Re: Lua Workshop 2014 in Moscow?

[Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@...>]

On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Justin Cormack
<justin@specialbusservice.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, list!
>>
>> It looks like that I may have finally found a corporate sponsor that
>> will be willing to help with good venue (and catering) in Moscow for
>> Lua Workshop '14.
>>
>> We're still discussing details, but, provided that it will work out,
>> what do community think about Moscow as the location for the next
>> Workshop? I'm thinking about autumn. Maybe September or October, so it
>> will be not too cold :-)
>
> Have long wanted to visit Russia but never made it. I see that
> visitors from Brazil do not need visas which is useful
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Russia but it does seem
> like it might be complicated for some people, and it would be helpful
> to get invitations well in advance to sort this out...

Yes, getting visas will be an issue, and Workshop attendees from
countries that Russia requires to have visas to enter, should expect
to spend some time and effort getting them. Unfortunately.

I'll do what I can to ease this on my side — and at least hope to be
able to give good advice, consulting with friends who have experience
with inviting foreign speakers here.

Other potential issue is that airplane ticket prices and hotels rates.
Nothing can be done with tickets, I'm afraid (except that one should
buy them early, as usual), but there are nice and relatively
inexpensive hostels available for economical-minded people.

Alexander.