From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Mar 26 21:12:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from rock.ghis.net (rock.ghis.net [209.222.164.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4816D37BB70; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 21:12:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@blackdawn.com) Received: from argon.blackdawn.com ([209.69.196.194]) by rock.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA10189; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 21:12:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by argon.blackdawn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 85C111A48; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:12:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:12:35 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: John Baldwin Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <20000327001235.C73880@argon.blackdawn.com> References: <200003270335.WAA84881@server.baldwin.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200003270335.WAA84881@server.baldwin.cx>; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 10:35:34PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. :-) -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message