[indiana-discuss] OpenSolaris Developer Summit Oct 13 - 14

[Sara Dornsife]

Shawn Walker wrote:
> On 23/08/07, Keith Bierman <Keith.Bierman at sun.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Aug 23, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Shawn Walker wrote:
>>
>>
>> wasn't conveniently located near their offices, such as, I don't know,
>>
>> the midwest :)
>> I think it makes the most sense to locate it close to wherever the largest
>> contributor population exists.  Maximally increasing the costs of attendance
>> for the majority would be ill-advised.
>>     
>
> I know, as I said, it just seems like conferences, conventions, etc.
> are always located on the east or west coast somewhere. I'm just
> whining because it just never works out in schedule, cost, etc. to go
> to a conference on the coasts.
>   

We've tried to alleviate that by offering travel sponsorships.

>   
>> That said, Las Vegas is often an inexpensive place to fly to, and if one
>> stays away from the Strip, it can be an inexpensive place to meet. The US
>> Fortran committee made it the semi-permanent meeting place about a decade
>> ago for those reasons.
>>     
>
> This is true.
>
> Can I have some cheese with my whine? :)
>
>   
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