. Obviously, spring 2000 is out, but
> perhaps spring 2001 or 2002 would be feasible.
I agree completely. Maybe BSDCon-east and BSDcon-west could rotate seasons
each year, i.e.
east west
2001 - spring fall
2002 - summer winter
2003 - fall spring
2004 - winter summer
etc. so that people would get enough exposure to it. And to save time,
perhaps there could be a once-every-4-years central meet at a place like
St. Louis, Houston, Chicago, or something-or-other.
Unfortunately, this whole thing seems a little U.S.-centric, as I'm fully
aware we have large user-groups in Japan, Europe, Taiwan, Brazil, etc.
> Anyways, if there is interest, then we need to figure out if we
> can convince any corporations into sponsoring this, and it also
> needs to be planned. So, here's hopefully a spark to get the ball
> rolling.
:-)
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