Re: Origins of ILUG

Thanks for all the feedback, much appreciated. Certainly be cool to run a
barcamp somewhere other than Dublin.

Cheers,


/// Vicky

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On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 9:12 AM, John P. Looney <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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