From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2324138334 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 13:39:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DBA82E0833; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 13:39:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A800CE082D for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 13:39:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [46.148.226.87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: bircoph) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 30421335C94 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 13:39:38 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 16:39:35 +0300 From: Andrew Savchenko To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Looking for ways the Foundation can accomplish its mission. Message-Id: <20180906163935.33743083689f46c2ef3d1068@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA512"; boundary="Signature=_Thu__6_Sep_2018_16_39_35_+0300_sT4_hp9VRH7_jFj5" X-Archives-Salt: b809d974-3a8a-437f-91e7-71f4c69c4bd4 X-Archives-Hash: 6e94365bf198885dceb1563203e12947 --Signature=_Thu__6_Sep_2018_16_39_35_+0300_sT4_hp9VRH7_jFj5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 15:14:51 +0200 Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: > On 9/6/18 2:47 PM, Alec Warner wrote: > > =C2=A0- Host a Gentoo Conference. >=20 > I would generally argue that visibility on existing conferences is > likely better cost/benefit than hosting large conferences on our own, in > particular given the geographically diverse membership. I fully support this motion.=20 > That said, we already do this successfully with e.g gentoo miniconf; > very nice conference (thanks to those hosting it) and at relatively low > cost as track on other linux conferene (In case of others; I'm > specifically thinking of the prague ones). By the way, do we have any idea when a next one will took place? > We have from time to time talked about a day before/after FOSDEM as that > seems to be the largest single meeting point, but the idea, at least for > me, is mostly rejected as people are tired enough after such a large > conference and I don't see very much gain from it vs just the stand we > have today at substantially lower cost. IMO the main problem here is that an extra day will be a workday. While visiting FOSDEM during weekend is easy for most attendees, sacrificing an extra workday may be a problem. Best regards, Andrew Savchenko --Signature=_Thu__6_Sep_2018_16_39_35_+0300_sT4_hp9VRH7_jFj5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEE63ZIHsdeM+1XgNer9lNaM7oe5I0FAluRLhcACgkQ9lNaM7oe 5I3Uhg/6AvJmU7+WR4nWsZyAOE5iMXL4oMyGA68PY8CptHbYzjTS6/k1/bFlrZvO s3exuMG+LQ1WyGhPjyJz5rgTe/oNAXjSrbTfEoLZbXOhcacpLLOEYMuCK9CXKSO6 tUnkX9oKOwL9uUWLeNHMA0BmnIMjh9Bpq7X/3jTiOxRJEkdnLCX7KQ7PG8asnvSc 9tNKek3FLhzDgQpteb+BLQtMcMJseykkzovYWJUo0GR7mHdUT924ruCOE4PyYZjZ Kpg8saDjqIgjS7198IxXzfzpizTspVrRsJnkdSxKt685FZm1BrqAtdiM4BNxd4BC CAODjJvfnY0FOHd6Y8tq0qaPLW04gZT7SkL4Bv1AP2jUNuygMuwk7COQ03QUZ9MG dW3/r0TNl/CEKnhofXa2+MtP4hvDttgH/yU6Qqc48PNgrb2lWwhboTdob+gMUO/q Y+iaxtyHw5V2e8eBgYN7/O0YdBFXgb0h/kyrf/K4YgpZQ0bvcr8nPelkmXN58eru vEmK/sFRy0T6angyOMjvdCUc6T09rcHZVWJ+mPInVGCN4WlpZMNOteiJ7xijjTAj Tw+a30anrZa7XrgIHHq+r66c40sbydM4HoKtPlm81PLaobJQjOHZeAtAJ9XbeRCM VWANCXxt5arefJclFOuLeGitz6sFb2Blap+tQI3C8yY7V9REyT4= =pwEo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__6_Sep_2018_16_39_35_+0300_sT4_hp9VRH7_jFj5--