Re: [pox] Re: [ox-en] Conference stays in Manchester

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Though I understand Stefan's decision, I would also have much preferred
London. Manchester is going to entail a lot of extra costs, it is going to
be a lot more difficult to find free lodging in Manchester I expect,

I suppose that by now, some people have already purchased their Manchester
tickets and everything is set in stone?

Miche

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Jonathan Gray <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Stefan Merten <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The option in London didn't work out. The guy who asked me for
> > cooperation for a joint event in London suddenly didn't answer any
> > more. I tried a lot to revive the contact but simply got no reply.
> > Frankly I have no idea what happened but this is how it goes
> > sometimes. I think it would have been a great week/weekend in London
> > with a cool combination of events and people - but it didn't work.
>
> It is a shame it didn't work out. The only thing that happened was
> that I've been busy with academic work, an EU workshop, conferences
> and meetings - and there were some questions about the venue that we
> were waiting to have clarified. I was keen to sort this out before
> Christmas (knowing how busy I'd be in the New Year) - but Stefan was
> trying to sort out sponsorship first. I tried to arrange a phonecall
> to speed things up - but as Stefan is a consultant he said it was
> difficult to speak on the phone. There were lapses in his email
> responses too - as I'm sure happens to everybody: "sorry for the
> delay. Unfortunately I do not always have enough time / mind to answer
> immediately".
>
> Also - to clarify - we were initially interesting in co-organising an
> event, or sharing our space. Stefan was keen for the OKF to provide
> over 8000 euros and accommodation for 30 speakers. OKCon is an
> informal, volunteer driven event, and everyone pays for themselves to
> come. We simply do not have the time or money to cough up 8k or find
> space for 30 people!
>
> The time that he sent me several consecutive emails asking me to
> contact him immediately unfortunately corresponded with a short period
> of me being abroad. By the time I had caught up with these emails - he
> had decided to scrap London and stick with Manchester.
>
> We would have loved to collaborate, and its a shame you've switched
> back to Manchester given the wealth of events and people that will be
> in London at that time!
>
> Maybe next time,
>
> Jonathan
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