Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Jeff Waugh">

> <quote who="Ghee Teo">
> 
> > Have the board paused and thought why the Summit has to be Boston? Is it
> > because most hackers work around Boston? May be it was the case.
> 
> Because there's a critical mass of developers there -- most of both the
> Red Hat and Novell desktop teams.

Dan Winship points out on IRC that while this was true when the Boston
Summit was created, there aren't a lot of Novell desktop hackers left in
Boston these days. Perhaps a roaming Columbus Day weekend conference (still
in the USA) would be a good thing?

- Jeff

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