>> Wouldn't it be great if all the debian developers could be flown in to a >> convention site, get to meet each other, really tighten up the gpg web of >> trust, attend talks by developers, discuss important issues in person, and >> so on? It would really make us more of a community. > >You've been thinking about this as well? Cool. :)
>Problem is there ain't an `average developer' in terms of location, >as far as I can see -- they're all over the place. ;-) I'd >certainly rather somewhere Scandinavian, probably -- it's nice, >clean, historic, etc. -- and closer to home. Could have several such meetings. >> I'm figuring around $700 per developer, for plane fare and >> lodging. If 250 attend that's $175k. Plus some unkown amount >> to rent out a convention center. > >> We always seem to have money we don't need to spend on >> hardware or bandwidth, but I don't think it's on this scale. >> Corporate donations? I don't really know. > >Corporate donation is possible, perhaps, but I suspect things would >get a little more complicated then -- like they'd want some >advertising, or something. > >Hey, why not turn it into a full-blown trade fair? :) I don't think that advertising is a viable option. I don't think that finding $175K is going to happen either. I think that the only way it'll work is for individual developers who can afford it or get someone else to pay for them to go. So it'll be a smaller meeting of wealthier Debian developers... -- I'm in Utrecht. I'd like to meet any Linux users in the area, or any other part of the Netherlands.
