As far as I can tell, no one has scoped this
thing so that suggestions can be more on point. The other thing that
does not seem to strike a chord is the idea that there must be locals
to make an event go. The physical organization can be handled by
convention bureaus almost anywhere you would want to go, and the
content and leadership will come out of the leaders who attend the
conference. I doubt that there are more than a few spots in this world
where there is a high concentration of lua users, this being a largely
internet group and it does not seem likely that the few places with
such a concentration will be more than remotely suitable for such a
meeting. As a cogent example, I work on a project (not lua) that has
two contributors living in Brazil, one Brazilian living in the western
US, and two other US participants, one in Texas and one on the east
coast of the US, none of which have physically met, and all of which
seem to get along quite well, such as the relationship is. I doubt that
we will ever meet. If I were going to do this, I would set up a
teleconference with online white boards and record the sessions for
those who cannot attend in real time. That would save a ton of money,
provide more materials for people to have as reference, and get
entirely rid of this not too productive discussion of locations. I
really don't have to go pub crawling with folks to value what they have
to say on a technical subject.
Everett L(Rett) Williams II
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