Paul Louden wrote:
alex wallis wrote:
So I would be very interested in attending such an event, though after
September it will be a bit harder for me to attend anything, so my
vote if we start thinking about locations and dates would be before
september.
It's really far too late to try to plan something like this now. You
should start planning for next year, or at least next major holiday
period. You still need to find a location, arrange what's going to
happen during that period, everyone needs to arrange transportation and
possibly time off, make rooming reservations, etc. These things are much
easier and cheaper if you have time to do so.
Really, there's not too much point in even discussing this until
someone's ready to say "I'm willing to host a user gathering and have a
suitable location." Until then, you're mostly wishing for someone else
to do something.
Paul, your thoughts were *not* solicited. This is for Users, not Devs.
Some of your comments are useful and thoughtful, but please do not
presume to instruct the users as to how they want *their* cons to be
hosted. Some developers seem to be interested in helping to host a con,
but you are not required to participate, and if you don't like the
agenda, you may stay away.
I am open to suggestions as to how to improve the con, Paul, but please
allow the users to express themselves without your veto. I suggest you
send your comments to me off list or send them to the dev list.
This is not a con for this year. This is not even a con for next year.
This is a hypothetical con.
This is a run-it-up-the-flagpole-and see-who-salutes message, not a
let's get down to business message.
Sincerely,
Mark Allums
