Re: Call for hosts for GUADEC 2009

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 15:43 -0500, Shaun McCance wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 20:34 +0200, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
> > Usa isn't the only country in North America. Maybe Canada or Mexico
> > has less strict rules about visas? It is not hard to imagine that the
> > Americans might feel that it is a little unfair that guadec always is
> > in Europe.
> 
> This American views it as a great excuse to go to Europe.
> I can see Chicago anytime.  Istanbul is something special.
> And while there are differences between American cities,
> it's nowhere near the differences we get between different
> European countries.  The diversity is awesome.
> 
> I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to keep it in
> Europe.  I'm just saying it's why I, in particular, don't
> care if GUADEC is ever on my side of the pond.

Can't agree more...

> --
> Shaun

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