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Hi there,<br>
<br>
I am hoping you can have a think about the following.....<br>
<b><br>
RoR eXchange 2009 - May 13th (or May 19th)</b><br>
Skills Matter (the organisers of the first RailsConf Europe in 2006)
and spoonsors of LRUG are (already) organising the Third Annual RoR
eXchange 2009 on May 13th in central London.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://skillsmatter.com/event/ruby-on-rails/ruby-on-rails-exchange-246">http://skillsmatter.com/event/ruby-on-rails/ruby-on-rails-exchange-246</a><br>
We currently working on a full schedule, confirmed speakers so far are
David Black and Ola Bini.<br>
<br>
<b>Requests for Proposals<br>
</b>We are now ready to receive your proposals for talks, and your
ideas, so if you want to do a talk or would like to see a talk on a
certain topic, please let us know, by emailing me
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wendy@skillsmatter.com">wendy@skillsmatter.com</a>)<br>
<b><br>
Programme, duration, tracks</b><br>
We are currently working on a 1-day, 1 track event, but if you guys
want to see lots of talks, and would like more tracks and more days, we
can accomodate that! Just let us know! Send an email to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wendy@skillsmatter.com">wendy@skillsmatter.com</a> with RoR eXchange in the subject header.<br>
<br>
<b>Costs</b><br>
"I think a euro railsconf would be great, but I think you'd be better
looking outside London. London adds so much to the costs involved in
putting on a conference.
"<br>
We have really done our very best to keep costs to an absolute minimum
and have managed to keep a ticket price at just £75.00/ticket, if you
book on or before February 12th, and after that, tickets will only be
£125<br>
If we add tracks, or days, we may have to up the ticket price a little
bit - especially if you'll ask for a lot of speakers of other
countries, for whom we'd have to fund travel, but again - our focus is
to keep the costs to an absolute minimum.<br>
<br>
So I am hoping we can try and make this a top event by working
together?!!<br>
<br>
Wendy<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Stephen Bartholomew wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:9E48B97B-96C9-42B9-B663-82D81FB8BAF4@curve21.com"
type="cite">I think a euro railsconf would be great, but I think you'd
be better looking outside London. London adds so much to the costs
involved in putting on a conference.
<br>
<br>
There are places like ashford and ebbsfleet area where rail links from
London and Europe are good, but you don't have the additional costs.
<br>
<br>
>From what I remember, the US railsconfs have in the past been much
cheaper to run as well as having lower ticket prices than EU.
<br>
<br>
Steve
<br>
<br>
On 27 Jan 2009, at 21:55, Mark Coleman
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mark@breakthrough-workshop.com"><mark@breakthrough-workshop.com></a> wrote:
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hello there everyone....
<br>
<br>
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...
<br>
<br>
I feel especially cheeky, since my first post is an attempt to suck
your brains:
<br>
<br>
I'm very keen on organising a Ruby on Rails conference in London, in
the summer (provisionally, July), for Rails enthusiasts.
<br>
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.
<br>
<br>
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.
<br>
<br>
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.
<br>
<br>
So, I just wanted to get some feedback from you guys, any thoughts?
<br>
<br>
Many thanks!
<br>
<br>
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