[Linux-aus] President's Report: August / September 2006

[Janet Hawtin]

On 10/7/06, Jeff Waugh <jdub at perkypants.org> wrote:
> <quote who="Paul TBBle Hampson">
>
> > On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 01:40:27PM +1000, Jonathan Oxer wrote:
> > > I'd particularly like to hear from people who have decided not to go to
> > > Sydney because they knew about Melbourne getting 2008: would it have
> > > made any difference if you didn't know where the 2008 event was going to
> > > be?
> >
> > I hope we're not considering implementing attendance-maximisation through
> > obscurity?
>
> ... and why not? It makes total sense. I have been considering raising the
> possibility of *choosing* in advance but not publically *announcing* due to
> some of the issues we've come up against this year. It might be a funny joke
> to compare it to security with a pithy line, but it's not a perspective with
> much attachment to reality [1].

There are quite a range of events available in a range of locations.
Some a lot closer than mel8ourne in time.
By that logic we shouldnt advertise lca07 before osdc
and auug are done and dusted =) ?

I dont think worrying about alt events is useful.
I think that people will go to events if they are funky.
Cost and distance will be a factor.
We can use the events to promote each other.
Consider it companion planting?

Janet