Re: [RFC] holding a mod_perl conference

[Jeff D. 'Spud (Zeppelin)' Almeida]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, John D Groenveld wrote:

> Site selection is never going to please everyone, that's
> why varying it from year to year is the friendliest solution.

Don't confuse "friendly" with "politically expedient".  I've been to
conferences that do it both ways, one static location and
shaking-it-all-about, and I'd say the ones in a static location are
generally more user-friendly, even if you have to travel quite a distance
to attend.  Why?  The statically located conferences tend to simplify the
amount of intellectual capital expended on minutiae:

* Airport transportation: what's available, etc.
* Parts of town to avoid.
* Things to do after conference hours.
* Availability and quality of restaurants.
* Nearby miscellaneous amenities (mall, drugstore, etc.).
* How to get from point A to point B. (general local geography)

If you spend a week a year in Vegas over a couple of consecutive years,
you'll rapidly become an expert at "How to attend a conference in Vegas."
OTOH, if the conference hops from Vegas to Orlando to Kansas City,
whatever experiential knowledge of the local area you picked up in the
physical act of attending the conference has little transfer value.

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Jeff D. "Spud (Zeppelin)" Almeida
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