For me it also works out fine it seems. I'll try to get my 3 WJAX talks done at the last 2 days, so I only need to travel to germany once - first attend ApacheCon for 2 days, then move to munich.
LieGrue, strub ----- Original Message ----- > From: Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> > To: apachecon-discuss@apache.org > Cc: > Sent: Friday, May 4, 2012 9:44 PM > Subject: Re: ApacheCon's EU 2012 and NA 2013 - save the dates and get > involved! > > 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 >
