Re: [O] Emacs user conference

2012-12-09 Thread joakim
Nic Ferrier writes: > Nic Ferrier wrote: >>> My understanding is that the guy who started the emacsconf.herokuapp.com >>> IS planning to do a conference in London in March/April time. > > joa...@verona.se replied: > >> That would be nice! Anyway, I wouldnt be able to put in much in the way >> of

Re: [O] Emacs user conference

2012-12-08 Thread Ivan Kanis
Hello, The next action is to decide when this will happen. I propose May, 15. Is that date agreeable with everyone? I think we should narrow the discussion to one mailing list. I think help-gnu-em...@gnu.org is the best. Do you agree with me? Bastien wrote: > I'd be glad to be part of it if it

Re: [O] Emacs user conference

2012-12-08 Thread Nic Ferrier
Nic Ferrier wrote: >> My understanding is that the guy who started the emacsconf.herokuapp.com >> IS planning to do a conference in London in March/April time. joa...@verona.se replied: > That would be nice! Anyway, I wouldnt be able to put in much in the way > of planning, so if a better organiz

Re: [O] Emacs user conference

2012-12-08 Thread joakim
Nic Ferrier writes: > Ivan Kanis writes: > >> Good we got a place! So it will be Stockholm. >> > >> The next question is when? >> >> I think like you that a week-end is best. I can't think talking about >> emacs for more than two days. I am thinking between April and June >> 2013. > > That's a s

Re: [O] Emacs user conference

2012-12-08 Thread Bastien
Hi Nic, Nic Ferrier writes: > My understanding is that the guy who started the emacsconf.herokuapp.com > IS planning to do a conference in London in March/April time. It would be nice if he can send an update on this list. I'd be glad to be part of it if it happens, I have some experience wit

Re: [O] Emacs user conference

2012-12-07 Thread Nic Ferrier
Ivan Kanis writes: > Good we got a place! So it will be Stockholm. > > The next question is when? > > I think like you that a week-end is best. I can't think talking about > emacs for more than two days. I am thinking between April and June > 2013. That's a shame. I would like to come and prese

Re: [O] Emacs user conference

2012-12-07 Thread Richard Stallman
An Emacs user conference sounds useful if users are interested in it. But keep in mind that running a physical conference is a lot of work. If you have not done it before, you might think it is easy, and then be very surprised. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Frankli

Re: [O] Emacs user conference

2012-12-07 Thread Ivan Kanis
Hi Joakim, Good we got a place! So it will be Stockholm. Roughly how many people can you hold comfortably in a meeting room? It's important to know so that we don't get too many people. When we did a Org Mode conference in Paris in 2012 we were very surprised that 12 people turned up. The next

Re: [O] Emacs user conference

2012-12-06 Thread joakim
Burton Samograd writes: > Ivan Kanis writes: > >> Hello, >> >> A user emacs conference would consist of talks of about an hour. I think >> a week end should be sufficient. If we don't have enough talks we can >> split workshops in smaller group on a given topic. >> >> They are plenty of talk pro

[O] Emacs user conference

2012-12-06 Thread Ivan Kanis
Hello, A user emacs conference would consist of talks of about an hour. I think a week end should be sufficient. If we don't have enough talks we can split workshops in smaller group on a given topic. They are plenty of talk proposals listed on this web site. http://emacsconf.herokuapp.com/ I c