On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Jeremy Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 10:37 +0100, Julius Baxter wrote: >> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Jeremy Bennett > >> A joint event? As in we run it simultaneously with a teleconference >> link? I was going to suggest that we set something up to allow people >> to participate remotely on the day anyway. But if it turns out we get >> a few people who want to present from London then perhaps this is the >> go. But if it's just a couple from the UK, I'd be open to having them >> present remotely. > > I conflated several suggestions in one sentence. > > I actually meant physically in London instead of Stockholm. Partly to > move it around, to emphasize the global nature of the project, partly to > help pull in non-Swedish developers.
I'm not against this idea, but currently it seems like most of the active developers are based in Scandinavia and I think we'd get the most participation there. Next time it would certainly be a good thing to branch out, but I'd still like to maximise participation of the active development community. > > The Centre for Creative Collaboration is a good free venue. > > I suggested running it jointly with OSHUG to pull in a wider audience. > As we know from our recent talk there are a lot of OSHUG members with an > interest in OpenRISC. It would be good to encourage them. > > I think telecasting is hard work - you'll have enough to do just pulling > together the physical conference. It can't be that hard?! > >> The late start on the Saturday would allow people to travel Saturday >> morning, and probably be welcomed by all those who are inclined to go >> for a beer or three on Friday evening. > > The travel was my main motivation. Travelling on a Friday evening is > fraught and expensive and means taking time off work. For hobbyists the > Sat/Sun split works better. Yes, I agree, so I think running it with a late start on Saturday and something earlier Sunday is a good idea. >> > >> > Hopefully companies actively involved with OpenRISC would provide some >> > sponsorship. >> >> Well, we won't need much, but we'll see. I'll get some data on the >> most likely date which should firm up the venue options. > > Shout if you need it though. Thanks. Cheers, Julius _______________________________________________ OpenRISC mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openrisc.net/listinfo/openrisc
