Shane, Good ideas. My only comment is that nobody has stood up and said "I'll drive". So there is nobody to create the page, nobody to say: "Hey, put your ideas over there". I'm still waiting for that person to put their head above the parapet.
Claude On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 2:52 PM Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > Claude Warren wrote on 5/18/24 10:24 AM: > > I will not be chairing the next conference. So I am looking for someone > to > > stand up and volunteer. If there is no volunteer, there will not be a > > conference. > > People who are passionate about C/C Europe 2025 should participate in > this other thread, which is the most important decision to make: > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/n4t1sgsqlp54tv5mwc3m4j8ds48gog2z > > ...snip... > >> On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 8:45 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > >> > ...snip... > >>> Yes, I am being cynical here. It’s because I have endured 20 years of > >>> these meetings, and half of them devolved into shouting matches (no, > I’m > >>> not exaggerating. Ask Shane for his stories!) and the rest were just a > >>> waste of time. > > If there is a which-city BOF, let me know! I'll be in the back, > cheering you on. Don't mind the brown bag I'm drinking from. > > >>> I would encourage you, rather than having a “share our opinions” > meeting, > >>> to delegate specific tasks, figure out a timeline for reporting and > >>> completion of those tasks, and then go get a beer. > ...snip... > > My suggestion: make a wiki page or text file somewhere to base C/C EU 25 > planning from [1] so you can collect information. > > Then ask for volunteers who have experience with specific cities to list > themselves, and include brief notes about *how* they can help as a local > contact: do they know specific venues, have they run events locally, can > they work as local marketing help, etc. > > That will help any future conference, once the organizing team starts > doing venue selection (which is primarily costing/contracts/travel). > > -- > - Shane > Long-ago ex-conference planner > The Apache Software Foundation > > [1] Perhaps here? > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/ApacheCon > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > -- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren
