Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-03-26 Thread Rick Moynihan
+1 Europe R. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-02-03 Thread Mike T. Miller
So, Amit, any updates? Bear in mind that ICFP is Sept. 27-29 this year. -mike On Jan 28, 4:40 pm, Amit Rathore amitrath...@gmail.com wrote: The JavaOne alignment will probably work. The last time, we had a special Bay Area Clojure meetup following it, and it was our biggest ever (around 80

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-28 Thread Rich Hickey
On Jan 25, 3:49 pm, Tim Dysinger t...@dysinger.net wrote: I think I should have started this poll off the maillist :(.  I think we can stop now. I think we know that a big city with direct flights from most anywhere (including from Europe) is good.  We (the conference organizers) have

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-28 Thread liebke
Oracle just announced Java One in San Francisco from September 19-23, 2010 Despite my preference for an east coast conference (and my limited interest in JavaOne), I think it makes a lot of sense to have the ClojureConj start on the Friday after JavaOne. David On Jan 28, 9:45 am, Rich Hickey

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-28 Thread Sean Devlin
(inc java-one-alignment) On Jan 28, 10:46 am, liebke lie...@gmail.com wrote: Oracle just announced Java One in San Francisco from September 19-23, 2010 Despite my preference for an east coast conference (and my limited interest in JavaOne), I think it makes a lot of sense to have the

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-28 Thread ataggart
I'm partial to naming it Expojure. On Jan 27, 9:59 am, Luc Préfontaine lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca wrote: Then lets call it ClojureFest Luc On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 08:37 -0800, eyeris wrote: Exotic? You got it! Madison, WI! Seriously, we have the best bars. See you guys in the fall!

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-28 Thread Paul Nakata
Or Conjference On Jan 28, 11:24 am, ataggart alex.tagg...@gmail.com wrote: I'm partial to naming it Expojure. On Jan 27, 9:59 am, Luc Préfontaine lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca wrote: Then lets call it ClojureFest Luc On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 08:37 -0800, eyeris wrote: Exotic? You

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-28 Thread Matt Revelle
On Jan 28, 10:46 am, liebke lie...@gmail.com wrote: Oracle just announced Java One in San Francisco from September 19-23, 2010 Despite my preference for an east coast conference (and my limited interest in JavaOne), I think it makes a lot of sense to have the ClojureConj start on the

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-28 Thread Richard Newman
Conference alignment is smart, but to which conference? I suppose it depends on whether the conference organizers prefer to convenience the audience of JavaOne or ICFP. I'm unfamiliar with what sort of folks go to JavaOne, I'd imagine many of them aren't familiar with Clojure and wouldn't be

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-28 Thread Luc Préfontaine
Where's the reference to the booze then ? :))) Since this thread started, everyone has been saying that bars in their neighbourhood are the best. Still wondering if this conference is only a motive to get drunk for a few days :))) Luc On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 14:02 -0800, Paul Nakata wrote: Or

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-28 Thread Amit Rathore
The JavaOne alignment will probably work. The last time, we had a special Bay Area Clojure meetup following it, and it was our biggest ever (around 80 people). Of course, that was because Rich was there. Tim and I are having another discussion over the weekend, we'll keep you all posted... On

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-27 Thread Jeff Schwab
Joseph Smith wrote: +1 Lincoln/Omaha Nebraska. :) Mr. Buffet? Is that you? Have you, too, decided to invest in Clojure? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-27 Thread eyeris
Exotic? You got it! Madison, WI! Seriously, we have the best bars. See you guys in the fall! :) I would prefer it during the week. On Jan 22, 3:15 pm, Wilson MacGyver wmacgy...@gmail.com wrote: I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an exotic location. Otherwise,

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-27 Thread Luc Préfontaine
Then lets call it ClojureFest Luc On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 08:37 -0800, eyeris wrote: Exotic? You got it! Madison, WI! Seriously, we have the best bars. See you guys in the fall! :) I would prefer it during the week. On Jan 22, 3:15 pm, Wilson MacGyver wmacgy...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-27 Thread Luc Préfontaine
Hic ! On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 12:59 -0500, Luc Préfontaine wrote: Then lets call it ClojureFest Luc On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 08:37 -0800, eyeris wrote: Exotic? You got it! Madison, WI! Seriously, we have the best bars. See you guys in the fall! :) I would prefer it during the

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-26 Thread labwork07
DC Clojure vacation + Friday tutorial On Jan 22, 2010 12:36pm, dysinger t...@dysinger.net wrote: We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 (probably in the fall). One question I would like to ask is, given the conference is probably going to be a 2-day conference,

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-26 Thread Michel Vollebregt
+1 for Europe On Jan 26, 12:22 am, mudphone kyle...@gmail.com wrote: +1 Paris On Jan 22, 11:54 pm, Konrad Hinsen konrad.hin...@fastmail.net wrote: On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an exotic location.

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-26 Thread Julien
What about colocating this conference with say OOPSLA (or ECOOP). You will probably get good attendance. On Jan 26, 1:29 pm, Michel Vollebregt klmn...@gmail.com wrote: +1 for Europe On Jan 26, 12:22 am, mudphone kyle...@gmail.com wrote: +1 Paris On Jan 22, 11:54 pm, Konrad Hinsen

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-26 Thread Joseph Smith
+1 Lincoln/Omaha Nebraska. :) --- Joseph Smith j...@uwcreations.com (402)601-5443 On Jan 26, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Michel Vollebregt klmn...@gmail.com wrote: +1 for Europe On Jan 26, 12:22 am, mudphone kyle...@gmail.com wrote: +1 Paris On Jan 22, 11:54 pm, Konrad Hinsen

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-26 Thread e
I didn't know this was a vote for location. If it is, DC would work for me. I thought it was more about weekend vs week. I'd agree weekend is better. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Joseph Smith j...@uwcreations.com wrote: +1 Lincoln/Omaha Nebraska. :) --- Joseph Smith

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-26 Thread David Cabana
+1 DC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-26 Thread Conrad
DC would be awesome! On Jan 26, 7:20 pm, David Cabana drcab...@gmail.com wrote: +1 DC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated -

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-26 Thread Nuno Marques
Weekend and Europe Nuno On 26 Jan 2010, at 22:53, e evier...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't know this was a vote for location. If it is, DC would work for me. I thought it was more about weekend vs week. I'd agree weekend is better. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Joseph Smith

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-25 Thread Joop Kiefte
This group works as wave group as well :) 2010/1/24 Seth seth.schroe...@gmail.com: When: weekends Where: DC, Boston, NY, San Fran Who: at least one, probably more Newsgroups are such a painful way to vote on things. Google Wave or some other wiki-like thing would make it much easier to

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-25 Thread Jevgeni Holodkov
I would suggest Estonia, but Germany is good as well! :) Br, Jevgeni On Jan 23, 3:45 pm, Heinz N. Gies he...@licenser.net wrote: On Jan 23, 2010, at 12:04 , Boštjan Jerko wrote: On 23.1.2010, at 10:33, Edmund wrote: East coast for we Europeans ? On Jan 23, 8:53 am, Christophe

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-25 Thread looselytyped
I concur. Columbus, OH is a pretty good location :D [But then, I am just being selfish] In all seriousness, it does act as a pretty central location in the midwest region IMO. Raju On Jan 22, 4:15 pm, Wilson MacGyver wmacgy...@gmail.com wrote: I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation,

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-25 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Konrad Hinsen konrad.hin...@fastmail.net wrote: On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an exotic location. Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio is as good as any other city. :) My vote is for

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-25 Thread cburroughs
I agree that at least part (well I guess that would be half) of the conference should be on a weekend to permit attendance for those with work conflicts. A suggestion that I recall seeing a while ago was to dovetail ICFP 2010 http://www.icfpconference.org/. That would be late September in the

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-25 Thread caljunior
Amit Rathore amitrath...@gmail.com wrote: ok folks, we need some more real opinions... :) we're thinking it will be in the Bay Area, some time during early fall. weekend seems logical from the responses so far... I've only counted two votes for the Bay Area as a first choice so far in this

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-24 Thread Chad Harrington
- Friday / Saturday - SF Bay Area Chad Harrington chad.harring...@gmail.com On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM, dysinger t...@dysinger.net wrote: We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 (probably in the fall). One question I would like to ask is, given the conference is

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-24 Thread Garth Sheldon-Coulson
+1 to Boston/NY/DC/Bay Area in that order On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Chad Harrington chad.harring...@gmail.com wrote: - Friday / Saturday - SF Bay Area Chad Harrington chad.harring...@gmail.com On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM, dysinger t...@dysinger.net wrote: We will be organizing

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-24 Thread Jeff Schwab
+1 Boston. Brent Millare wrote: Weekend, and East coast, either near the DC area or New York Area, maybe Boston area is OK too. On Jan 22, 12:36 pm, dysinger t...@dysinger.net wrote: We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 (probably in the fall). One question I would

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-24 Thread Seth
When: weekends Where: DC, Boston, NY, San Fran Who: at least one, probably more Newsgroups are such a painful way to vote on things. Google Wave or some other wiki-like thing would make it much easier to aggregate everyone's input. On Jan 24, 8:37 am, Jeff Schwab j...@schwabcenter.com wrote: +1

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-24 Thread Amit Rathore
ok folks, we need some more real opinions... :) we're thinking it will be in the Bay Area, some time during early fall. weekend seems logical from the responses so far... as far as pricing goes, how does something in the $199 range sound? we can probably add a tutorial day Friday for a small

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-24 Thread Richard Newman
as far as pricing goes, how does something in the $199 range sound? we can probably add a tutorial day Friday for a small additional cost, say $149...? we can certainly have some well-known clojurians conduct the tutorials, I'm sure we'll have plenty of real world clojure experience in the

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-24 Thread Tim Dysinger
We don't know what the cost is going to be yet - I want to keep it _low_ but we don't have any sponsors yet nor do we have a small (narrowed) list of locations picked out. We plan on working on these items this month and will release more info soon as we know more. On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 9:42

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-24 Thread Amit Rathore
Richard, Agreed - I'm not committing to anything right now, just throwing out what we might target, if those numbers sounds reasonable to people. Like Tim said, our goal is to keep costs low, so we can keep the price low. Regards, Amit. On Jan 24, 2:51 pm, Tim Dysinger t...@dysinger.net wrote:

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-24 Thread Matt Revelle
Location: DC (central and lots of Clojurers in the area) or Atlanta (cheap) Days of week: Any, suggest Fri-Sat There seem to be at least an equal (probably greater) number of east coast Clojure users in North America and the east coast is an easier destination for any European attendees. I'm

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-23 Thread Mark Engelberg
I second Seattle. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:19 PM, ajay gopalakrishnan ajgop...@gmail.comwrote: I vote for Seattle. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-23 Thread Christophe Grand
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Konrad Hinsen konrad.hin...@fastmail.net wrote: On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an exotic location. Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio is as good as any other city. :) My vote is for

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-23 Thread Edmund
East coast for we Europeans ? On Jan 23, 8:53 am, Christophe Grand christo...@cgrand.net wrote: On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Konrad Hinsen konrad.hin...@fastmail.net wrote: On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-23 Thread Boštjan Jerko
On 23.1.2010, at 10:33, Edmund wrote: East coast for we Europeans ? On Jan 23, 8:53 am, Christophe Grand christo...@cgrand.net wrote: On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Konrad Hinsen konrad.hin...@fastmail.net wrote: On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: I vote let's turn

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-23 Thread Heinz N. Gies
On Jan 23, 2010, at 12:04 , Boštjan Jerko wrote: On 23.1.2010, at 10:33, Edmund wrote: East coast for we Europeans ? On Jan 23, 8:53 am, Christophe Grand christo...@cgrand.net wrote: On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Konrad Hinsen konrad.hin...@fastmail.net wrote: On 22 Jan 2010, at

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-23 Thread Brent Millare
Weekend, and East coast, either near the DC area or New York Area, maybe Boston area is OK too. On Jan 22, 12:36 pm, dysinger t...@dysinger.net wrote: We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 (probably in the fall).  One question I would like to ask is, given the

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread Sean Devlin
What coast are you thinking? That will probably affect a lot of answers. Sean On Jan 22, 12:36 pm, dysinger t...@dysinger.net wrote: We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 (probably in the fall).  One question I would like to ask is, given the conference is probably

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread Chouser
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Sean Devlin francoisdev...@gmail.com wrote: What coast are you thinking?  That will probably affect a lot of answers. Why not compromise and have it in Indianapolis? Not getting my hopes up, --Chouser http://joyofclojure.com/ -- You received this message

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread Sean Devlin
Only if you know a good bar :) On Jan 22, 1:15 pm, Chouser chou...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Sean Devlin francoisdev...@gmail.com wrote: What coast are you thinking?  That will probably affect a lot of answers. Why not compromise and have it in Indianapolis? Not

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread Richard Newman
What coast are you thinking? That will probably affect a lot of answers. Agreed. I'm flexible enough to go during the week (which frees up my weekend!), but I imagine that's not the case for most. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group.

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread twitter.com/nfma
Where is it going to be held? 2010/1/22 dysinger t...@dysinger.net We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 (probably in the fall). One question I would like to ask is, given the conference is probably going to be a 2-day conference, would you rather have it during the

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread jeremey
+1 for weekend. Everyone is probably thinking Bay Area, but it should really be in Houston (warm, great food, great bars). :) Jeremey. On Jan 22, 11:36 am, dysinger t...@dysinger.net wrote: We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 (probably in the fall).  One question I

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread ataggart
On Jan 22, 11:49 am, jeremey j...@jlb.me wrote: +1 for weekend. Everyone is probably thinking Bay Area, but it should really be in Houston (warm, great food, great bars). :) Jeremey. You misspelled Austin. ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread Fogus
Since Clojure is clearly an East-Coast language, I suggest DC as the most logical locale. (hopes someone buys this line of reasoning) -m -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread Sean Devlin
Clearly you haven't taken into account that Philadelphia is more central wrt the big cities :) On Jan 22, 3:32 pm, Fogus mefo...@gmail.com wrote: Since Clojure is clearly an East-Coast language, I suggest DC as the most logical locale.  (hopes someone buys this line of reasoning) -m -- You

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread Wilson MacGyver
I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an exotic location. Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio is as good as any other city. :) On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Sean Devlin francoisdev...@gmail.com wrote: Clearly you haven't taken into account that Philadelphia is more

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread ajay gopalakrishnan
I vote for Seattle. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Wilson MacGyver wmacgy...@gmail.comwrote: I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an exotic location. Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio is as good as any other city. :) On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Sean Devlin

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread Luc Prefontaine
Either would be fine (week/weekend) for me. As for the location, being in the Montreal area, I am not fan of the west coast... Travelling by plane these times is painful enough, spending more time in these flying cans is not my first choice. If it could be held near a big flight hub

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread Howard Lewis Ship
I would prefer over a weekend (hopefully it won't conflict with a NFJS show). Bay area is nice; Portland is nicer! On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Luc Prefontaine lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca wrote: Either would be fine (week/weekend) for me. As for the location, being in the Montreal area, I

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread thearthur
Because the majority of us are not using Clojure for work a weekend is going to encounter the lease work related conflicts. a Friday-to- Saturday conference would be a potential compromise allowing people to only take thursday-friday off work and still be back on Monday. as far as choosing a

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread jwhitlark
I would suggest that in addition to the 2-day (weekend seems logical to me) conference, that you consider a tutorial day on Friday, and perhaps even sprints for after the conference. I've gotten a great deal out of that format at Pycon, over the years. ~J On Jan 22, 9:36 am, dysinger

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread Pratik Patel
I'll throw in my preferences: Location: Atlanta - Cheap facilities, direct flights for most everyone in the *world*, easier for Euro folks to make it here, and great BBQ. Days of week: It would be great to have it on Thurs afternoon/Fri/Sat Date: late Sept, early Oct Sessions: Day1: Beginner

Re: Clojure Conference Poll

2010-01-22 Thread Konrad Hinsen
On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an exotic location. Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio is as good as any other city. :) My vote is for Paris, France :-) Konrad. -- You received this message because you are