Re: NPW 2010 proposal

Hi,

Would you please let me ask if you have any standard procedure or such
in terms of defining deadlines. I mean, I'd like to know when the
proposal is marked as accepted or rejected.

Thanks.




On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Jonas Br=C3=B8ms=C3=B8 Nielsen
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hola,
>
> My point was that:
>
> - NPW is aimed at local community, users and sponsors
>
> So we can have a NPW in Baltikum no problem, it is simply a matter of JFI=
D.
>
> But at the same time I want to emphasize that it is just a workshop and a=
ny
> other party can organize a NPW in 2010 in addition if the local user base
> and potential organizers feel like it, so perhaps it is time to remove th=
e
> year identifier from the name and refer to: NPW <city>.
>
> I am afraid that we are creating a new YAPC, which was never the idea.
> Workshop used to be the general label for these non-YAPC mini conferences=
.
>
> The annual scheduling has been good at helping us to keep continuity, but
> expending the area, so we now look at: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland,
> Iceland and Baltikum - will give us at hard time building a foundation fo=
r
> continuity for local groups and users. So perhaps the NPW tag should just=
 be
> set free and anybody can organize a NPW.
>
> We could also stick to the annual round-robin scheme and then organizers
> would have to wait their turn or local organizers should organize somethi=
ng
> else, like hackathons etc.
>
> NPW is becoming a good brand and we just need to keep the brand alive - a=
lso
> locally.
>
> jonasbn
>
> On 15/05/2009, at 13.00, Salve J Nilsen wrote:
>
>> Jonas Br=C3=B8ms=C3=B8 Nielsen said:
>>>
>>> I am actually more keen on the idea of a Baltic Perl Workshop, travelin=
g
>>> between the 3 countries. I am not saying that we will not promote it an=
d a
>>> lot of people will probably attend.
>>
>> I'd love to see NPW include the Baltic states.
>>
>> I got the impression that the Baltics are quite interested in moving
>> closer to the nordic countries, and with the long history they have with
>> especially Finland, Sweden and Denmark, I think it would be nice to let =
them
>> arrange a Nordic Perl Workshop. Let's welcome them into the community wi=
th
>> open arms. :)
>>
>> Of course, if the locals (should we find someone willing) rather would
>> call it a Baltic Perl Workshop, I think that's fine too. But saying they
>> can't call it NPW because of some old history or notion of what's "Nordi=
c"
>> just reeks old-school (cold war) politics, IMO.
>>
>> But in the end, the locals who organize such an event should make the
>> decision themselves, and if they would like to use the NPW name, we shou=
ld
>> allow it.
>>
>> We made a rule that NPW should be in the Nordic countries, and we can
>> change this rule just as easy as we can make it.
>>
>>
>> - Salve
>>
>> --
>> #!/usr/bin/perl
>> sub AUTOLOAD{$AUTOLOAD=3D~/.*::(\d+)/;seek(DATA,$1,0);print# =C2=A0Salve=
 Joshua
>> Nilsen
>> getc DATA}$"=3D"'};&{'";@_=3Dunpack("C*",unpack("u*",':4@,$'.#
>> <[email protected]>
>> '2!--"5-(50P%$PL,!0X354UC-PP%/0\`'."\n"));eval "&{'@_'}"; =C2=A0 __END__=
 is
>> near! :)
>
>



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