Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-02-08 Thread Всеволод Стефкин
Hi, everyone. I'm glad to hear about the conference. The city is full of beautiful attractions, conference participants will surely have great time there. ITMO university is located in city center, it must be the safest area and the closest to tourist attractions. I've been in St. Petersburg befo

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-02-02 Thread Lluís Batlle i Rossell
I don't know if I will be able to take part, but I recommend you the chance of going to Russia, specially in this case where you have Russian hosts. They are the best to help you enjoy the country, without you to having to fear anything. As for my experience, the Russian people have perfect control

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-29 Thread Rob Vermaas
Hi, > I would like to hear what NixOS foundation board have to say to host > a conference in Sankt Petersburg. Also is there anybody else willing to > organise conference? Then if we have more proposals who decides where the > conference is held? I guess still being a very small community it would

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-28 Thread shea
Hi all, - Original Message - From: "Rok Garbas" To:"Arseniy Seroka" , "nix-dev" Cc:"Maxim Buzdalov" Sent:Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:43:01 +0100 Subject:Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016 Also is there anybody else willing to organise confer

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-28 Thread Rok Garbas
Quoting Arseniy Seroka (2016-01-20 21:52:12) > Greetings, > We want to organize NixCon in Saint-Petersburg (Russia) based in ITMO > University [1]. > There is a big conference hall that can seat everyone. > > We expect to have at least 40 participants, and we are ready to help > anyone with visa a

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-25 Thread Jonn Mostovoy
I hoped that Peti's response was the bottom line in this discussion. I'm pretty sure that we will come up with a way for everyone to enjoy their time. On Jan 25, 2016 11:23 PM, "Domen Kožar" wrote: > *grabs popcorn* > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:22 PM, Kosyrev Serge < > _deepf...@feelingofgreen

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-25 Thread Domen Kožar
*grabs popcorn* On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:22 PM, Kosyrev Serge <_deepf...@feelingofgreen.ru > wrote: > phree...@yandex.ru writes: > > On Thursday, January 21, 2016 01:50:46 Jonn Mostovoy wrote: > >> I hate modern regime of Russia as much as the other guy. > > > > Unfortunately, it's not just the

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-25 Thread phreedom
On Thursday, January 21, 2016 01:50:46 Jonn Mostovoy wrote: > I hate modern regime of Russia as much as the other guy. Unfortunately, it's not just the regime. > I just want to point out that anti-LGBT laws, censorship, oppression of own > citizens, geopolitical expansion has nothing to do with d

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-25 Thread phreedom
On Thursday, January 21, 2016 20:39:28 Aaron Levin wrote: > One option would be to speak to a local LGBTQ group to find out what > resources, if any, there exist to help ensure a safe experience for > conference speakers and attendees. I'm pretty sure the local LGBTQ groups would love to know how

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-25 Thread Sergey Mironov
Hi! I am very glad to read news like this. It is a good place for meeting from my point of view, since it is close to Moscow where I am from. I'll probably visit the conference and tell friends about it. Regards, Sergey 2016-01-22 0:19 GMT+03:00 stewart mackenzie : > Generally, as long as you sti

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-21 Thread stewart mackenzie
Generally, as long as you stick with networks of good people you'll be fine. I'm sure everyone in the LGBTQS community will have a grand time! St. Petersburg!? What a fine place travel destination! On 22 Jan 2016 03:39, "Aaron Levin" wrote: > if any __

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-21 Thread Aaron Levin
Hi Everyone, I want to echo Daniel Peebles' concerns, in addition to the gratitude for offering to host the conference. One option would be to speak to a local LGBTQ group to find out what resources, if any, there exist to help ensure a safe experience for conference speakers and attendees. Best

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-21 Thread Peter Simons
Jonn Mostovoy writes: > I just want to point out that anti-LGBT laws, censorship, oppression of > own citizens, geopolitical expansion has nothing to do with daily > activities of normal people in big Russian cities. St. Petersburg, the > cultural capital of Russia, is safer than a lot of Euro

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-20 Thread Jonn Mostovoy
Dan, I hate modern regime of Russia as much as the other guy. I just want to point out that anti-LGBT laws, censorship, oppression of own citizens, geopolitical expansion has nothing to do with daily activities of normal people in big Russian cities. St. Petersburg, the cultural capital of Russia i

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-20 Thread Daniel Peebles
First off, thanks for offering to organize it. It's a big undertaking and you're offering a huge gift to the community. Unfortunately, my big concern (outside of my own enthusiasm for being a tourist in Russia) is around the LGBT situation there. I'm sure there are many people in our community who

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-20 Thread Vladimír Čunát
On 01/20/2016 10:11 PM, Arseniy Seroka wrote: > I assume EU people will need visa but it should be easy to get them, > right? > > Yes, that is the only problem, And we will help anyone who will go to > conference > to get visa. We can send invitations and provide any information to our >

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-20 Thread Arseniy Seroka
2016-01-21 0:07 GMT+03:00 Vladimír Čunát : > > I assume EU people will need visa but it should be easy to get them, right? Yes, that is the only problem, And we will help anyone who will go to conference to get visa. We can send invitations and provide any information to our embassy to make visa

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-20 Thread Vladimír Čunát
On 01/20/2016 09:52 PM, Arseniy Seroka wrote: > we are ready to help anyone with visa and invitations I assume EU people will need visa but it should be easy to get them, right? I can't think of any other "problems" ATM ;-) --Vladimir smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___

Re: [Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-20 Thread Domen Kožar
Woooh! :D Always wanted an excuse to go to Russia and there isn't a better one than Nix. On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:52 PM, Arseniy Seroka wrote: > Greetings, > We want to organize NixCon in Saint-Petersburg (Russia) based in ITMO > University [1]. > There is a big conference hall

[Nix-dev] NixCon St. Petersburg 2016

2016-01-20 Thread Arseniy Seroka
Greetings, We want to organize NixCon in Saint-Petersburg (Russia) based in ITMO University [1]. There is a big conference hall that can seat everyone. We expect to have at least 40 participants, and we are ready to help anyone with visa and invitations. If you need any documents we will send them