Re: [Poll] Early 2013 face-to-face date and location

I would put in a STRONG preference to avoid Austin; SXSW takes over Austin.
 All the downtown hotels were sold out around 6 months ago for during
SXSWi, and it doesn't get radically better during Music.


On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:07 AM, olivier Thereaux <
olivier.thereaux@bbc.co.uk> wrote:

>
> On 20 Nov 2012, at 16:19, olivier Thereaux <olivier.thereaux@bbc.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > Please take a minute to answer this poll on the best date and location
> for our upcoming face-to-face meeting:
> > https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/46884/f2f-2013-1/
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Many thanks to all of you who answered the poll on the next face-to-face
> meeting. The results unequivocally showed a preference for mid/late March
> 2013 for the date.
>
> As was noted during our last teleconference, SXSW is scheduled March 8-12,
> and we could decide to hold our meeting on the margin of that event. Given
> that Austin is not home to any of us though, and given that a lot of people
> already are travelling for both CSUN and SXSW, I am not sure it makes sense
> for us.
>
> Regarding locations, there was no obvious preference for the east or west
> coast, although the SFO area did receive a few more votes. I will be
> following up with a few of you on the topic of hosting in the next few
> weeks.
>
> P.S: if you have not answered the poll (shame!) but have a serious
> schedule conflict for mid/end March 2013, get in touch with me privately
> and I will see what we can do.
>
> Thank you,
> Olivier