Re: Summary: Options for PGCon Europe

[Robert Gravsjö <robert ( at ) blogg ( dot ) se>]

Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 14:37 +0100, Robert Gravsjö wrote:
> > After re-reading the mailing list and a little discussion on 
> > #postgresql-eu it seems to me there are two viable options for PGCon
> > Europe:
> >
> > 1) AT/Vienna
> > 2) IT/Prato
>
> 3) Istanbul, Turkey.
>
> I've been talking to the folks who are organizing Guadec (Gnome Users
> and Developers Conference) 2008 in Istanbul, and waiting for final
> confirmation from them. One of the guys from them are CC'ed to this
> e-mail.u
>
> The plan is to make this conference at ITU (http://www.itu.edu.tr/e/ )
> -- so that we can both have accommodation + conference rooms at the same
> place. Given that these folks organize Turkey's most important open
> source event every year (since 2002, and 1500+ people attend those
> conferences each yearh), they have enough experience for PGDay.
>
> Istanbul has some advantages, like we have many people to host speakers,
> attendees, etc. You can find food of various cultures -- and no need to
> say, beer is cheap (and you can drink beer near sea, etc) ;) Seriously,
> people can find time to see the beauties of Istanbul, which is also a
> very good opportunity for a 1-week holiday :) I have also talked to some
> local companies in TR for sponsorship issues.
>
> ITU's advantages are: 
>
> * Easy transportation  
> * Near city center.
> * we can record the talks
> * No need to pay for the conference -- a small amount will be enough (I
> think)
> * etc etc.
>
> Also, we can invite people from Turkish Government + companies and
> people will be aware of PostgreSQL more and more.

To me this sounds great!

> As I wrote, I'm still waiting for final confirmation from them -- but
> can we please hold the poll for 4-5 days?

I don't see any problems with this.

First I must admit I thought "oh no, another option to be discussed back 
and forth", but you put it very nicely and didn't leave room for many 
questions. A good presentation of Istanbul as a viable option.

One question comes to mind though; Wasn't being a member of Schengen set 
as a requirement for PGCon Europe?

Regards,
roppert

> I'm not sure whether I will be able to attend or not ( :( ), but please
> make sure that all of the folks will host each attendee very well.
>
> Regards,