Hi Luke, I might come, it depends on how the conference looked (it's theoretical right now).
I was raising the point of the host city as a real issue of interest (in past discussions about conferences, too, not just this one), rather than a point of argument. If you manage to organise such a conference then I imagine it's up to you to make such a call. Best, Nicholas On Jun 9, 12:48 pm, Luke Chadwick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nicholas, > I had defaulted to Sydney because I am volunteering to do the leg > work. If there is someone in Melbourne prepared to take on the massive > task of organizing it then go right ahead (and I'll be signing up to > attend and possibly help). We need somewhere to start, and I don't > think arguing about the location is the way to begin. > > If there was a Ruby Conference in Sydney, would you come? > > Regards, > > Luke > > On 9 June 2010 12:39, Nicholas Faiz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1. > > > The idea has been discussed in Melbourne quite a bit (as Ben Schwarz > > said). In the interest of fairness and representing community, it > > shouldn't default to being in Sydney without a discussion. I'd be > > interested in an Oz conf. in general, though. > > > On Jun 9, 10:56 am, Gareth Townsend <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would attend one in Melbourne! > > >> *dons flame retardant suit* > > >> On 09/06/2010, at 10:48 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote: > > >> > Hey Everyone, > >> > I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup, > >> > that there has never been a Ruby/Rails Conference in Australia. I find > >> > this to be sad, and want to rectify the situation. > > >> > I am happy to take a hand in starting to organize an event if there is > >> > interest in actually seeing it happen. > > >> > To get the ball rolling, can I get a show of hands who would attend a > >> > RubyConf in Sydney? > > >> > Regards, > > >> > Luke > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > [email protected]. > >> > For more options, visit this group > >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
