On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 04:45:54PM -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:12:30 -0400 > Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 09/25/2014 04:02 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 09:50:14AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > >> On 09/25/2014 08:22 AM, Matthias Runge wrote: > > >>> On 24/09/14 19:54, Máirín Duffy wrote: > > >>>>> E.g. in June, flights to Boston are US$ 850 vs US$ 1400 in > > >>>>> August. Maybe it's a good idea to move the conference out > > >>>>> of main holiday season? > > >>>> > > >>>> Are you located in EMEA or APAC? Because Flock alternates > > >>>> between North America and EMEA I think partially because of > > >>>> this reason... > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> I missed last two Flocks, because they were in main holiday > > >>> season. It's way easier for me to travel, when kids are in > > >>> school. > > >> > > >> Similar for me. Travel at least in EU is easier outside the main > > >> holiday seasons. > > > > > > I was at least one of the people who mentioned the vacation wrinkle > > > to Mo, which I had on hearsay. I'm sorry if that created any > > > issue, and I'm happy to hear that people in the EU have flexibility > > > outside summer. > > > > > > Would it be worth asking organizers to allow anyone who thought > > > August was a harder requirement to update their bid? It should > > > only take a few days and it's hard to think that would be make or > > > break for deciding the winner. > > > > > > > If "the end of August" wasn't a hard requirement, then I actually have > > another bid that we ruled out because of that (University of > > Massachusetts at Lowell). If I put that together by tomorrow, is there > > still time? They weren't able to accommodate the end of August or > > early September due to returning students, but late July or early > > August would be wide open. > > Hi Stephen, > late July or early August is much worse travel wise. > That full holiday season and plane ticket prices skyrocket through the > roof and availability is scarce. > > In my experience the months that are best (price-wise) for > transatlantic (not sure if transpacific is similar) flights are > March-June, October-November with exceptions of course (ie around > Easter in bad for most US/Europe, and thanksgiving time it is bad for > inbound US). Right, I thought the point was the possibility of holding the conference slighly *later* if that improves EU folks' ability to attend. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
