Re: [Ghm-discuss] GNU Hackers Meeting - offer to host next meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden

[Henrik Sandklef]

Brian Gough wrote:
> At Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:27:40 +0100,
> Henrik Sandklef wrote:
> > I see a risk/chance of both increasing and decreasing the participants 
> > going for multiple meetings.
> >
> > Given multiple meetings I believe:
> >
> > * we will, all in all, have more GNU hackers coming together
> > * we will have less people at the various meetings
> > ...  good and bad .... what a cliche
>
> Yes, I think the first is probably more important.  Provided there are
> say >10 people I think one could have a good meeting, regardless of
> the total number.  Even with 20 people in Bristol I think I probably
> didn't get to talk properly with half of them.

Good point

> We haven't heard anything from Stepan so maybe the Brno option will
> not work out.
>
> > I suggest trying to "hi jack" other events and do our meeting just 
> > before or after them as often as possible. FOSDEM, FSCONS, SFSCON .... 
> > are but examples. This would give hackers two reasons to come, the ghm 
> > and the conference. More value for the money ;)
>
> One problem is the need for a local organiser, although that's not a
> problem in your case.


I'll spend some minutes down in Brusselles (FOSDEM) this year probing 
for local contacts for a possible next year ghm close (time wise) to FOSDEM.