On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Donald Harbison <dpharbi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Christian Grobmeier > <grobme...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Goetz, Paul <paul.go...@sap.com> wrote:
>> Usually you send a mail with the subject [POLL] ACEU Date and give the >> two options like: >> >> ACEU happens best on: >> [] 6-8 November (clashing with WJAX) >> [] 20-22 November (clashing with thanksgiving in the US) >> > > Yes, nobody will come from USA for sure, if the dates are moved to 20-22 > November. > I will be a very 'un-happy camper' as we say, since I plan to attend. Actually I start to think that 6-8 Novembre is better. My Reasons: - as Mo mentioned, how likely is it that people can attend 2 conferences in one month? I consider it low. Not only from budget, from timing too. - ApacheCon is not only for "outsiders", its also great for "insiders". I think some projects get a turbo boost when people can meet face to face. Misunderstanding are reduce. Excluding the US would be a pity, because many of us cannot meet their friends (not every eu citizen has the money to go to na con). - Again, I think WJAX adresses different people. Last time were many talks on DevOps, Agile, How-To-Build-Your-Team and such. I never attended an ApacheCon, but my impression is it is more about the projects. Maybe we get ppl who never attend WJAX out of their holes - Somebody said, with EU con we can experiment. Let's try and see if we are really different or make up an attracting event :-) That being said, when we decide on 6-8 I strongly believe we need to get these news out through all channels asap before the WJAX ads start. Cheers
