-1 to original proposal. Keep in mind that the folks on this thread are mostly experienced contributors who'll go to great lengths to get to FUDCon regardless of distance/timing. However, FUDCons are also excellent for attracting new/emergent/peripheral contributors (FADs are geared more towards experienced contributors), and for these folks, curiosity is inversely proportional to distance. I've loved the local students and Linux hobbyists who came by out of curiosity in all the FUDCons I've ever been to, and I'd hate to limit that to one region. I know Robyn's original proposal suggested alternating years of global FUDCons with regional ones, but our community moves so fast that I don't think that's going to be enough - 2 years is aeons in the Fedora world to *not* have an event you can get to. If we want to keep living, thriving, growing, bringing in new folks, we can't consolidate into one elite gathering. I know it's not meant to be an exclusive proposal, but I strongly believe it would raise participation barriers enough to have the same sort of effect. To put my money where my mouth is, I'd personally be willing to work on getting more "important stuff" to happen at non-NA FUDCons and gatherings and would be happy to coach anyone who wants to run a non-NA FUDCon or FAD.[0] --Mel [0] I mean, I'll coach NA events as well, but the need seems greater in other geos. _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
