[LRUG] London RoR Conference, July '09 ?

[wendy]

See my previous email re RoR eXchange 2009 - we'll definitely print a 
T-shirt!!

Matthew Rudy Jacobs wrote:
> I think whatever happens this year,
> there needs to be a tshirt.
>
> Even if it's an unofficial tshirt.
>
> 2009/1/28 Roland Swingler <roland.swingler at gmail.com>:
>   
>> [Potentially very off-topic]
>> One of the things that I feel is a bit missing in the conference space
>> is cross-polination of ideas from different languages. There are a lot
>> of rails conferences, and a fair few ruby conferences but not many
>> ruby/python/perl/whatever conferences. QCon does this quite well for
>> the "enterprise", I think - there aren't many conferences where I can
>> go and see a talk about Java, Ruby and Haskell in the same afternoon.
>> I think its a bit of a shame that mostly we end up getting locked into
>> language silos, where you only meet people from the same language
>> background.
>> [/end of off-topic]
>>
>> Ruby Manor was good - I'm sure Murray & James can give you lots of
>> advice. From a personal point of view I could stand to spend a bit
>> more than the £12 it cost for that - but only if it went towards
>> getting speakers from outside London/the UK. I didn't miss any of the
>> other things that RubyManor ditched like food & swag.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Roland
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Mark Coleman
>> <mark at breakthrough-workshop.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello there everyone....
>>>
>>> I've just recently joined the mailing list, and I feel a bit of an impostor!
>>>  Although I live just by the M25, I almost never get into London, so I
>>> haven't been to any events before...
>>>
>>> I feel especially cheeky, since my first post is an attempt to suck your
>>> brains:
>>>
>>> I'm very keen on organising a Ruby on Rails conference in London, in the
>>> summer (provisionally, July), for Rails enthusiasts.
>>> I'm still at the planning stage at the moment: trying to get an idea for the
>>> number of delegates that might want to come, the budget available, getting
>>> in touch with potential speakers, looking for sponsors, assessing venues
>>> with the appropriate facilities, etc.
>>>
>>> I figure that you guys will have some good tips or ideas, maybe some
>>> suggestions or volunteers for speakers or sponsors? I have had a couple of
>>> positive responses from some high profile speakers already, but I'd rather
>>> reach people directly or through someone they already know, rather than a
>>> more impersonal e-mail.
>>>
>>> At this early stage nothing is set in stone, but I'm hoping to emulate the
>>> very excellent Scotland on Rails event, so something like of a two day
>>> conference, with a great line-up of speakers and keynotes. If I can arrange
>>> a tutorial day, some evening social events and a panel Q&A / discussion
>>> session that would be a great addition.
>>>
>>> So, I just wanted to get some feedback from you guys, any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Many thanks!
>>>
>>> Mark_______________________________________________
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