Re: Anyone in Europe willing to host OctConf 2016 ?

[John W. Eaton]

On 01/30/2017 11:49 AM, c. wrote:

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

That is less than 8 weeks away.  More like 7.  I don't know that we have 
time to plan an effective meeting in that time, or even whether the key 
participants would be available to attend.

Last year we decided to postpone because it was unrealistic to organize 
a meeting with only a few months lead time, but instead of using the 
extra time to organize and allow participants to make plans, we are back 
in the same situation.

I hate to postpone again, but

  * Is there still enough remaining time to plan a successful conference?

  * Is there enough time to prepare posters and presentations?

  * Are there scheduling conflicts among the key participants that we 
need to have attend to make this useful?

jwe