From: Pat Eyler <pate@...>
Date: 2003-01-29T08:56:59+09:00
Subject: Re: OSCON Ruby presentations?

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 dblack@candle.superlink.net wrote:
> Hi --

Hi David,

> On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Pat Eyler wrote:
> > > Options are
> > >
> > >     a) have RubyConf around OSCON
> > >     b) have RubyConf in OSCON
> >
> > Living in Seattle, I'd be really willing to do either of these.  An added
> > bonus is that we're likely to boost the OSCON Ruby attendance (meaning a
> > Ruby track next year too), and liable to get added RubyConf attendance
> > from interested OSCON attendees.
> >
> > >     c) find sponsor to buy me tickets
> >
> > If it comes down to this, what about doing something like the
> > PerlFoundation and collecting contributions from the Ruby Community to
> > fund your trip?
>
> c) is definitely the best of the three possibilities.  July is awfully
> soon to have the next RubyConf... and Portland is awfully close to
> Seattle (I'd really like to spread them out geographically, at least
> within the U.S.).  Also, I'm not sure that RubyConf would boost OSCON
> Ruby attendance much, at least if I'm reading last year's OSCON fees
> correctly and if this year's are anything like last year's ($895 for
> 3-day conference attendance, or $400 per day for 1 or 2).

You're probably right, but it can't hurt to dream about another RubyConf
in the Pacific Northwest.  Heck, we could even rotate between Vancouver,
Seattle, and Portland.  ;^)


>
> As for donations: the umbrella non-profit organization for the
> conference, Ruby Central, Inc., is designed as a clearinghouse for
> this kind of thing, except that it doesn't yet have tax-exempt status
> (so donations are not tax deductible).  But that's being looked into.
>

This is great news.  Maybe we should look into setting up a couple of
funds withing Ruby Central, Inc.  It would be nice to sponsor matz et al
for trips to OSCON, RubyConf, etc.  It might also be nice to sponsor work
on Ruby a la Damian Conway, Dan Sugalski, and Larry Wall's efforts on Perl
6.

-pate


>
> David
>
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