Re: Boston Summit?
On 04/27/2012 07:30 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: So I realize it's still quite early, but are we planning on having the Boston Summit in Boston and over Columbus Day weekend? Can we have in Toronto please? behdad ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Boston Summit?
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Behdad Esfahbod beh...@behdad.org wrote: Can we have in Toronto please? +1 We promise to be hospitable (and here we observe Columbus Day with turkey). Mike ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Boston Summit?
On 04/27/2012 11:49 AM, Andreas Nilsson wrote: On 04/27/2012 05:35 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: On 04/27/2012 07:30 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: So I realize it's still quite early, but are we planning on having the Boston Summit in Boston and over Columbus Day weekend? Can we have in Toronto please? Are there any University locations or such we could make use of in Toronto? The Montreal one was pretty good and felt like it was a pretty good size for the bunch of us. I was thinking, size permitting, we may even be able to do at Mozilla offices? Other than that, yes, there's university space. York University is definitely workable, thanks to Chris Tyler. There's been FUDCon's there. But University of Toronto is possible too, and that's downtown. behdad (currently hanging out with Lucas, Chris Lord, JP, and others in the Mozilla Office) - Andreas ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Boston Summit?
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Behdad Esfahbod beh...@behdad.org wrote: I was thinking, size permitting, we may even be able to do at Mozilla offices? Other than that, yes, there's university space. York University is definitely workable, thanks to Chris Tyler. There's been FUDCon's there. But University of Toronto is possible too, and that's downtown. There's also Ryerson. behdad (currently hanging out with Lucas, Chris Lord, JP, and others in the Mozilla Office) Very cool. Mike ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Boston Summit?
On 04/27/2012 12:25 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: I was thinking, size permitting, we may even be able to do at Mozilla offices? What were you thinking about the date? Is Columbus Day weekend ideal, inconvenient, or irrelevant? --joanie ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Boston Summit?
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Joanmarie Diggs jdi...@igalia.com wrote: What were you thinking about the date? Is Columbus Day weekend ideal, inconvenient, or irrelevant? When the question came up in Montreal last year, a key ingredient was the long weekend (same Monday, different holiday here), so ideal. The issue for some (admittedly very few) Canadians travelling to another city is the lasting resentments that might be caused by missing the family Thanksgiving Dinner. :-) Mike ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Boston Summit?
On 04/27/2012 02:18 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: On 04/27/2012 12:25 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: I was thinking, size permitting, we may even be able to do at Mozilla offices? What were you thinking about the date? Is Columbus Day weekend ideal, inconvenient, or irrelevant? Eventually that's the board's call. Personally, I can help for any time before mid October, but late October is Unicode Conference time for me. behdad --joanie ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Boston Summit?
On Fri, April 27, 2012 2:47 pm, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: On 04/27/2012 02:18 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: On 04/27/2012 12:25 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: I was thinking, size permitting, we may even be able to do at Mozilla offices? What were you thinking about the date? Is Columbus Day weekend ideal, inconvenient, or irrelevant? Eventually that's the board's call. Personally, I can help for any time before mid October, but late October is Unicode Conference time for me. Columbus Day weekend has always been a convenient time in the past because it's a long weekend, and typically schools don't have a lot going on so it's easier to get space. As we discovered last year, though, when we moved locations, traditions can be broken for good reason. To avoid what happened last year, I went ahead and got a hold on space at MIT for that weekend (with amazing help from Walter Bender!!), so we have that space if we want it on Columbus Day weekend. Ryan tells me that there's also a possible push to have the event in Montreal again. I think we should probably have it wherever there is a solid push to organize the event, but if we've got 3 different places that are interested in hosting, I think we should probably do at least a quick bid process as we do for other events. Do we have folks motivated in these three places to warrant this? Are there teams (or individuals, since this is a less formal event) in Toronto, Boston and/or Montreal that are willing to take on the burden of trying to organize this? Boston does have a small advantage so far in that there's already reserved space for no charge :) I'm excited that there's enthusiasm for a North American summit! karen ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Boston Summit?
Hi Karen, On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Karen Sandler ka...@gnome.org wrote: Are there teams (or individuals, since this is a less formal event) in Toronto, Boston and/or Montreal that are willing to take on the burden of trying to organize this? I don't want to speak for Ryan, but I'm available to be part of any Toronto team. I know of a couple of developers, a couple of docs people and a GSoC intern. (Okay, the developers are Behdad and Ryan.) Lucas Rocha posted a photo of the Mozilla space on G+ today. (Ignore his comment about snow, it's sunny now. Please also disregard what Shaun says about snowstorms and flights, that was unseasonable. Snow on Thanksgiving weekend is unheard of, or at least fairly rare.) I'd like to get to Boston sometime, so if it's in Toronto this year, and I invite everyone to my folks' place for Thanksgiving dinner, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to go next year. Mike ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
