ideas for ConTeXt meetings

ideas for ConTeXt meetings

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

* publicity:
If we meet less far off than Brejlov or Porquerolles, we could open  
for a public day with introductional workshops, a keysigning party  
etc., perhaps in cooperation with a local Linux/Open Source user group.

* if you're looking for a venue "near the Netherlands", consider this:
http://www.bildung-klingberg.de/
(educational site Klingberg, near Scharbeutz/Baltic Sea, website  
unfortunately only in German)
Disclaimer: I know the managers.

* Tägerwilen 2016
I take that serious ;-) Perhaps the TeX groups in Stuttgart and Ulm  
can help to organize a meeting in the Stuttgart-Ulm-Konstanz triangle.
But until then empires will rise and fall, calendars may end... ;-)


Greetlings from Lake Constance!
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Re: ideas for ConTeXt meetings

[Alan BRASLAU]

On Tuesday 26 October 2010 09:31:25 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>
> If we meet less far off than Brejlov or Porquerolles,

Far from where?
Canada or South Africa, just to name a few places from which participants 
came...

In organizing an international meeting, it is always a delicate balance in 
choosing a site that is reasonably accessible, reasonably affordable, 
reasonably attractive and available at a reasonable date. A meeting also needs 
to be organized which implies quite a lot of (volonteer) work from a small 
group of people. This means that the locale also depends on the availablity of 
such volonteers.

It is also sane that the meeting be held in different regions, and, 
unfortunately, not all meetings will be practical (or possible) for everyone. 
We need to work together to find ways to make the meetings work for a maximum 
number of participants in the best way possible.

Alan
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Re: ideas for ConTeXt meetings

[Jörg Hagmann]

Something else to consider is the date. Quite a few of us work in 
academia, and the fall term has recently been advanced, at least at many 
European universities, to just about when the ConTeXt meetings are being 
held.

Of course you can't please everybody -- just a suggestion.

Cheers, Jörg

On 10/26/10 11:46 AM, Alan BRASLAU wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 October 2010 09:31:25 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>>
>> If we meet less far off than Brejlov or Porquerolles,
>
> Far from where?
> Canada or South Africa, just to name a few places from which participants
> came...
>
> In organizing an international meeting, it is always a delicate balance in
> choosing a site that is reasonably accessible, reasonably affordable,
> reasonably attractive and available at a reasonable date. A meeting also needs
> to be organized which implies quite a lot of (volonteer) work from a small
> group of people. This means that the locale also depends on the availablity of
> such volonteers.
>
> It is also sane that the meeting be held in different regions, and,
> unfortunately, not all meetings will be practical (or possible) for everyone.
> We need to work together to find ways to make the meetings work for a maximum
> number of participants in the best way possible.
>
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Re: ideas for ConTeXt meetings

[Alan BRASLAU]

On Tuesday 26 October 2010 13:41:23 Jörg Hagmann wrote:
> Something else to consider is the date. Quite a few of us work in
> academia, and the fall term has recently been advanced, at least at many
> European universities, to just about when the ConTeXt meetings are being
> held.
> 
> Of course you can't please everybody -- just a suggestion.
> 

Indeed. But this is almost impossible for an international meeting.
Many academics begin their term early September or even at the end of August.
Some finish in May, others as late as the end of July. This leaves early 
August.
However, many salaired workers can only take their vacation at that time...
So, no date is ideal!

Alan
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Re: ideas for ConTeXt meetings

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 2010-10-26 um 11:46 schrieb Alan BRASLAU:

> On Tuesday 26 October 2010 09:31:25 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>>
>> If we meet less far off than Brejlov or Porquerolles,
>
> Far from where?
> Canada or South Africa, just to name a few places from which  
> participants
> came...
>
> In organizing an international meeting, it is always a delicate  
> balance in
> choosing a site...

I didn't want to criticize the choice of venues - Mlýn Brejlov was  
great, and Porquerolles will most probably also be great.

I just meant, *if we want* to invite "the greater public" (i.e. local  
possible TeX users) for a "public day", then there'll be probably more  
visitors if we meet in/near a bigger city than at some remote site.


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