Re: NPW 2010 proposal

Hi,

On 15 maj 2009, at 11.02, Jonas Br=F8ms=F8 Nielsen wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> I have "heard" of two other "proposals".
>
> - G=F6teborg in Sweden
> - Reykjavik in Iceland
> - and I am thinking about organizing "something" in Copenhagen in 2010

Actually Salve and I tried to persuade Panu Ervamaa (pnu) of =20
Helsinki.pm to arrange it there next year.

As far as I know Reykjavik has not actually said anything. I belive it =20=

was brian d foy who wished it would be hosted there.

> Nothing is settled yet though.
>
> I am actually more keen on the idea of a Baltic Perl Workshop, =20
> traveling between the 3 countries. I am not saying that we will not =20=

> promote it and a lot of people will probably attend.

I'll second that. Nordic Perl Workshop is as the name suggest =20
primarily targeted at the Nordic countries and their locals as we have =20=

very much in common between us.

My primary objection to hosting it in Riga is that of the Baltic =20
states are not part (yet) of the Nordic countries nor share our common =20=

ancestry or language (sorry for being slightly nationalistic). However =20=

given the poor state of the economy and government of Lithuania I =20
wouldn't be surprised if they hand over their country to swedish banks =20=

real soon and when that happens I guess it's ok to go =3D)

> =46rom a historic perspective
>
> NPW, started out as SPW (Scandinavian Perl Workshop), but the =20
> Helsinki.pm wanted to join (but never did). Anyway, we think we are =20=

> too small a language group, so it was interesting for us to =20
> collaborate with Sweden and later Norway. This was from the =20
> beginning due to the proximity of our countries and relations =20
> through local Linux User Group (SSLUG), which used to be the largest =20=

> in the world until the Brazillians discovered the Internet, Open =20
> Source and Orkut.
>
> NPW was the first workshop to cross country borders, but we simply =20
> do this our of necessity and to attract the audience.
>
> We do as such not have a board evaluating proposals, so nothing can =20=

> stop anybody from organizing a NPW, so we might even have several in =20=

> a year, the annual things is also pure coincidence.

The closets thing of a board we do have is the blessing of previous =20
organizer group leaders - that being Jonas, Salve and me.

/claes