WineConf 2007?

[Michael Stefaniuc]

Hello guys,

looks like i'm late this year and Jeremy White won't have enough to
prepare next years WineConf in Minneapolis in the middle of the winter ;).
Are there other plans for next years WineConf?

bye
    michael

[Jeremy White]

Ouch!  Man!  Give a guy just a little bit of peace, would ya? <grin>

I haven't thought about it at all, to be honest.

We're always happy to host here in St. Paul, and we are thinking that this time
we could even do it on the one day in July when it's warm.
(Actually, the way the climate is going, we could do it right now... :-/)

However, being honest, it is clear that Europe is closer to the center
of Wine development than St. Paul, so I think it makes sense for Wineconf
to mostly be in Europe, with occassional runs back here.

So far, the only Europeans to offer to host are the Slovakians.
I have to confess that I had a mental sense that France should be next;
England, Germany, and France seem to me to be the 'big 3' in terms of
where Wine hackers live.

Dan Kegel was making noises about seeing if Google could do a simultaneous
host in several locations, using Google offices and video conferencing to connect the groups.
I'm not sure if that's a real possibility, and I remain fairly skeptical
about the pleasure of bringing video conferencing equipment to the bar
(and, by extension, whether a conference by video would be
any fun :-/).

We should probably also extend a call to the wider wine-devel mailing list,
as the folks here are mostly the folks that have been.  Presumably, we'd
like to make sure to also include folks that have previously been unable
to make it.

Cheers,

Jeremy

Michael Stefaniuc wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> looks like i'm late this year and Jeremy White won't have enough to
> prepare next years WineConf in Minneapolis in the middle of the winter ;).
> Are there other plans for next years WineConf?
>
> bye
>    michael

[Mike Hearn]

On 12/19/06, Jeremy White  wrote:
> I'm not sure if that's a real possibility, and I remain fairly skeptical
> about the pleasure of bringing video conferencing equipment to the bar
> (and, by extension, whether a conference by video would be
> any fun :-/).

The video conferencing equipment is here pretty damn good, it's the
closest thing to being in the same room I've ever seen. It is,
however, still a video conference and you cannot all go to the bar and
drink beer, which is 90% of the point of WineConf so I think you are
right in this assessment :)

thanks -mike

[Michael Stefaniuc]

Mike Hearn wrote:
> On 12/19/06, Jeremy White  wrote:
> > I'm not sure if that's a real possibility, and I remain fairly skeptical
> > about the pleasure of bringing video conferencing equipment to the bar
> > (and, by extension, whether a conference by video would be
> > any fun :-/).
>
> The video conferencing equipment is here pretty damn good, it's the
> closest thing to being in the same room I've ever seen. It is,
> however, still a video conference and you cannot all go to the bar and

And you cannot do the informal gatherings and talks you can do in the
pauses between the formal presentations.
Though maybe offering VC for the people that cannot make it might be a
nice thing to do. But i thing just streaming the presentation would be
good enough too.
> drink beer, which is 90% of the point of WineConf so I think you are
> right in this assessment :)

bye
    michael

[Stefan Dösinger]

Am Dienstag 19 Dezember 2006 14:56 schrieb Jeremy White:
> So far, the only Europeans to offer to host are the Slovakians.
> I have to confess that I had a mental sense that France should be next;
> England, Germany, and France seem to me to be the 'big 3' in terms of
> where Wine hackers live.

I could check at my university. But I think I'm the only wine developer in 
Austria.
> Dan Kegel was making noises about seeing if Google could do a simultaneous
> host in several locations, using Google offices and video conferencing to
> connect the groups. I'm not sure if that's a real possibility, and I remain
> fairly skeptical about the pleasure of bringing video conferencing
> equipment to the bar (and, by extension, whether a conference by video
> would be
> any fun :-/).

Yeah, agreed on that.

Stefan

[Andrew Bogott]

A few months ago I spoke briefly with Hans Leidekker
about hosting WineConf 2007 in Amsterdam - he works at
a university there.  At the time he sounded happy to
help coordinate... Hans, still interested?

Amsterdam is a convenient place for Minnesotans to
visit -- lots of cheap, direct flights.

-Andrew

--- Jeremy White  wrote:
> Ouch!  Man!  Give a guy just a little bit of peace,
> would ya? <grin>
>
> I haven't thought about it at all, to be honest.
>
> We're always happy to host here in St. Paul, and we
> are thinking that this time
> we could even do it on the one day in July when it's
> warm.
> (Actually, the way the climate is going, we could do
> it right now... :-/)
>
> However, being honest, it is clear that Europe is
> closer to the center
> of Wine development than St. Paul, so I think it
> makes sense for Wineconf
> to mostly be in Europe, with occassional runs back
> here.
>
> So far, the only Europeans to offer to host are the
> Slovakians.
> I have to confess that I had a mental sense that
> France should be next;
> England, Germany, and France seem to me to be the
> 'big 3' in terms of
> where Wine hackers live.
>
> Dan Kegel was making noises about seeing if Google
> could do a simultaneous
> host in several locations, using Google offices and
> video conferencing to connect the groups.
> I'm not sure if that's a real possibility, and I
> remain fairly skeptical
> about the pleasure of bringing video conferencing
> equipment to the bar
> (and, by extension, whether a conference by video
> would be
> any fun :-/).
>
> We should probably also extend a call to the wider
> wine-devel mailing list,
> as the folks here are mostly the folks that have
> been.  Presumably, we'd
> like to make sure to also include folks that have
> previously been unable
> to make it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeremy
>
> Michael Stefaniuc wrote:
> > Hello guys,
> >
> > looks like i'm late this year and Jeremy White
>
> won't have enough to
> > prepare next years WineConf in Minneapolis in the
>
> middle of the winter ;).
> > Are there other plans for next years WineConf?
> >
> > bye
> >    michael
>
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[Hans Leidekker]

On Wednesday 20 December 2006 13:53, Andrew Bogott wrote:
> A few months ago I spoke briefly with Hans Leidekker
> about hosting WineConf 2007 in Amsterdam - he works at
> a university there.  At the time he sounded happy to
> help coordinate... Hans, still interested?

Yes, my offer still stands. Amsterdam is one option, the
other one for me is Utrecht (a 30 minutes ride from Amsterdam),
which is where I live and where you'll also find a university.

-Hans