Hi,


and I don't agree. Flying on weekends is much more expensive in and from Europe. We talk about 100-150€/135-200$ which it would cost more a trip. Speaking about vacation, hopefully its clear that longer and longer discussions minimizes the chances to get vacation at this time in August. July and August are normal vacation times, so you have it to say in advance. And don't forget ppl that need a visa, that minimizes time around 6 weeks to get it in advance.
The time that is chosen is only 3 months from now so its hard enough, don't make it harder bring the discussion about the time to an end soon and publish the date!

It's not about what and how right now, the important thing is only when and where. Not "possibilities" are from interest, except you want to keep it as an NA thing.


br gnokii


2013/4/21 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@gmail.com>
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:25 PM, inode0 <inode0@gmail.com> wrote:
> From Tom's recent blog I read:
>
> * inode0 suggested that it would be better if the scheduled part of
> Flock ended on the weekend, so we are strongly considering August 7 -
> 13, 2013 for the dates (August 12 and 13 would be optional "hackfest
> days" with no assigned schedule in advance).
>
> I just want to be clear this wasn't my suggestion really. My concern
> is that full participation with travel on both ends would require a
> contributor in NA to likely take 7 full days of vacation from work to
> attend the entire conference. For people coming from other regions it
> would probably be even more.
>
> The ideal timing of this from my perspective would be a 7 day block
> running Sunday through Saturday, leaving weekend days on both ends for
> travel and "only" requiring 5 full days of vacation to attend. That is
> still a lot of vacation time but I think it is a lot easier to get one
> full week off than it is to get any longer time off.
>
> Anyway, this isn't something I want to nag about or whine and complain
> about until it suits me better. I just want to be clear about what my
> concern really is. I'm happy to try anything and see how it works.

I agree with this sentiment.

Peter
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