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[Thomas Gramstad <thomas AT ifi.uio.no>]

Stian wrote:

[Grégoire]
> > A concrete idea I have been thinking about is to have some
> > kind of internal pre-conference: at some well chosen point in
> > the planning we would have a mini conference with the
> > following features:
> >
> > - in the same venue as the conference, so we get used to it,
> > especially for new-comers - some talks about the conference
> > organization: web infrastructure, budget, promotion, graphics,
> > important changes - we could follow with some kind of
> > hackathon where we work together on different aspect of the
> > conference and finish the day in a social place, making it big
> > enough and hopefully interesting enough for people to come
> > from outside of gbg
> >
> > This will be a bit of work to organize and it would only be
> > worth the trouble if it attracts people who don't come to the
> > regular meetings, but it might be interesting to consider, and
> > in my opinion it could advantageously replace a few of our
> > regular meetings.
>
> In general I think this is a great idea. The only problem is
> finding the right time. I'd like to have a Summer of FSCONS,
> though many of us might not be available during the summer
> time. If it gets too close to the actual conference, we might
> want to prioritise other things, and there might not come too
> many outside visitors.
>
> However, if we wish to discuss this further, I'd recommend we
> separate it to another thread.

Perhaps late may or early/mid june would be a good time. Then
we'd get the summer temperatures, but the summer holidays will
still be some time away.

I also heard (at Maker Faire Oslo) that there will be a Maker
Faire in Göteborg around 16.-18. may.

Thomas