Re: Anyone in Europe willing to host OctConf 2016 ?

[c.]

On 30 Jan 2017, at 16:55, Juan Pablo Carbajal <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 3:29 PM, edmund ronald <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, there may have been excessive discretion here ...
>> Anyway, CERN in the spring sounds like a very nice idea. I hope we get to 
>> visit the sights :)
>> 
>> Edmund
>> ᐧ
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 8:30 PM, Juan Pablo Carbajal <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Carnë Draug <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> On 2 August 2016 at 16:30, Olaf Till <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 04:33:18PM +0200, Andrea Latina wrote:
>>>>>> Let's just be patient until Wednesday
>>>>> 
>>>>> That was a few days ago ... ?
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> That has not been made public yet.  CERN has accepted to host the next
>>>> OctConf.  However, we thought that this was too late in the year and
>>>> many will already have made plans.  We think that moving OctConf to
>>>> the spring of 2017 may be a better choice.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Why not asking? I have reserved the month waiting for the answer to this 
>>> issue.
>>> 
>> 
> Dear all,
> 
> It seems this thread has been going on outside of the mailing list.
> Carnë informed today on IRC that "everything is booked[at CERN] for
> the end of March but nothing else has been done".

Indeed, it seems the local organizers had booked the room but were expecting
us to do the official announcement and event organization.

So volunteers to take care of this are urgently sought, the dates set are
March 20 to 22 2017.

> It seems we need to move fast.
> 
> @Sebastian or @JordiGH: Would it be possible to get a checklist from
> you, describing the organizational steps you took?
> (or anybody else with experience in organizing OctConf or similar meeting)


Here are the links to the pages that were set-up for previous editions of 
OctConf that may serve as an example:

[1] http://wiki.octave.org/OctConf_2012
[2] http://www2.mate.polimi.it/ocs/?cf=42
[3] http://wiki.octave.org/OctConf_2013
[4] http://wiki.octave.org/OctConf_2014
[5] http://wiki.octave.org/OctConf_2015


> I am a simple guy, I would be worried of getting access to food,
> internet and then giving some guidelines on where to stay and how to
> get to the venue. Maybe I am missing something important.
> 
> Thanks
> 

c.