Re: FOSSAsia wants PostgreSQL Speakers

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 6:00 PM, Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
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>> On 01/05/2017 04:41 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
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>>> All:
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>>> FOSSASIA contacted me because they really want some international
>>> PostgreSQL speakers.
>>>
>>> http://blog.fossasia.org/fossasia-summit-2017-singapore-call
>>> -for-speakers/
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>>> If you're able to go, it would be great to get a few significant
>>> PostgreSQL folks there.
>>>
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>> That's a bummer. There is no way I can do SCALE, Signapore and then NYC.
>> Anyone else?
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> Yeah, unfortunately it seems all PostgreSQL conferences decided to move to
> March this year. Other than pgconf.us (used to be April, but before that
> March) and SCALE (used to be January, but I think they used to be March
> before that),  we also have the Moscow conference (used to be February),
> and Nordic, and Paris. Basically all the ones who move back and forth a
> month ended up going to the same one in the middle this year.
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> I realize FOSSASIA can't really look at our pg events to schedule, but we
> really did a bad job of spreading out our own events this year.
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> I've also got multiple non-postgres-dedicated events that ended up in
> March as well this year, making it even harder. So no, unfortunately I
> won't make it this time around - most likely I won't even make it to the
> new jersey conference. But I'll definitely keep an eye out for next year :)
>

I have asked Simon Riggs to attend. He will be there, pending approval of
his talk.


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