On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Jeremy Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23/07/13 17:51, Julius Baxter wrote: > > <snip> > > >> 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. > > > <snip> > > >> 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? > > > I believe the problem was a limit of 10 for Google Hangouts. My last > experience thereof (at the GNU Cauldron) was less than ideal. For now let's > go for a teleconference. Could people indicate which of the following they > prefer > > Thu 25 Jul @ 5pm UK time > Thu 25 Jul @ 6pm UK time > Fri 26 Jul @ 5pm UK time > Fri 26 Jul @ 6pm UK time > Mon 29 Jul @ 5pm UK time > Mon 29 Jul @ 6pm UK time
Hi Jeremy, A teleconf is good, too. I'm available at 6PM on any of the proposed days. > > I'll then set it up and send out an email. > > >> 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. > > > 31st Aug is also a big UK public holiday. August 26 is the next UK bank holiday - there isn't one scheduled for August 31. > > University term in Cambridge starts on 2 October, which may make room > availability slightly harder, but I'm not sure that is a big factor. > > Quick check shows Ryanair (aarggh) has a flight from Stockholm arriving > 11:00am on the Saturday and leaving at 4:55pm on the Sunday. > > >> Maybe run a doodle poll again with dates to see which fits most? > > > Yup - we can set this up after the phone conference. Sounds good to me! Cheers Julius _______________________________________________ OpenRISC mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openrisc.net/listinfo/openrisc
