From: Obie Fernandez <obiefernandez@...>
Date: 2006-10-26T00:50:18+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyConf2006 Retrospective

Party at my loft downtown if the choice is Atlanta! :-)

On 10/25/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
> Austin Ziegler wrote:
> > On 10/24/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
> >> Well ... OK ... nominations in the Eastern Time Zone for places that are
> >> *inexpensive* to visit!
> >>
> >
> > 1. Toronto, ON.
> >
> > It is highly unlikely that the Canadian dollar will be at par next
> > October. So there will be a built in discount, there. Plus, Toronto
> > can actually *handle* a high tech conference really well, being the
> > high tech centre of Canada (currently).
> >
> > Other than Toronto�which I am campaigning for actively, and planning
> > on doing a lot of legwork�I'd say Boston, New York City, Atlanta, RDU,
> > and *then* Charlotte would be best choices (with RDU, you might even
> > be able to have it at or near Duke).
> >
> > -austin
>
> I won't go to either Boston or New York -- they are just too expensive.
> Atlanta I'm not sure about -- it may be tolerable. RDU is fine; I'd love
> to pay a side visit to some of the queuing theory guys at the universities.
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