Re: EmacsConf date

[emacsconf]

Hi,

Amin Bandali (bandali@gnu.org) wrote:

> To help us decide date(s) for EmacsConf 2020, I'll paste my little
> plaintext calendar of November and December of this year again:
> 
> ,----[ $ cal nov -n2 ]
> |     November 2020         December 2020   
> | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
> |  1  2  3  4  5  6  7         1  2  3  4  5
> |  8  9 10 11 12 13 14   6  7  8  9 10 11 12
> | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21  13 14 15 16 17 18 19
> | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28  20 21 22 23 24 25 26
> | 29 30                 27 28 29 30 31
> `----
> 
> SeaGL is on Nov 14 and Nov 15, and David is also away around that time.
> I also think we're a bit late for holding things early in November like
> last year.
> 
> So, I think our reasonable options are:
> 
> - November 21 and 22
> - November 28 and 29
> - December 5 and 6
> - December 12 and 13
> 
> I would most likely personally be fine with Dec 19 and 20 as well, but I
> think that would caught it way too close to holidays where people might
> be travelling (well, if at all possible, with the current madness), or
> just take it easy.  Perhaps even Dec 12 and 13 would be pushing it.
> 
> Thoughts?  Should we rule out the ones which don't work for any of us?
> Or would it be easier if we directly decide on an option?  Would you all
> please chime in?

To get an result efficiently, I've set up a simplified survey on
https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/ecdate/

I only chose an arbitrary time (not relevant) and decided to add all
days separately.

From my perspective, we should avoid the December because at least
in the countries I know, there are lots of Xmas parties and other
factors of stress.

-- 
Karl Voit

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