Due to there not being sufficient time left to get enough speakers lined up.

On Saturday, 23 June 2012 at 20:51:00 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> Due to there not being sufficient time left to get enough speakers lined up.

That is sad to hear and hopefully doesn't ruin to many plans. Maybe I'll be able to make it next year.

Also the front page dlang.org needs updated.

Le 23/06/2012 22:50, Walter Bright a écrit :
> Due to there not being sufficient time left to get enough speakers lined
> up.


That is sad. But hopefully, I'll probably be able to participate in 2013.

On 26/06/12 10:17, deadalnix wrote:
> Le 23/06/2012 22:50, Walter Bright a écrit :
>> Due to there not being sufficient time left to get enough speakers lined
>> up.
>
>
> That is sad. But hopefully, I'll probably be able to participate in 2013.


Seattle is too damn far... :(

On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 16:24:24 Dejan Lekic wrote:
> On 26/06/12 10:17, deadalnix wrote:
> > Le 23/06/2012 22:50, Walter Bright a écrit :
> >> Due to there not being sufficient time left to get enough speakers lined up.
> > 
> > That is sad. But hopefully, I'll probably be able to participate in 2013.
> 
> Seattle is too damn far... :(

Well, no matter where you pick, it's too far for someone.

- Jonathan M Davis

On 6/26/2012 8:41 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 16:24:24 Dejan Lekic wrote:
>> On 26/06/12 10:17, deadalnix wrote:
>>> Le 23/06/2012 22:50, Walter Bright a écrit :
>>>> Due to there not being sufficient time left to get enough speakers lined
>>>> up.
>>>
>>> That is sad. But hopefully, I'll probably be able to participate in 2013.
>>
>> Seattle is too damn far... :(
>
> Well, no matter where you pick, it's too far for someone.

The Astoria location enables us to keep the registration costs low, without compromising. It's a great location.

On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:11:14 Walter Bright wrote:
> On 6/26/2012 8:41 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> > On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 16:24:24 Dejan Lekic wrote:
> >> On 26/06/12 10:17, deadalnix wrote:
> >>> Le 23/06/2012 22:50, Walter Bright a écrit :
> >>>> Due to there not being sufficient time left to get enough speakers
> >>>> lined
> >>>> up.
> >>> 
> >>> That is sad. But hopefully, I'll probably be able to participate in 2013.
> >> 
> >> Seattle is too damn far... :(
> > 
> > Well, no matter where you pick, it's too far for someone.
> 
> The Astoria location enables us to keep the registration costs low, without compromising. It's a great location.

It's a fine location for me, but I live in Central California. I think that it's mostly people who are in places like Europe or Australia and who lack the time or money to make a trip that far who were unhappy with the location. And there's not much that we can do about that. Moving it to someplace else (e.g. somewhere in Europe) would just change who is having the problem. Every tech conference has the same problem.

- Jonathan M Davis

On Saturday, 23 June 2012 at 20:51:00 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> Due to there not being sufficient time left to get enough speakers lined up.

How many we have / how many we want?

I don't consider myself a good speaker, but I could talk about D stuff anytime. For example, that "Modern COM in D" thingie I did, etc...

L.

On 6/26/2012 8:50 PM, Lionello Lunesu wrote:
> On Saturday, 23 June 2012 at 20:51:00 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Due to there not being sufficient time left to get enough speakers lined up.
>
> How many we have / how many we want?
>
> I don't consider myself a good speaker, but I could talk about D stuff anytime.
> For example, that "Modern COM in D" thingie I did, etc...

That would be good, but it won't be until sometime next year.

Essentially, we'll need a full, committed lineup of speakers 6 months in advance, enough for 3 days.

On 06/26/2012 08:41 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:

>> Seattle is too damn far... :(
>
> Well, no matter where you pick, it's too far for someone.

Agreed but Silicon Valley is a good choice. (Not because I live there. :))

There is a strong culture of groups having monthly meetings and companies donating venues. Arguably, almost any software person knows someone in Silicon Valley too, so lodging would be free and more comfortable for many.

That would not be as intimate as a meeting at Astoria but would attract more audience from many groups of people who are interested in D but not as much to fly to another state.

Ali