I?d like to volunteer to host WineConf 2019 in Toronto, Canada. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and sits on the coast of Lake Ontario (14th largest lake in the world). We have plenty of bars and yes, lots of good beer. :-) What else do you need?
I?ve looked into venues and the most economical room rates are the weekend of Oct 12-13. That?s around $189 CAD + Tax. For about 20% more we can hold it in mid or late August. While the weather in August is much nicer, October should still be pleasant. (~10-15 C)
Thanks, -Ulrich
On 2019-02-27, 8:18 AM, "wine-devel on behalf of Alexandre Julliard" <wine-devel-bounces@winehq.org on behalf of julliard@winehq.org> wrote:
Folks,
It's time to start thinking about this year's Wine conference!
Until now, selecting the next WineConf was a more or less ad-hoc process, but we had some discussions on the wineconf list a while ago, and it was suggested that the Wine Committee should play a more active role in the decision, especially since the chosen location impacts the financial decisions.
Ideally we'd define a formal set of requirements, and issue a Call for Proposals, but it was felt that this would take too much time and thus would be more appropriate for 2020. So I thought that for this year we'd do a simple call for volunteers, and have the Wine Committee work with the volunteers to select the best proposal.
So, would anybody like to volunteer to host WineConf 2019?
-- Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org
On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 7:40 PM ulrich.czekalla@utoronto.ca wrote:
I?d like to volunteer to host WineConf 2019 in Toronto, Canada. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and sits on the coast of Lake Ontario (14th largest lake in the world). We have plenty of bars and yes, lots of good beer. :-) What else do you need?
I?ve looked into venues and the most economical room rates are the weekend of Oct 12-13. That?s around $189 CAD + Tax. For about 20% more we can hold it in mid or late August. While the weather in August is much nicer, October should still be pleasant. (~10-15 C)
Thanks, -Ulrich
On 2019-02-27, 8:18 AM, "wine-devel on behalf of Alexandre Julliard" <wine-devel-bounces@winehq.org on behalf of julliard@winehq.org> wrote:
Folks, It's time to start thinking about this year's Wine conference! Until now, selecting the next WineConf was a more or less ad-hoc process, but we had some discussions on the wineconf list a while ago, and it was suggested that the Wine Committee should play a more active role in the decision, especially since the chosen location impacts the financial decisions. Ideally we'd define a formal set of requirements, and issue a Call for Proposals, but it was felt that this would take too much time and thus would be more appropriate for 2020. So I thought that for this yearwe'd do a simple call for volunteers, and have the Wine Committee work with the volunteers to select the best proposal.
So, would anybody like to volunteer to host WineConf 2019? -- Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org
Since I offered at WineConf, I'll repeat here.
I can host in Austin, TX, USA. In fairness, I haven't looked at hotel prices, but as long as we avoid South by Southwest in the Fall, it's likely reasonable.
There are direct flights from London, or most major American hubs. Weather is warmer (15-20C, usually), we have a large variety of beer, good barbecue, and Tex-Mex.
That said, I know Ulrich has been trying to host for a few years, so I'm happy to defer to a later year, just wanted to offer another option.
The Wine funding committee reviewed the two proposals and unanimously chose Toronto, and also selected the dates of October 12/13.
We're going to try to formalize this process a bit for future years, but the thought was to have that conversation in person at this years Wine conference.
Thank you to Austin for offering Austin; we look forward to considering that another year.
I will leave it to Ulrich to announce more details formally once he has solidified the plans.
Cheers,
Jeremy
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