On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 01:34, Jeremy White jwhite@codeweavers.com wrote:
We punted on the question of where to have the next Wineconf. Two candidates we considered were Japan and Toronto.
I've asked folks at Valve if they would be willing to present at the next conference, and the answer was positive for Toronto, and less enthusiastic for Japan. Ulrich has been patiently offering to host for many years, and I think it would be good to rotate back to North America on it's scheduled year.
Just so there's no misunderstanding, "we" above is "the Wine Project Leadership committee", as opposed to "CodeWeavers", right?
I would like it to be clear that this reply is as a member of the Wine project, as opposed to a CodeWeavers contractor. At the same time, since apparently Valve's willingness to attend in Canada, but not in Japan was a consideration, I think it's only fair to point out that CodeWeavers also has significant customers in Japan. Were they asked as well?
So I propose we have WineConf 2019 in Toronto, with a tentative plan to try for Japan in 2020.
One question we also never addressed was what of time of year. It seemed as though summer worked really well last year. Historically, the 'plan' was early fall; procrastination has forced us to late fall in recent years. But I volunteered to conduct a quick survey, which is here:
https://goo.gl/forms/wnWeIRWkYqTmrUtI3
If we get a statistically compelling set of answers, we'll follow those results. Otherwise, how about we let Ulrich pick.
That all make sense?
Pitchforks and torches go here.
Although I'm confident Ulrich would make a great host, I don't think anyone would be terribly surprised to learn I'd be a little disappointed if WineConf 2019 wouldn't be in Asia.
Henri