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

On Tue, 21 Jan 2014, Gregoire wrote:

> 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 would, if the event is big/long enough to justify 4 hours of
travel each way and spending a night. :-)

> > 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.

Probably a misunderstanding on my part then. I just overheard
some people talking about those dates while I was talking with
some other people about something else. :-)

Thomas