Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. As I said last year: In Brussels I might be able to help for things that would require in-person interaction. Regards, Gilles Le ven. 3 mai 2024 à 14:20, Jean-Baptiste Onofré a écrit : > > Hi, > > I would also prefer Barcelona or Brussels, depending on the target month. > In Brussels, I al

Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Francois Papon
I know Krakow and it's a very nice city but as I remember the airport is not so closed to the center right? On 03/05/2024 13:58, Brian Proffitt wrote: Those larger cities are very attractive and easy to get to, but they are also very expensive, both in terms of venues and also attendee expense

Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Jean-Baptiste Onofré
Hi, I would also prefer Barcelona or Brussels, depending on the target month. In Brussels, I also have a bunch of contacts, and we can work with Eclipse foundation here. Regards JB On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 1:21 PM Rich Bowen wrote: > > London can be a hassle for non citizen EU residents to travel

Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Francois Papon
Agreed, we need to fit the best between expensive and attractive. About the date, may be Q1 or Q4 are better? regards, François On 03/05/2024 13:58, Brian Proffitt wrote: Those larger cities are very attractive and easy to get to, but they are also very expensive, both in terms of venues and

Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Jean-Baptiste Onofré
Hi, I have several contacts in Barcelona, especially the guys who are organizing DevBcn (https://www.devbcn.com/). Regards JB On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 11:53 AM Claude Warren wrote: > > Francois, > > Do you know of anyone on the ground in any of those cities? It helps to have > a local person in

Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Francois Papon
Ha yes, I didn't think about Brexit complexity, good point! I also think that Brussels can be a good choice. On 03/05/2024 13:21, Rich Bowen wrote: London can be a hassle for non citizen EU residents to travel to, since Brexit. Meanwhile many of us are at least familiar with Brussels having go

Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Gláucia Esppenchutz
I was going to bring up the topic of the prices in different seasons, but Brian covered it. You can consider Portugal too. Lisbon and Porto are good cities to host events and have flight connections to a lot of places. I also live here, so I could assist with something if needed. :P

Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 3 May 2024, at 13:22, Rich Bowen wrote: > > London can be a hassle for non citizen EU residents to travel to, since > Brexit. Very much agreed. It has even become complex and very random for non EU nationals with full eu residency/working permits. With seemingly identical situations or sam

Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Brian Proffitt
Those larger cities are very attractive and easy to get to, but they are also very expensive, both in terms of venues and also attendee expense (hotels, food). You may want to consider smaller cities such as Lyon, Krakow, or Dusseldorf, which, spending on the city, may be cheaper. Timing will be k

Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Rich Bowen
London can be a hassle for non citizen EU residents to travel to, since Brexit. Meanwhile many of us are at least familiar with Brussels having gone there for fosdem for a decade or more. Rich On Fri, May 3, 2024, 05:54 Claude Warren wrote: > Francois, > > Do you know of anyone on the ground i

Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Claude Warren
Francois, Do you know of anyone on the ground in any of those cities? It helps to have a local person in place. Not discounting any suggestions just yet, only looking for more data. Claude On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 10:15 AM Francois Papon wrote: > Hi, > > I think it would be nice to have the ev

Re: [C/C Europe 25] [DISCUSS] Where to hold the conference

2024-05-03 Thread Francois Papon
Hi, I think it would be nice to have the event at places like Bruxelles, Paris, Barcelone, Berlin, London... and to see if we can talk with others open source foundation to make a common event like JB mention. regards, François On 03/05/2024 07:36, Claude Warren wrote: There have been seve