Re: PgDay

On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 15:46 -0700, gabrielle wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> > What PDXPUG needs to do is:
> >
> > * Determine if PDXPUG wants to do this.
> > * Determine who is going to be point for the PgDay. (Organizer)
> > * When to do it. January/Feb is best.
> > * 5-7 speakers
>
> Thanks for the details. :) I think this is a great idea, and I'm
> excited that PgUS is offering these options to PUGs.
>
> Here's what I'm wondering - we just had one of these in July, the day
> before OSCON. We'll likely/hopefully be having one again in 2011, the
> day before OSCON. I'm feeling like having a PgDay in winter might be
> crowding the events calendar; plus I suspect it is easier to get
> people to travel to a one-day event like this when it's held in
> conjunction with another conference.
>

Well the idea is to *not* have people travel. For example, we want to
have one up in Seattle too. I mean maybe some pdx people would show up
there but the idea is to support the local communities.

> Maybe it would be better to hold this in a different city? (Like,
> somewhere with some sun. :koffkoff: ) Or could you adjust your
> expectations for the scheduling, and we could set something up prior
> to OSCON? I would love to work with PgUS for this, I'm just not sure
> that Portland is the ideal place given the suggested timeframe.
>

We are. We are looking at Seattle, one in SF etc...

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

> gabrielle
>