World: r3wp

Buy an island,build a small country on the island, call it the United 
States of Rebol,

GiuseppeC: If etna errupts that day there will be more rebol in the 
world :)

Etna erupts from time to time, it is not an explosive one and never 
much dangerous. However there are low intensity earthquakes too....

How about a "virtual live" Devcon? Everyone can  have a choice of 
 several locations which will both have a physical gathering aspect 
as well as a connected virtual one.  Else Carl can decide and we 
live with it - We're all used to that paradigm aren't we? :-)   That 
being said, Reichart has been suggesting Maui for some time now. 
 Perhaps it's time.

meeting in person makes it a different experience... we meet virtually 
every day... to me its the main point of the devcons.

What about using YouTube for a remote delayed conference ?

The point is to have different meeting places that  are  "in person" 
and then all connected for the "virtual" part. Actually we've always 
had virtual access at the Devcons but not multiple meeting places. 
I say this because that may make it easier for all to meet.

as I said, the point IS to meet the people you can't normally meet 
because they are far away.  ;-)


thing is I know not everyone can attend for a variety of reasons... 
which is why its usually held in nice places, so it doubles as a 
vacation.


we could schedule virtual conferences every few months.. but they 
aren't the same as devcons.

well I sure can't go anywhere unless it's in near proximity of our 
country.. Praga would be that luckily :) ..


I also think virtual meetings could happen every once in a while.. 


remote delayed conference .. I never thought of something like that 
but it's actually an interesting concept :) . It would also produce 
video "serries" about rebol

(I mean the option of Praga is a lucky coincidence)

praga?

In Poland I think.

ahh  yess... hehe different spelling  :-)

Yeah, I thought it was Prague at first.

Praga is same is Prague in some languages

ups, sorry :)

Max - why I agree that live devcon is an absolute preference, I also 
think that some even as once Nick A. (or who organised it?) done, 
could have some possitive effects too. You still have to prepare 
for it, find your free time to join, and I think that we might enjoy 
it ...

Prague would be nice

though this year I doubt i could make it

Prague was supposed to happen in May, but was cancelled/postponed, 
with no new term set ...

Prague is my second choice (after Maui) :)

Perhaps we need a voting mechanism

I might be more complex, since for example, while we vote on X, some 
might not be willing to go to any place other than X, or even Y. 
 Where as some people would be cool going to Z as well.

So for example, I will vote Maui, then Prague (depending on the season). 
 But if it turned out to the be NZ, or NY, I might still go.

I might be -> It might be... LOL

Well Freuded. :-)

this reminded me, there should be some reb/altme map where you could 
point yourself into so we can see where we all are location wise 
.. we did this in indiegamer community and it was cool.. Then you 
can see if you can meet locally.. what was that webapps name..?

we have one on wave

And Chris ? did one a while ago

<Perhaps we need a voting mechanism>
Or at least a way of showing preferences.
An AltME checklist could be a starting point.

it was frappr.com but it seems it's doesn't offer free maps for communities 
any more.. looks somewhat in havoc

but the map still exist: http://www.frappr.com/rebol

http://www.mapservices.org/myguestmap/map/rebolers

aha, there is already a frappr map? :) .. the huge banner on the 
top of page it says something about starting to charge.. well I created 
the mapservices which is free.. you can add yourself on it

Graham: I did, not sure where I put it...

speaking of prague, Anthony Bourdain had a great episode on it

looks like a great city

Let's go for Prague in 2010 in person.

The only way that I see DevCon2010 being held is if somebody "steps 
up to the plate" and organises it.


With some help (with web sites and payment collection), I could probably 
organise a DevCon in Kuala Lumpur. It's a long way from America, 
Australia and Europe. In that sense, it would be an equitable location 
- everybody would be jet lagged :-)

Yeah, you guys need an xNTJ to take control.

You have one of my votes though...

xNTJ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTJor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENTJ

They are often sought out as leaders due to an innate ability to 
direct or influence groups of people.

if I ever get any better financially I will organise a RebolCamp 
here in slovenia.. the catch, it will be real camping in one nice 
camp in the alpine part of Slo

Janko: Power source?

A bunch of my friends meet in the Nederlands and sort of "camp" for 
a hackers conference.

We use generators!

I'm all for in Janko.

Camping in the wild, great! In a place with crocodiles and lions, 
.. something to keep Reichart busy!! 8-P

If at least with have UMTS connection to life-stream to youtube

Will, we have to eat!

It seems the international HackMeeting. Once we had one here in Sicily