Re: An APAC version of EmacsConf?

[Yuchen Pei]

Hi Bhavin,

Sorry for the late reply - I have a long way to go in managing my 
email queue properly :p

Bhavin Gandhi <bhavin7392@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello Yuchen
>
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:46:41, Yuchen Pei wrote:
> > […] and in this case specifically an APAC version of 
> > EmacsConf. I am
> > relatively new to emacs (about 1 year in use), but I suspect 
> > one does
> > not need to be good at emacs to organise a conference about it.
>
> I agree, anyone who is interested in Emacs can organize a 
> conference
> about it :)

Great!

> > Is anyone else interested, or do you know anyone who might be
> > interested? As a side note, to avoid unpleasant side effects 
> > like
> > increasing the workload of EmacsConf organisers :P, the APAC 
> > version
> > should probably be as independent of EmacsConf as possible, 
> > including
> > the naming.
>
> I'm interested in organizing and helping with an APAC version of
> EmacsConf. Although, I'm not really sure if I will be able to 
> spend time
> on it this year.
>
> One idea I had was to have two parts to EmacsConf. The CFP can 
> be
> common, I think that will be easier for more reach. And then we 
> can
> split the talks, schedule, tech-checks, and all other organizing 
> parts as
> EmacsConf and EmacsConf APAC.

This sounds like a good idea. What is a tech-check? You seem to be 
familiar with organising an EmacsConf - would you mind telling me 
what are the main steps?

Best,
Yuchen

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