Re: Lua Workshop 2011

[Marc Balmer <marc@...>]

Am 11.02.11 09:58, schrieb Jim Whitehead II:
> People continue to suggest places without having any idea if there are
> people in that location that can actually help organise. Beyond that,
> the amount of absurd political spewing that is going on in this thread
> is completely inappropriate given the warning that have already been
> expressed by Luiz. If you want to flame each other, take it off list.
> 
> Organising a workshop like this is not an easy matter; you can ask
> Matthew Burke and the Lua team itself how much work goes into even a
> small event like this. Suggesting locations (other than the moon,
> where we have plenty of help) without having someone there willing to
> organise the event isn't terribly useful, no matter how much you might
> like a holiday here or there.
> 
> I would love to host this in Oxford, but after asking around for
> assistance and help it seems that there is no one else that is related
> to the University or on this mailing list who is actually up for and
> willing to help organise, so unfortunately I can't be of much help.

Just as a sidenote:

When I suggested Switzerland, that of course implied that I have the
capacity and experience to organize such an event.