From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2005-03-25T08:32:19+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] RubyConf 2005 Preregistration now open!

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:05:36 +0900, Francis Hwang <sera@fhwang.net> wrote:
> In spite of the ringing RubyConf endorsement I just mailed to the list,
> I also do have to say, unfortunately, that I sympathize quite a bit
> with Rob's statement. I'm a U.S. citizen myself, but I know quite a
> number of non-citizens who are now reluctant to travel here because 1)
> they don't want to subject to the level of monitoring or 2) they expect
> they won't be allowed in. (I've known some people to have to subject to
> delays of up to six months to get an entrance to the U.S. approved.)
> 
> So, not to be excessively demanding of the RubyConf organizers, but I'd
> like to humbly suggest that next year, a Canadian venue be considered.
> Both Vancouver and Montreal are quite nice, I hear. Though of course
> there's no chance of an OOPSLA overlap then ...

And Toronto even has at least one person who would be willing to help
with the organisation.

-austin
(That would be me, by the way.)
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