Hola,
My point was that:
- NPW is aimed at local community, users and sponsors
So we can have a NPW in Baltikum no problem, it is simply a matter of
JFID.
But at the same time I want to emphasize that it is just a workshop
and any other party can organize a NPW in 2010 in addition if the
local user base and potential organizers feel like it, so perhaps it
is time to remove the year identifier from the name and refer to: NPW
<city>.
I am afraid that we are creating a new YAPC, which was never the idea.
Workshop used to be the general label for these non-YAPC mini
conferences.
The annual scheduling has been good at helping us to keep continuity,
but expending the area, so we now look at: Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
Finland, Iceland and Baltikum - will give us at hard time building a
foundation for continuity for local groups and users. So perhaps the
NPW tag should just be set free and anybody can organize a NPW.
We could also stick to the annual round-robin scheme and then
organizers would have to wait their turn or local organizers should
organize something else, like hackathons etc.
NPW is becoming a good brand and we just need to keep the brand alive
- also locally.
jonasbn
On 15/05/2009, at 13.00, Salve J Nilsen wrote:
Jonas Brømsø Nielsen said:
I am actually more keen on the idea of a Baltic Perl Workshop,
traveling between the 3 countries. I am not saying that we will not
promote it and a lot of people will probably attend.
I'd love to see NPW include the Baltic states.
I got the impression that the Baltics are quite interested in moving
closer to the nordic countries, and with the long history they have
with especially Finland, Sweden and Denmark, I think it would be
nice to let them arrange a Nordic Perl Workshop. Let's welcome them
into the community with open arms. :)
Of course, if the locals (should we find someone willing) rather
would call it a Baltic Perl Workshop, I think that's fine too. But
saying they can't call it NPW because of some old history or notion
of what's "Nordic" just reeks old-school (cold war) politics, IMO.
But in the end, the locals who organize such an event should make
the decision themselves, and if they would like to use the NPW name,
we should allow it.
We made a rule that NPW should be in the Nordic countries, and we
can change this rule just as easy as we can make it.
- Salve
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