Re: [Gnumed-devel] gnumed.conf.de, who is interested

[David Guest]

Christoph Becker wrote:

> Am Samstag, 16. August 2003 12:00 schrieb Christian Heller:
>  
>
> > > Hosting the conference is another issue. I would have to ask at
> > >      
> > University first. My office is always accessible, but how many
> > people would that be?
> >    
>
> Indeed. From the list I guess about 5 to 6 people, probably any classroom a 
> room in a youthhostel will do it. 
>
> But lets make list here, to get an idea:
> Karsten Hilbert,
> Sebastion Hilbert, 
> Christan Heller,
> Andreas Tille,
> Christoph Becker
>
> Any body else? Or is someone on that list not interested?
>  
>
> > Or the nature of Thuringia :-)
> >    
> That would be real nice. There should be a hostel anywhere in a nice area, 
> where we can put two tables together and install oure Notebooks.
>  
FWIW, the most useful thing we found at gnumed.conf.au was getting 
together. A couple of prepared talks about current problems and future 
directions seemed to have the effect of focussing the mind and rekindled 
the enthusiasm. An action plan at the end of the day was a great idea 
and was driven by Richard.

You need somewhere quiet and probably won't use your notebooks much. 
(I'd also recommend going somewhere quiet for dinner and avoiding 
anywhere with a band. :-)

We have held two conferences one in the small rural town where I live 
and one in Sydney. The former was the more enjoyable, the latter 
attracted a few more participants who would not otherwise have made the 
journey.

Similarly the advantage of having it at a bigger venue would be if there 
are outsiders considering contributing to the project or perhaps seeing 
synergies with their own work like Christoph or Tim has. We also had a 
couple of other developers come along to see what we were up to and one 
of them felt that he would like to contribute once he got up to speed on 
python.

Personally I found dealing with the university a pain in the arse. Horst 
tells me things are better in Germany, however. I wonder if a function 
room in a hotel is the best option but I guess that depends on your 
numbers and your contacts.

I am sure Horst has zero time but it would be great if he could get to 
this conference. If not maybe a gnumed.conf.eu next year?

David