[linux-audio-user] Linux Audio Conference Continent selection

[Mark Knecht]

On 12/8/06, nescivi <nescivi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Fons,
>
> Thursday, December 7, 2006, 11:27:43 PM, you wrote:
> FA> On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 09:34:09PM +0100, nescivi wrote:
> >> It has not yet been decided where LAC2008 will be, and we are open to
> >> proposals for this.
>
> FA> Who is 'we' ? In other words, how is this decided ?
>
> ok, last year the TU Berlin proposed to host LAC2007 to the ZKM and
> after some discussion with them, it was decided to make it so.
> We had some discussion during LAC2006 with the people involved
> organising the last LAC's about what the future would look like for
> the LAC, but we have not come to a definite conclusion yet.
> I suppose we will need to continue this discussion on LAC2007 to come
> together to a good solution.
>
> Sincerely,
> Marije Baalman

HI Marije,
   What's the 'TU Berlin'?

   Maybe those involved in this don't understand how little some of us
(ME!!!) know about how this all gets set up.

   Anyway, I have no say in this and probably never will until I get
rich. Germany is a long, long way from California so travel costs are
prohibitive. Being that Linux Audio is world wide it's going to be
that way for lots of people no matter where it's held.

   I think the folks who set this one up for the last 5 years should
be able to have it where they want. Cheers to them and ZKM for all
their efforts over the years.

   Maybe, if there was enough interest, there should be some thought
towards doing conferences like this on more than one continent each
year? LAC-Europe, but also LAC-Buffalo, LAC-Panda, LAC-Kangaroo, etc.?

Cheers,
Mark