Re: GNUStep 20th anniversary - GNUstep summit

[Gregory Casamento]

Hey guys

On Saturday, March 7, 2015, Fred Kiefer <fredkiefer@gmx.de> wrote:
> Am 06.03.2015 um 12:14 schrieb Richard Frith-Macdonald:
> > On 5 Mar 2015, at 12:54, Ivan Vučica <ivan@vucica.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Seven, including Gregory and me.
> >>
> >> So to confirm: - who would be unable to attend if we had event in
> >> Vienna (majority of interest so far)? - who would be unable to
> >> attend if we had event in Dublin (possibly easier to get to for
> >> more people)?
> >
> > I can not attend Vienna (because of the dates).
> >
> > Dublin is easiest (apart from somewhere in the UK like Cambridge or
> > London of course) for me to got to, but really in my case timing is
> > more of an issue than location (though obviously places which take
> > more than a day to get to, provide more timing challenges) and I'm
> > certainly willing to consider other alternative locations.
>
> I have stayed out of this discussion because I don't have much time to
> send on GNUstep at the moment and I rather spend that on fixing bugs.
>

I second this sentiment.  The main reason I want to come is to meet everyone in person in addition to the opportunity to work together. 

 

>  I really would love to come to a GNUstep anniversary meeting, but wont
> be able to promise anything in advance. I think the first criteria for
> this meeting should be what we want to achieve with it and where this
> could be done best. We will need at least some room to meet in and it
> should be easily accessible.

Also agreed.  Perhaps we should plan something like a hacking session so we can accomplish a few things and, perhaps, knock out a few longstanding issues as well as have some GNUstep related discussions. 

> I am not totally sure but I think I have been to a Linuxweek in Vienna
> before, if that is the conference that takes place in the town hall, and
> that was rather disappointing. Even the old Linuxtag, when it still took
> place in Karlsruhe, ages ago, was more interesting. And none of the
> Vienna based GNUstep developers even attended that conference. another
> cometogether in Cambridge would be the the best option for me, but David
> seems have to lost interest in GNUstep :-(

I hope he hasn't lost all interest. Once a GNUstepper always a GNUstepper. ;)

 

> Apart from that having our own rooms in Dublin if Ivan can arrange for
> that, seems best. Just like Riccardo I have the fondest memory of the
> meeting in Les Marecottes, but this is no longer an option.
>
> Fred

I hope this one can be made as memorable. :) 

 

Later

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Gregory Casamento
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