[EuroPython] spacetime

[Martijn Faassen]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Martijn Faassen wrote:
> > 
> > If the pre-meeting happens we have our conference date set shortly
> > after LSM in july, so that'd be, say, monday july 15. I'm thinking about
> > 3 days, which would include a tutorial day (or perhaps 2.5 days with
> > a tutorial half day, or perhaps we can run tutorials in parallel; just
> > thinking 2 - 3 days).
> > ...
> > I think it's very important to start organizing Python/Zope events in
> > Europe in non-piggyback mode -- i.e. not piggyback on existing events such as
> > LinuxTag and LSM. 
> 
> Whatever the dates, we should not make the mistake of having the 
> conference scheduled in the same week as the LinuxTag [6.-9.6.2002] 
> (or any other major OSS-conference).

Agreed.

> BTW, it wouldn't necessarily be a bad idea to piggyback on e.g.
> LinuxTag (saves us much of the orga problems):
> http://www.linuxtag.org/2002/deutsch/showitem.php3?item=30&lang=en

This was proposed by Stephan Richter, and it's not a bad idea.

But I think we have enough potential in Brussels/Charleroi (already 
*two* possible locations to hold it) to make this happen, and an 
independent event has its own advantages. But it is ambitious, true.

Regards,

Martijn