Re: When to hold Pg East - disregard - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy
From | Melanie |
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Subject | Re: When to hold Pg East - disregard |
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Msg-id | 49414477.8070602@dunslane.net Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: When to hold Pg East (Melanie <melanie@dunslane.net>) |
List | pgsql-advocacy |
Nevermind.. Melanie wrote: > Don't you guys think the location(s) of said event is relevant to > determining someones ability to go? There is a big difference in > making plans to go to Boston if you're in Jacksonville vs say Charlotte. > > The linuxfest that Andrew did in October had us talking to a lot of > guys who have lost their jobs or are concerned about it, they wanted a > t-shirt but the money for a t-shirt would pay for gas, paying to be in > a city like Boston or NYC is different also than even Philly or > College park. It just seems a relevant feature in making plans. > > Magnus Hagander wrote: >> Robert Treat wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday 10 December 2008 20:02:16 Josh Berkus wrote: >>> >>>>> You also might want to throw a disclaimer into the date area that >>>>> voting >>>>> for "Late May" would still respect the PGCon schedule. As the second >>>>> mover here, I think your only viable options here are snuggling up >>>>> next >>>>> to it (East on May {15/}16/17 would open an interesting combo trip >>>>> possibility for long distance travellers, PHL->YYZ is a quick >>>>> flight), >>>>> or staying clear of that period altogether. >>>>> >>> PHL->YYZ might be a quick flight, but pgcon is in ottowa (aka yow), >>> not toronto. (In fairness I think PHL->YOW isnt too bad, though it >>> will make it harder to get a direct flight) >>> >>> >>>> Making it back-to-back with pgCon would make things easier on >>>> speakers. >>>> >>> really? for most people, first you have to work out how to get to >>> Philly, and then work out how to get from there to Ottowa, and then >>> get back to some place other than Philly, which makes getting >>> arragements that much more difficult. Unless east was actually in >>> Ottowa, I think this makes things harder. >> >> In a lot of cases it would. It would also mean you're away from the >> office two weeks in a row, instead of two weeks with work in between. >> Which may be a whole lot harder to manage. >> >> It would help a bit with the travel time for long distance, yes, but >> it's not a huge difference. And I guess it helps a little bit with the >> travel cost, but again not all that much. But those are in my experience >> often not the problem - the problem is being away from the office. >> >> >> >>>> However, it would likely decrease both attendence and >>>> sponsorships for >>>> each conference. >>>> >> >> Agreed. >> >> >> >>> Amazing how that problem keeps coming up... I can't wait till jdcon >>> gives up its stubborness and moves itself to the other side of the >>> calendar... >>> >>> >> >> Finding some sort of "even spread" of the dates for larger PostgreSQL >> conferences would certainly be much better. Having -west right before >> pgday.eu was a bad move, IMHO. Having -east right next to pgcon would be >> another one. >> >> We have an events page on the wiki >> (http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Events). How about we add an indicator >> (column or color) for "postgresql major" events or something (right now, >> I'd list FOSDEM and pgcon on the list - but I don't know the details >> about the others). That would give a good overview of how well spread >> out these are... >> >> //Magnus >> >> >
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