At Wed, 19 May 2010 09:44:47 -0500, Rene Rivera wrote:
On 5/18/2010 7:12 PM, David Abrahams wrote:
At Tue, 18 May 2010 16:57:02 -0500, Rene Rivera wrote:
On 5/18/2010 4:50 PM, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
On 05/18/2010 05:35 PM, Nelson, Erik - 2 wrote:
Anyway, I'm just curious what people think about Aspen or alternatives for a BoostCon venue.
I agree with you. Even if the venue is very nice, it's also very inconvenient, at least for many of us.
Same here.. And I've volunteered my time to do the on-the-ground work if the conference moved to the Chicago area in the past (after the first year we organized the conference).
Every year at BoostCon we discuss this. I don't think there's enough interest—among those that actually show up—in exploring other locations to make alternatives practical.
Calling you out on this.. That makes for a biased assessment because the people that would most likely want to have it some place other than Aspen are likely not to show up at Aspen.
Oh, I'm well aware.
Even if I've wanted to, I haven't been able to attend because of financial constraints. And if it where half the cost, I would almost certainly attend. And I suspect many others would too. And hence we might see more than a doubling of attendance.
Yep, and it would be a totally different conference. Among those who attended this year, there was little interest in going out of our way to grow the conference --- everybody liked the intimate atmosphere.
I know I'm not much interested in holding BoostCon anywhere in the US other than Aspen, because
1. atmosphere counts, and the conference just wouldn't be the same anywhere else.
Which assumes you can't get a similar atmosphere some place else. Note I don't consider the scenery the same as the atmosphere ;-)
It's not; it's just one component.
2. at this point, BoostCon pretty much goes off without a hitch and I don't want to figure out how to do it again in different circumstances.
That is certainly a big factor in staying at Aspen.
…but if Boost develops a consensus to hold it elsewhere, I certainly won't do anything to stand in the way.
OK, perhaps a poll is in order at this point. I'll set one up for people to fill out.. Do people have suggestions as to good places to consider for holding some future BoostCon at? My shorts list is:
* New York
New York isn't exactly a cheap place to do anything, is it?
* New Jersey * Toronto * Chicago
May as well add Boston. -- Dave Abrahams Meet me at BoostCon: http://www.boostcon.com BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com