Re: yay canaries!

2008-07-13 Thread Dave Neary
Hi andy, Andy Wingo wrote: The purpose of this message though is to express disagreement with the way that the announcement was done (at the GUADEC closing), though. It was pretty nasty to Tampere, a place I also wanted to go. I think an apology is in order. Since I had already left by the

Re: yay canaries!

2008-07-13 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Sun, 2008-07-13 at 12:41 +0200, Andy Wingo wrote: Hey hackers, Hi everyone. Yay, we're going to the Canaries next year! That's great! Yep. A formal press release is on the way. The purpose of this message though is to express disagreement with the way that the announcement was done (at

Re: yay canaries!

2008-07-13 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, I would add to Quim's list, in case this didn't happen (and I have no idea if it did): Take aside representatives of the unsuccessful bids *before* announcing the decision, and let them know the decision, and why it was made. Cheers, Dave. Quim Gil wrote: - Don't be partial to any