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[Gregoire <gregoire AT fripost.org>]

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On Jan 20, 2014, at 12:13 AM, Thomas Gramstad wrote:

> 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.

Yeah, I also thought this would be a good time. I intend for it to need very 
little planning. Basically booking the lecture room for the day and maybe a 
table at a pub for the evening.
Thomas, living in Norway, do you think you would make the trip for an meeting 
like this?

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

Do you know more about this? I couldn't find any information online.
The dates look a bit suspicious: it is the same days as Bay Area, which is 
the "mothership" maker faire.

Grégoire
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