[ANN] European Ruby Conference 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic?

[Karel Minařík]

Hi all,

the attendees of the European Ruby Conference 2007 have almost =20
universally agreed, that the next year the conference should take =20
place in Prague, Czech Republic (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3Dprague=20=

+czech+republic&z=3D4).

While no substantial opinion has been voiced in contrary , the =20
plans here in Prague have already been set in motion.

The local Ruby/Rails is in contact with the organizers of the last =20
EURUKO and is currently discussing these issues:

* Possible venue. Most probably some university space in the city center
* WiFi access is a must
* Term. The best term could be May/June, but the conference should =20
definitely not clash with RailsConf (29. 5.) or other important event.

We would definitely like to hear your opinions & suggestions =20
regarding anything -- the venue, the term, evenning program =20
suggestions, etc.

Until there is some website with wiki & forum, please post here (if =20
allowed & appropriate) or on the Facebook discussion page (http://=20
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3D17995395190).

Looking forward to see you in Prague,

Karel Mina=C5=99=C3=ADk

 

[James Britt]

Hi all,

the attendees of the European Ruby Conference 2007 have almost
universally agreed, that the next year the conference should take place
in Prague, Czech Republic
(http://maps.google.com/maps?q=prague+czech+republic&z=4).

I'm sorry to hear that. I was hoping for another stint in Germany or
Austria.

Oh well. Maybe 2009.

While no substantial opinion has been voiced in contrary , the plans
here in Prague have already been set in motion.

Add me to the voices in the contrary.

The local Ruby/Rails is in contact with the organizers of the last
EURUKO and is currently discussing these issues:

* Possible venue. Most probably some university space in the city center
* WiFi access is a must
* Term. The best term could be May/June, but the conference should
definitely not clash with RailsConf (29. 5.) or other important event.

BTW, at RubyConf 2007, Michael Neumann asked matz about attending EuRuKo.

Basically, matz seemed up for it, if it wasn't scheduled too close to
another travel arrangement (e.g, RubyConf 2008).


--
James Britt

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www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys

 

[Charles Oliver Nutter]

We would definitely like to hear your opinions & suggestions regarding
anything -- the venue, the term, evenning program suggestions, etc.

Prague sounds great, especially since my boss's office is there I can
make it a dual-purpose trip, and bring some NetBeans Ruby guys along
too. I've only been to Prague once before, but it was in the winter. A
May/June trip would be nice.

- Charlie

 

[SASADA Koichi]

Hi,

* Term. The best term could be May/June, but the conference should
definitely not clash with RailsConf (29. 5.) or other important event.

RubyKaigi 2008, the Japanese Ruby Conference will be held in 20
(Fri), 21 (Sat), 22 (Sun), June, 2008.

Regards,

 

[Charles Oliver Nutter]

Hi,


RubyKaigi 2008, the Japanese Ruby Conference will be held in 20
(Fri), 21 (Sat), 22 (Sun), June, 2008.

I believe there's a plan to try to get Ruby implementers to the Kaigi as
well, so these dates should definitely be excluded.

- Charlie

 

[James Britt]

I believe there's a plan to try to get Ruby implementers to the Kaigi as
well, so these dates should definitely be excluded.

But *please* hold it when the weather in that area (including south
Germany ) is nice. That's the only way I could swing it to attend
while on a trip to visit family (train from Munich to Prague looks quite
doable ...)



--
James Britt

"In Ruby, no one cares who your parents were, all they care
about is if you know what you are talking about."
- Logan Capaldo

 

[Marcel Molina Jr.]

RubyKaigi 2008, the Japanese Ruby Conference will be held in 20
(Fri), 21 (Sat), 22 (Sun), June, 2008.

Prague is a great city and I'm glad you've changed the date so that it is no
longer immediately after the RubyConf in America, but I'd vote for April so
that it neither overlaps with RailsConf (May) or RubyKaigi (June). I
understand that this year it leaves you less time to prepare but it seems
April or July would be best to minimize conflicts.

marcel

 

[Peter Szinek]

Hi All,

Prague is a great city and I'm glad you've changed the date so that it is no
longer immediately after the RubyConf in America, but I'd vote for April so
that it neither overlaps with RailsConf (May) or RubyKaigi (June). I
understand that this year it leaves you less time to prepare but it seems
April or July would be best to minimize conflicts.

I am glad to see the discussion has started! From the weather
perspective, I think April and July are tied. April doesn't usually
qualify as 'nice weather' imho - at least the possibility of rain and
random showers is much higher and the weather might change frequently
(cold/pleasant spring). On the other hand, July can be way too hot. I
would say nice April weather would be better than that of a typical
July, but ugly April weather is worse.

If anyone has knowledge of other big Ruby/Rails conferences in either
July or April, please speak up. There were 2 weeks between the USA
RubyConf and EURUKO, and I know that this was two close for several
people (including Matz). So we should leave about a month between EURUKO
and anything else if possible.

As Karel announced, there is a Facebook group called 'EURUKOBACKWEB'
(http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17995395190) - If you are coming
(or thinking about it) please join to keep in touch, stay up to date,
join the discussion etc.

Any ideas, suggestions etc. are welcome!

Cheers,
Peter
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[Karel Minařík]

Hi all,

thank you for your responses!! (@James Britt: Yes, Munich is just a
couple of hours away, so you should be fine

1/ Term -- as Peter writes, April is quite unstable month regarding
the weather, but one can never be sure Given that end of May is
RailsConf, June is RubyKaigi and September probably RailsConf Europe
and November RubyConf, there seem to be such possibilites:

* End of April: 29. 3. -- 30. 3. (...may catch "unstable" weather
though @Marcel: Three months is plenty of time
* Beginning of May: 5. 5. -- 6. 5. (...if it isn't too close to
RailsConf though)
* Around half of July (...but a lot of people may be on a vacation.
But the venue could be easily to arrange -- university is obviously
deserted in summer)
* Around half of September (...arranged in such way that overseas
attendees can visit RailsConfEu as well. Same as above applies for
the venue)

2/ Suggestions -- do you have any more suggestions for us to take
into consideration, please? (Again, here or Facebook)

Thanks!

Karel

 

[Peter Szinek]

Hi all,

1/ Term -- as Peter writes, April is quite unstable month regarding the
weather, but one can never be sure Given that end of May is
RailsConf, June is RubyKaigi and September probably RailsConf Europe and
November RubyConf, there seem to be such possibilites:

* End of April: 29. 3. -- 30. 3. (...may catch "unstable" weather though
@Marcel: Three months is plenty of time

Well, after talking to some guys it seems most of the people want April.
However, I just got a mail from Charlie O. Nutter that he would like to
come, but "while an April date for EURUKO 2008 would be great, it would
be better in early April than late April. "

* Beginning of May: 5. 5. -- 6. 5. (...if it isn't too close to > > >
RailsConf though)

If we are counting with the JRuby guys, May is out of question - they
are presenting at JavaOne in early May. Also it might be too close to
RailsConf as you said.

Of course I am not saying we should therefore ditch late April/May
completely - while I'd really love to see the JRuby team there, I am
sure that finding a time which suits everyone is at least NP-complete
(or worse . I am just trying to throw as much input in as I can find,
then let's see.

Cheers,
Peter
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[Karel Minařík]

Hi all,

thanks to Peter for getting the feedback!

So the term seems to narrow down to three possibilites:

1/ Very early April
2/ Early July
3/ Early September

It also depends on the availibility of the venue -- I think any of
those terms is quite OK, the latter two being "statistically" better
regarding the weather

The September term could be also arranged in such way, that visitors
from overseas could attend EURUKO *and* RailsConf Europe -- are there
people interested in this option? Should we take it into consideration?

Cheers,

Karel

 

[Jacqui Maher]

I think it would be pretty cool to have it in September and thus allow
people who are traveling to Europe from all over the globe to hit two
conferences in one trip. On the other hand, it could be a bit much to do
two conferences in one trip - is it possible to overdose on ruby hob
nobbing (or Czech beer, for that matter)?



RailsConf Europe is going to be in Berlin again next year, right? I
think travel between the two cities is easy and fast whether by train or
plane, although I wasn't able to find a route between Prague & Berlin on
skyeurope.com.

Thanks for all the work you're doing on getting the next Euruko
organized.

Jacqui

PS Personally, I vote for doing it in September as I wouldn't be able to
make it back to Prague, unfortunately, as soon as April of 08.