On 2025-03-20 at 10:31:36, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: > given that this year is the 20th anniversary of the Git project it would > be great to host another Git Merge so that the wider community can come > together and celebrate. Taylor and I have been chatting about this > opportunity a bit to figure out what we're going to do this year. > > We have been discussing two different options: > > - Hosting in the US in San Francisco at the GitHub HQ. > > - Hosting in the EU in Amsterdam colocated with the Open Source > Summit Europe. > > Typically, the location is alternating on a yearly basis between the US > and the EU. So given that last year it was hosted in Berlin it would be > the US' turn. But given the recent political climate in the US I'm > afraid that many people would not feel comfortable traveling there right > now. So in the spirit of being inclusive I think we should at least > consider whether we may want to break the typical alternating cycle and > host in the EU again. Yes, I do think that given current circumstances the U.S. is not a good place to host events. Perhaps that will change in the future, but I don't think that would be a prudent choice right now. I've talked to several people who are uncomfortable traveling there, so we'd probably get better attendance hosting elsewhere. I would be fine with Amsterdam, and I might also suggest a major Canadian city (such as Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver) if we preferred to do this in North America (since we've traditionally alternated continents). I can imagine other locations outside of the U.S. that might be fine as well, so I'm willing to keep an open mind if a good opportunity comes up. -- brian m. carlson (they/them or he/him) Toronto, Ontario, CA
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