Re: Origins of ILUG

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 11:50 PM, Brendan Minish <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> If there are plans for a barcamp, please consider making it easy for
> those of us who have to travel to Dublin by not starting too early and
> hosting it in the vicinity of somewhere that has parking that does not
> cost fortunes. Bonus points if it's organised enough that we can book
> time off work & expense the travel with a straight face (like our CEO
> has done in years past for PyCon, if you get my drift..)


 One of the things that made ILUG "irish" was that we did try spread the
events around the country intentionally. And damn, that was fun. Everything
from going to Belfast to watch Oracle wind Richard Stallman up, by claiming
that they supported free software by giving away CLI tools for Oracle, to
persuading bouncers in a Galway nightclub to let Alan Cox in, despite
wearing sandals.

 So...no need for a Dublin Barcamp, as long as the venue is cool.

 Good times.

John

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confoléimnige.
Three worst smiles: the smile of a wave, the smile of a lewd woman, thegrin
of a dog ready to leap.

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