Re: On the tenth and ultimate FSCONS

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The Website for FSCons this year is updated and up now :::

https://fscons.org/2016/

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Luna Jernberg <[email protected]>
wrote:

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> From: Stian R=C3=B8dven Eide <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 6:32 AM
> Subject: On the tenth and ultimate FSCONS
> To: [email protected], FSCONS organizers <[email protected]>
>
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> Dear friends and participants of FSCONS,
>
> As we have entered 2016, the next FSCONS will be the tenth one. This
> obviously necessitates a celebration, to make FSCONS 2016 a very
> special event.
>
> However, at the same time the core organisers have experienced a high
> workload. Too many things are still being done by too few people, and
> our efforts to bring more people into the fold have not been as
> successful as we had hoped.
>
> Therefore, the board's proposal to the Yearly Meeting of F=C3=B6reningen
> FSCONS is that FSCONS 2016 should not only be a celebration of the
> conference's 10th anniversary, but also the very last one. We propose
> to make FSCONS 2016 a worthy ending to a great conference.
>
> To reduce the workload for the conference, we also propose that we
> simplify the organising greatly. The simplest way of accomplishing
> this is to find a place where many of the troubling aspects are fixed
> for us, such as conference centre, preferably one that lies in the
> rural areas close to Gothenburg and includes accommodation for all
> participants.
>
> This implies a few things. Firstly, the cost for each participant will
> be somewhat higher than it has been, essentially assuming cost price,
> as we do not wish to rely on sponsors. On the upside, food and
> accommodation will be included in the price. Secondly, we will have to
> reduce the number of participants, tracks and speakers. While we want
> to leave the exact number open to suggestions from both the public and
> the Yearly Meeting, we think that we reasonably could aim for fifty to
> a hundred participants, of whom ten or twelve are speakers and not
> really have any named tracks. As we have had many fantastic speakers
> during our ten years, we propose to invite some of our favourites from
> past conferences, and thus make FSCONS 2016 a somewhat retrospective
> event.
>
> If FSCONS is to continue as a yearly conference beyond 2016, we would
> like to see more people coming forward and being willing to take on
> responsibilities in the association. As FSCONS is run by a registered,
> democratic organisation, this would have to happen before the Yearly
> Meeting, which most likely would take place in April. In any case, we
> would appreciate feedback on this proposal from anyone who has
> participated in FSCONS in the past. Feedback should preferably go to
> the FSCONS organisers' list [email protected]
>
> With hopes of a splendid celebration,
> The FSCONS Board
> Andreas, Leif-J=C3=B6ran and Stian
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<div dir=3D"ltr">The Website for FSCons this year is updated and up now :::=
<br><br><a href=3D"https://fscons.org/2016/">https://fscons.org/2016/</a><b=
r></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, F=
eb 22, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Luna Jernberg <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;<=
/span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8=
ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div =
class=3D"h5"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">---------- For=
warded message ----------<br>From: <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">Stian R=C3=
=B8dven Eide</b> <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"=
 target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span><br>Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2=
016 at 6:32 AM<br>Subject: On the tenth and ultimate FSCONS<br>To: <a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>=
, FSCONS organizers &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_=
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Dear friends and participants of FSCONS,<br>
<br>
As we have entered 2016, the next FSCONS will be the tenth one. This<br>
obviously necessitates a celebration, to make FSCONS 2016 a very<br>
special event.<br>
<br>
However, at the same time the core organisers have experienced a high<br>
workload. Too many things are still being done by too few people, and<br>
our efforts to bring more people into the fold have not been as<br>
successful as we had hoped.<br>
<br>
Therefore, the board&#39;s proposal to the Yearly Meeting of F=C3=B6reninge=
n<br>
FSCONS is that FSCONS 2016 should not only be a celebration of the<br>
conference&#39;s 10th anniversary, but also the very last one. We propose<b=
r>
to make FSCONS 2016 a worthy ending to a great conference.<br>
<br>
To reduce the workload for the conference, we also propose that we<br>
simplify the organising greatly. The simplest way of accomplishing<br>
this is to find a place where many of the troubling aspects are fixed<br>
for us, such as conference centre, preferably one that lies in the<br>
rural areas close to Gothenburg and includes accommodation for all<br>
participants.<br>
<br>
This implies a few things. Firstly, the cost for each participant will<br>
be somewhat higher than it has been, essentially assuming cost price,<br>
as we do not wish to rely on sponsors. On the upside, food and<br>
accommodation will be included in the price. Secondly, we will have to<br>
reduce the number of participants, tracks and speakers. While we want<br>
to leave the exact number open to suggestions from both the public and<br>
the Yearly Meeting, we think that we reasonably could aim for fifty to<br>
a hundred participants, of whom ten or twelve are speakers and not<br>
really have any named tracks. As we have had many fantastic speakers<br>
during our ten years, we propose to invite some of our favourites from<br>
past conferences, and thus make FSCONS 2016 a somewhat retrospective<br>
event.<br>
<br>
If FSCONS is to continue as a yearly conference beyond 2016, we would<br>
like to see more people coming forward and being willing to take on<br>
responsibilities in the association. As FSCONS is run by a registered,<br>
democratic organisation, this would have to happen before the Yearly<br>
Meeting, which most likely would take place in April. In any case, we<br>
would appreciate feedback on this proposal from anyone who has<br>
participated in FSCONS in the past. Feedback should preferably go to<br>
the FSCONS organisers&#39; list <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" tar=
get=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br>
<br>
With hopes of a splendid celebration,<br>
The FSCONS Board<br>
Andreas, Leif-J=C3=B6ran and Stian<br>
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