On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Jeremy Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/06/13 15:25, Julius Baxter wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> Based on the success of the event last in year in Stockholm, it was >> suggested we should run another this year. >> >> Given that it's halfway through the year already, I figure we should >> probably start planning it. >> >> Probably the first thing to decide is: location and venue. Can I have >> some suggestions? >> >> I'll start with a couple: somewhere in Southern France - your part of >> the world Franck - or perhaps here in the UK around Cambridge. > > > Hi Julius, > > Good timing. I'd vote for Cambridge. Embecosm is willing to provide support > in the UK.
Hi Jeremy, Sorry for the delay since launching this discussion. Thanks very much for the offer of support - that's very generous. Cambridge is a good choice - close to a major airport with a good train connection to town, plenty of accommodation, and hopefully easy to find a suitable venue. Most importantly, though, no shortage of great pubs. > > >> Another idea may be to hold it in conjunction with another bigger >> conference. > > > Bad idea. The bigger conference would swamp us and add a large bureaucracy > and cost. > > It might be feasible to pair up with a similar sized conference with the > same demographic (open source, large hobbyist contingent). Even then you > risk losing focus. Fair points. > > >> With regard to time of the year, October again is probably about right. > > > I'd suggest a weekend in September. By October, Universities are starting > up, so it is harder for academics & students to escape. I suggest avoiding > the OSHCamp weekend of 14/15 September. I think we should look into finding a date. Time flies (I swear it was only a couple of weeks since I sent the original email, but it turns out it's been over a month!), and before we know it, it will be upon us! I believe there was mention of a teleconf call (Google Hangouts worked brilliantly last time), so perhaps we could schedule one of these for sometime this weekend or next week to discuss this further? However, may I suggest some possible dates (all Saturdays): 31st August 28th September 5th October 12th October (I'm away 7, 14 and 21 September unfortunately... speaking at OHS2013 on Sept 6th actually!) Probably August is too soon I think. I prefer a date in October. I'm not sure it's such a big deal people are back at school/university - it's a weekend thing and I'd like to run it in a similar way to last year where we start after Lunch on Saturday allowing people to travel in the morning. Cambridge is close to Stansted. Maybe run a doodle poll again with dates to see which fits most? And when is good for a teleconf? Cheers Julius > >> So, let's get the ball rolling shall we? >> >> Cheers! >> >> Julius >> _______________________________________________ >> Openrisc mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.opencores.org/listinfo/openrisc >> > > > -- > Tel: +44 (1590) 610184 > Cell: +44 (7970) 676050 > SkypeID: jeremybennett > Twitter: @jeremypbennett > Email: [email protected] > Web: www.embecosm.com > > _______________________________________________ > OpenRISC mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openrisc.net/listinfo/openrisc _______________________________________________ OpenRISC mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openrisc.net/listinfo/openrisc
