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> > Hi, > > I just chatted with a person at McGill (i.e. Amy Buckland), and we > would be glad to host the event in Montreal. So, you can consider > Montreal as a viable option in the choices. > > I also know people at U.Montreal and other organizations that could > and would probably help us with logistics depending on how many > people plan on attending. > > If you're not convinced about Montreal, go ask Dan Chudnov about poutine. > > Patrick > > ________________ > Patrick M. Lozeau > librarian > inlibro.com > > > Le 2010-01-20 10:28, Pascal Calarco a crit : > > Here are my personal musings from my perspective as one of those on > the periphery (Indiana). Thanks for moving this forward! > > Sudbury seems too remote; I vacation near there each summer, and even in > April that can be a challenging drive, and is generally expensive to fly into. > > For folks from the Midwest, Montreal is probably too far to be honest. I love > Montreal (it is my fave Cdn. city), but I would likely have to fly to get > there as that is a two-day drive from Chicagoland where I am roughly. If > consensus is Montreal, I know a bunch of people there (McGill, UQAM, > U.Montreal), and could put likely folks in touch to find space. > > Ottawa is still doable and Kingston is preferred for me simply because I > haven't spent much time there. Ottawa is kind of expensive. > > Toronto has good and bad. Expensive, familiar. But also central, good > public transit for getting around and lots of stuff to do. We had a Fedora > (linux) Users and Developer's con at York U. back in December and it was > great. I could also stay at my sister's place, lowering costs to attend for > me at least. > > April and May are going to be really busy for me. After mid-May would be > better for me. I can't participate between April 16 - May 16, basically, but > I am only one voice. If not this time, I'll probably attend next year! > > - pascal > > ------------------------------------ > Pascal Calarco > Head, Library Information Systems > Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame > University of Notre Dame / > Michiana Academic Library Consortium > Notre Dame, IN USA > http://www.library.nd.edu/ > ------------------------------------- > Fedora Weekly News editor > Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA > > On 01/20/2010 09:44 AM, David Fiander wrote: >> So far on the wiki the proposals for the location range from the >> center of known space to "let's all visit Dan!": >> >> - Toronto >> - Kingston >> - Ottawa >> - Sudbury >> - Montreal >> >> Given some of the far-flung people who have expressed interest in the >> meeting, including some people in Wisconsin (!), it would be >> interesting to figure out the weighted average travel time required >> for all of these locations, but I suspect that that would just mean we >> end up in Toronto, again. >> >> I just added Montreal to the list, just because, hey, it's Montreal! >> But then, we'd have to find somebody at McGill to act as our host. >> >> If we're going to be meeting in April/May, then it's probably time to >> start the discussion about site selection so that when the decision is >> made, the hosts will have time to make the arrangements and so that >> people travelling have enough lead time to make cheap travel >> arrangements. >> >> - David