[okfn-discuss] OKCon 2011 in Berlin?

Wed Dec 8 22:00:19 UTC 2010

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> On 8 December 2010 16:25, Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> this is a proposal to held next years Open Knowledge Conference in Berlin. The idea is to have this conference become even more international.
>
> This is fantastic.
>
>> There is a local team of Jonathan, Friedrich and me happy to help organize the event.
>>
>> So far we have two possible venue locations, both very nicely located and with excellent facilities. Both can only offer the following dates.
>>
>> Kalkscheune - http://www.kalkscheune.de/
>>
>> 25th & 26th Mai
>> 9th & 10th June
>> 16th & 17th June
>>
>> GLS Campus- http://www.gls-german-courses.de/2013.html

FYI, the W3C is thinking (not decided yet) on running a workshop on
privacy and social networking in early june. Not the exact same thing,
but close to 9-10th of June. Perhaps having the workshops back to back
would be nice?

  cheers,
    harry

>>
>> 12th &13th Mail
>
> I sort of feel that May is quite soon (we need to get out a CFP etc)
> but happy to be told I'm wrong. I also wonder about July (is that
> better/worse on average for people).
>
>> What do people think about this in general? And how do people think about the dates? Shall I open a doodle to find the best date?
>
> I don't think we need a doodle here - this is of a different order.
> what we do need to do is establish that there are no clashes.
>
>> PS: Unfortunately for myself I have to say that I can't do the dates in June
>
> That's a big deal -- as one of the people who'd be the local
> coordinator :) I imagine you'd need to be there!
>
> Rufus
>
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